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Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mother of Christ serve in eight African countries, five European countries, Canada, and in the U.S. states of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Oklahoma, and New York. Our Regional House is located in Freeport, Illinois.

The purpose of the office of Franciscan Missions is to raise awareness of missions among people in the United States and to collect funds to support Franciscan Missions throughout the world.

The Diocese have witnessed several terrorist attacks by Jihadists on churches, homes, and schools and lamented with compassion for the suffering victims. This group will visit the following parishes: St. Patrick, Delmar; Assumption & St. Patrick (Charlotte);Immaculate Conception Church (Petersville)

The Diocese occupies a total area of 2,884 km2 covering the entire Nandi County government. From the 2019 National population census, the diocese has a total population of approximately, 885,711 with an estimated over 313,655 Catholic, representing 35.4% of the population in the region. Currently, the diocese has 38 parishes with 53 local diocesan priests. One parish was created in September 2025 due to the growing Catholic population.

The funds from the MCP will enable them to: Provide formation for 30 seminarians preparing for priest hood, Offer basic health care and education to children in backward and tribal areas, strengthen rural missions by ensuring daily sustenance and medical aid for missionaries , Extend support to humanitarian initiatives including care for differently abled children, individuals with physical and mental disabilities, and elderly women residing in the destitute home.

The Diocese have witnessed several terrorist attacks by Jihadists on churches, homes, and schools and lamented with compassion for the suffering victims. This group will the following parishes: SS. Mary & Joseph, (Sugar Creek); Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Lost Nation

The purpose of the office of Franciscan Missions is to raise awareness of missions among people in the United States and to collect funds to support Franciscan Missions throughout the world.

They provide assistance to the poor by educating the poor by providing free/subsidizing basic education for more than 980 children in the Northern, Southern and Western part of Nigeria; by providing free and subsidized primary health care services to the villagers and those who cannot afford the high cost of public hospitals' bills.

They have about 600 sisters are working in different countries in the world. 100 sisters work in India. Their main mission is to teach faith to the Adults and Children of rural villages, schools and hostels and Holy Spirit Old Age Home for abandoned old parents. The group will visit the following parishes on September 12 & 13: Church of the Visitation, Camanche; Our Lady of the River Church, LeClaire; Our Lady of Victory Church, Davenport; St. Ann Church, Long Grove