Christians in China face tremendous challenges due to that nation’s atheistic communist government. Although conditions vary greatly from region to region, the Catholic Church is severely limited in what is permitted by the Chinese authorities.
Two of the Catholic Church’s greatest needs in China are clergy education and Bible teaching for the laity. To help meet this need, Barnabas Almsgiving Fund has committed to provide for Fr. John Chen’s advanced studies in Scripture.
Fr. Chen has several years of seminary teaching experience and is eager to return to China to teach Scripture to seminarians and lay people. He is pursuing a four-year doctoral program in Scripture at St. Paul University in Ottawa, Canada.
Tuition and other academic costs come to about $13,000 USD a year, payable before each semester in December, April, and August. Fr. Chen provides for his own room and board and personal expenses by serving a parish in Ottawa; his own diocese in China is not able to provide financial support.
Barnabas Almsgiving Fund 