Parish Charity 2025: Sacred Space for Indian Seminarians

© International English-Speaking Parish Prizes for the 2025 Parish Picnic raffle, one of the main events providing money for this year's charity: renovation of a chapel at a Roman Catholic seminary in India.

30.08.2025

Aiding Priestly Formation in Eluru, India

Brother Anil Suthi OFM Cap served as cooperating priest at the International English-Speaking Parish in early 2024 while stationed at the Capuchin community at Liebfrauenkirche in downtown Frankfurt. In the middle of that year, he was called to serve in his home province as rector at St. Francis College, a Capuchin Order seminary in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh state, India. Our Parish Council agreed that this year's Parish Charity should contribute to the renovation of the chapel exterior and development of a Franciscan contemplative space there. Fund-raisers by the International English-Speaking Parish this year include the annual Parish Picnic raffle as well as periodic bake sales after Masses. Donations independent of those events will also be welcome.

You can read about the project in the attached letter from Brother Anil, below.

Project Proposal for the Renovation and Construction of a Franciscan Spiritual Space - 2025

The attached document is the proposal for renovating and building a spiritual space for seminarians at St. Francis College Capuchin Formation House, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India