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The Spiritual Dimension

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We promote prayers not only for the underground Roman Catholic Church in China, but also for "our separated brothers and sisters" of the Chinese government-sponsored Patriotic Association so that they too will be filled with the Holy Spirit and be courageous witnesses of Christ.

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In our "Prayer Sponsor" Program, a "prayer sponsor" promises to pray daily for a designated person, either for an underground clergyman or for a Patriotic Association bishop's return to the universal Church. We will send you a wallet sized card indicating the person for whom you will be praying.

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With our Perpetual Rosary for China, friends of the Foundation pledge to pray at least one rosary each month for China on the same day of their choice. Many have pledged weekly or even daily rosaries for China.

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The Cardinal Kung Foundation, together with its benefactors all over the world, has been sponsoring an annual Mass for many years to pray for the end of persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in China. This annual Mass has been held on each Sunday closest to October 1, which is the national day of China when the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church began in China. However, in union with the Holy Father's intention, the Cardinal Kung Foundation has decided to move this Mass to May 24, the feast of Our Lady, Help of Christians, who is venerated with great devotion at the Marian Shrine of Sheshan in Shanghai. You may offer a stipend directly to your parish or to any other church and request your church to offer a Holy Mass on May 24, or some other date close to May 24 to pray for China. Please let us know if you have requested this Mass so that we can tabulate them.

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We distribute holy cards that include: Cardinal Kung's Prayer for China, Cardinal Kung's Prayer for Priests, Cardinal Kung's Biography, "Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pray for China," Our Lady of She-Shan, and Bishop Curtis' Prayer to the Guardian Angels of Aborted Babies and others.

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The Information Dissemination Dimension

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Our Newsletter is published at least three times each year and is distributed free to almost 30 countries. The Newsletter informs the public about news and issues relating to the ongoing persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in China as well as its traditions and history.

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Our Press Releases on persecutions in China are issued only after meticulous verification of the authenticity of the news. These releases are acknowledged as the primary source of news worldwide relating to the persecution of the Roman Catholic Church in China. They are carried by all major news wires such as Association Press, Reuters, AFP, UPI, etc., and by most, if not all, major newspapers worldwide. They are also recognized by many United States and foreign government agencies. Typically, numerous interviews follow each press release, including from many foreign press bureaus located in China.

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The Cardinal Kung Foundation Website includes Cardinal Kung's biography, his legacy, press releases, past Newsletters, a list of those imprisoned in China, and a variety of articles of religious, historical, and political significance.  Journalists as well as students have used this website for their research.

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The Foundation has been very active in making Speeches and Exhibitions to a variety of religious, educational, and political organizations throughout the world, such as Harvard Law School; the IHM Home School Conference in Washington, D.C.; the Marian Congress in Alexandria, South Dakota; The Population Research Institute in Washington, D.C.; the Wanderer Forum; Amnesty International in London; the Legion of Christ Seminary in Rome; the Serra Club in Hershey, Pennsylvania; Texas Lutheran University in Seguin; the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation; Catholics United for the Faith in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona; the Jubilee Mission Congress in St. Paul, Minnesota; a number of parishes; and many other places. The Foundation has also been the focus of numerous newspapers, radio, and television reports and interviews by media such as Voice of America, Free Asia Radio, the New York Times, Catholic Views, Vatican Radio, ABC Radio, and EWTN, and has frequently assisted the research efforts of reporters in their writing special articles on the persecution in China. Also, we have given public testimonies on religious persecution in China to the British Parliament in 1996, to the Subcommittee on Human Rights of the United States Congress in 1994, 1996, 2006, and 2007, the New York City Council in 1997, the California Senate in 1997, and the U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission in 2002 and 2004. We have assisted various legislators in their efforts to end the persecution in China, and have submitted timely briefings to the White House, the State Department, and the Commerce Department in preparation for official U.S. visits to China.

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The Education of Seminarians and Religious Dimension

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The Partner in Vocation Program is dedicated to support the education of seminarians studying in China. We invite the public to give $600 per year for each seminarian to cover his tuition, room, and board. Almost 100 seminarians are now under the sponsorship of the Cardinal Kung Foundation.

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We are also sending dozens of nuns to universities and trade schools in China for higher education to learn a skill so that the communities will have a livelihood to depend on. They go to medical schools, nursing schools, engineering schools, computer schools, language schools and other trade schools with full tuition, room and board paid by the Cardinal Kung Foundation.

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The Living Allowance Project assists seminarians and nuns of the underground Church who are studying outside of China. There are approximately 70 such seminarians and nuns living in France, Rome, Spain, Germany and the Philippines. They already have scholarships that cover tuition, room, and board, but are still in need of funds for books, clothes, medical and other personal needs. Depending on the individual needs, we offer them a subsistence allowance of $1,000 each year with the exception of those who have special needs.

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The Holy Mass Stipend dimension collects and delivers Mass offerings to the clergy of the underground Roman Catholic Church both inside and outside (studying aboard temporarily) China. A $10 Mass stipend can provide four days of living expenses for an underground priest in China. To the dozens of underground priests studying in Europe or elsewhere, we promise a stipend for every Mass that they offer. They rely on these Mass stipends for living expenses as their own underground bishops have no financial means to support them. In thanksgiving to the Foundation's donors, the underground priests offer approximately hundreds of Masses each year for the deceased and living members of the Cardinal Kung Foundation. Currently, we are sending approximately 10,000 Mass stipends each year. We need many more Mass stipends as we have so many underground bishops requesting help. To put it into perspective, an average parish in the United States can only accept approximately 900 Masses a year. The Foundation would appreciate it if any pastor can channel Holy Mass requests that they cannot handle to the underground Church in China.

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Social and Apostolic Dimension

The social and apostolic dimension of our mission involves our financial support of an orphanage for disabled children, dioceses in China, persecuted families in China, and underground Chinese Catholic refugees seeking asylum in the United States.