THE CHURCH AND APOSTOLIC SUCCESSION

The Church in Pacific Islands

• Bishops work throughout islands to promote Catholicism
• missions, establish churches
• invite people to mass, encourage baptism
• Timor-Leste 98% Catholic
• Phillipines 81.4% Catholic
• out of 9.9 million people in the same area, the amount identify as catholic increased from 1.3 million to 2.9 million
• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

From Jerusalem to Rome

• local Bishops prepare and distribute holy oils for Holy Week services
• bishops from Jerusalem to Rome will be blessing oils this week
• oil of the sick: anointing of the sick
• oil of the catechumens: baptism
• Chrism oil: baptism, confirmation and Holy Orders
• Catholic Sun

Haiti

• Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince
• began in 1954 to help victims of Hurricane Hazel
• poorest country in Western Hemisphere
• enhance healthcare, agriculture assistance, missionaries, church services
• Catholic Relief Services

Sources

• United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
• credible b/c national conference of catholic bishops; successors of apostles
• Catholic Sun: national catholic newspaper
• Catholic Relief Services
• Catholic-run organization dedicated to helping victims of oppression and natural disastor
• http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/cultural-diversity/asian-pacific-isl...
• http://www.catholicsun.org/2015/03/30/oils-consecrated-at-chrism-mass-centr...
• http://www.crs.org/countries/haiti