Recent donations to St. Victor’s Major Seminary in Ghana totaled $3,040. Fr. Daniel Saaka reports the purchase of 50 breviaries for seminarians as well as some basic supplies.

We are very grateful for all your donations! A generous gift of $20,000 to our India Education Fund completes our 2024 support of $53,736.25, making it possible for Barnabas to cover all the education expenses of the students we are trying to help!

I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart;
    I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.
 I will be glad and rejoice in you;
    I will sing the praises of your name, O Most High. (Psalm 9:1-2)

Work is progressing on two home renovations in India. Now we hope to provide $7,000 to cover a house loan for a family and $4,000 for the rebuilding of another family’s home.

And for the 235 seminarians in Ghana, we would like to provide:

• generous amounts of rice, $1,607
• 2 desktop computers, $2,100
• a Giant Canon photocopier, $2,428

Can you help? Please Donate and select the project to which you want to give.

A recurring gift is especially helpful. Recently someone had to cancel his $300 monthly donation to India families because of financial difficulties. We would love to replace this amount. Can you take over some or all of this commitment? Or give even more?

Please pray for all those who are in need. God loves us and them!!

This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him,
    and saved him out of all his troubles. (Psalm 34:6)

St. Victor’s Major Seminary, founded by the White Fathers, serves 235 seminarians from several dioceses in Ghana. Several other seminarians are from Burkina Faso, Benin Republic, and Rwanda. Some students hail from various religious congregations.

Archbishop Philip Naameh, Metropolitan Archbishop of Tamale and chairman of the seminary board, recently sent Fr. Daniel Saaka to the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan, to appeal at various parishes for financial support for the seminary and for clergy education in the northern part of Ghana. This is the poorest area in Ghana and also a primary evangelization area.

Some current needs for which Fr. Daniel seeks support:

• Each seminarian needs books: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, Vatican II documents, the Book of Rites, the Code of Canon Law, and a breviary. The seminary library also needs books and Internet access.
• The seminary needs money for regular operations, including adequate food. Meat, eggs, and milk are available for dinner only twice per week. Some seminarians have health issues due to the demands of their studies coupled with an inadequate diet.
• Fr. Daniel and his bishop would like to send two seminarians and two priests to Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, to broaden their learning experience and so contribute to the evangelization of Ghana.
• The roof of St. Victor’s Seminary leaks. In the seminary chapel (constructed in 1966), louvers, louver blades, and electrical wiring need to be replaced, costing about $7,000.

Please pray for these seminarians and for all those serving in their formation. And if you can donate toward their formation, please click on Donate and select “Ghana Seminary and Clergy Education” from the funds list.

Or, send a check with “Ghana Seminary and Clergy Education” in the memo line to

Barnabas Almsgiving Fund
24 Frank Lloyd Wright Drive
PO Box 415
Ann Arbor, MI 48106

And please note the special instructions for using donor-advised funds for your donation.

God bless you!