On Maundy Thursday, approximately 120 indigenous children received their First Holy Communion at Mother Mary Parish in Umerkot, located in the interior of Sindh province in southeastern Pakistan, near the border with India.
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) in Sri Lanka commemorated the 200th anniversary of their official recognition by the Holy See with a Thanksgiving Mass recently at Our Lady of Fatima Church in Maradana, Colombo.