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Our
Ministries
Pre
Schools
 Since
its arrival in Japan in 1949, SS.CC. has
been involved in running pre-school programs, known originally as
kindergartens. At that time, there was a great need for these
facilities because the children had no place to prepare for
elementary school.
Elder Care
As
years passed, SS.CC., in response to a
need in Japanese society, helped build a nursing home. We have
extended it to provide care for the elderly who need convalescent
care and have added an adult day care center.
Child Care
for Working Mothers
We also
run a nursery school in Yamagata City. To assist working mothers
with very young children, it is open until late in the evening.
Support for People Struggling with Addictions
We
minister to people with drug addictions by providing them space to
meet in almost all of our parishes. Many leaders of rehabilitative
groups receive our pastoral counseling and have chosen to become
Catholic. Several of our SS.CC.’s also
are in demand to give talks to the parents and families of the
participants in the drug addiction rehabilitation programs.
Ministry to people in detention centers
In
Ushiku City there is a detention center
that houses 700 inmates who have overstayed their period of stay in
Japan. Frs. Fernando Abalos and Alfredo
Garcia began ministering to those in this detention center, and we
continue their good work on a weekly basis.
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