CRL Launches Sowing Seeds Campaign

These challenges include rural priests overseeing large geographical areas and multiple parishes, as well as the lack of financial and human resources to support outreach and discipleship efforts in many communities. The need to train and equip rural lay leaders for the new evangelization has never been greater.

There are also growing concerns about the adverse environmental impacts of unsustainable farming practices, the unethical treatment of workers in the food industry, the increasing use and dependence on chemical pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides, and the need to provide food for the poor and vulnerable. The need for informed Christian leaders who work in the food and agriculture industries has never been greater.

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