SUPPORT THE TRADITIONAL
APOSTOLATE ON MAURITIUS ISLAND
On Wednesday,
June 28, following the 6PM Mass and Novena, Canon Jean- Marie Moreau will give a presentation in the Parish
Hall on how you can help his apostolate on the island of Mauritius. Collection boxes will be there to allow you
to contribute to this worthwhile cause. Please support Canon Moreau who
regularly celebrated Holy Mass at Holy Innocents when he was assigned in West
Orange, New Jersey.
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The
Island of Mauritius lies in the Indian Ocean, east of the big Island of
Madagascar on the coast of East Africa and south of the Seychelles. Once part
of the British Empire, it has remained a French and Creole speaking independent
country. Mauritius is known for its natural beauty, pristine waters, luxurious
hotels, and is in fact a first class touristic and honeymooner destination. The
flip side of it is unfortunately a great poverty material and moral, a lack of
education, prostitution and drug problems.
The
Catholic Church is on the forefront of social problems in a multi-religious and
multicultural society: 51% are Hindus, 30% Catholics and Christians and 17%
Muslims. However, Blessed Father Jacques Laval, a French Holy Ghost missionary
priest beatified by Saint John Paul II in 1979 is seen as the saint and father
of the whole Mauritian nation, regardless of religion.
