ANY PROCEEDS FROM ‘CALM THE SOUL’ WILL BE DIRECTED TO CHARITIES WHICH SUPPORT PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.
The persecution of Christians is one of the biggest human rights issues of our time. The 2019 World Watch List states that between Nov 2017 and November 2018 there were:
The websites listed here are just some of those that support Christians in these difficult circumstances and help to raise awareness of what is happening globally:
https://www.opendoorsusa.org/christian-persecution/
https://www.opendoorsuk.org/persecution/trends/
https://www.churchinneed.org/the-persecuted-church/
The insight of the Saint of Lisieux is the conviction of the Church, repeatedly voiced by the Magisterium: “The Church is deeply aware and, without hesitation she forcefully proclaims, that there is an intimate connection between prayer and the spreading of the Kingdom of God, between prayer and the conversion of hearts, between prayer and the fruitful reception of the saving and uplifting Gospel message”.
‘Verbi Sponsa’ 43
