You arenot alone

You arenot alone

Prayer chain for the Christians in Pakistan

Prayer chain for the Christians in Pakistan

After one more case of Islamic fundamentalism and prejudice against Christians, Fundação AIS has star-

ted a prayer chain in November 2010 for the Christians in Pakistan who suffer because of the blasphemy

law, specially for the release of Asia Bibi. This Pakistani woman of 45 years old and mother of 5 children

was sentenced in court to death by hanging, accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad.

It is our mission to inform about the situation of persecuted Christians because of their faith, to pray

and to support them with material help, so they can bear and overcome these difficulties. Our solidarity is

shown primarily through prayer. This way, it was created a prayer chain for the release of Asia Bibi, which

many Portuguese Christians have joined, in communion with all the Christians in the world and the Pope

Benedict XVI, who has also asked for her release.

Thus, we will send to the Auxiliary Bishop of Lahore, in Pakistan, Sebastian Shaw, a list with the name

of all the Portuguese who decided to associate themselves with this initiative. Bishop Sebastian Shaw was

among us from the 14th to the 21st October 2010, in Lisbon, to give witness of the dramatic situation of

Christians in Pakistan and to ask for help to the Portuguese benefactors. Therefore, this list is a concrete

way of being in communion and of telling our brothers and sisters from Pakistan that they are not alone.

You are not alone

– 4 –

You are not alone

Abel Seixas

Abílio de Sousa

Abílio Vasconcelos

Adelino Carvalho

Albertina Tininha

Alberto Costa

Alberto de Andrade Costa

Alberto Manuel Ferreira Santos

Albino Coelho

Alcina Neves

Alcino Barbosa

Alexandra Ferreira

Alice Basto

Alice Ramos

Alípio Barbosa

Álvaro Costa

Américo Matos

– 5 –

You are not alone

Ana Aido

Ana Ferreira

Ana Isabel Cardoso Pinto

Ana Lucas

Ana Luísa Costa

Ana Margarida de Oliveira

Ana Maria Blaufuks

Ana Maria Pimenta

Ana Martins

Ana Mota

Ana Paula

Ana Quadros

Ana Rodrigues

Ana Silva

Ana Sobral

Ana Valentim

Ana Vasconcellos

– 6 –

You are not alone

Ana Vieira

Anabela Carvalho

Anabela Tristany

André Capinha

André Nogueira

Andreia Filipa

Andres Vovkunovych

Angelica Trik

Antero Filgueiras

Antóinia Bilo

Antonieta Relvas

António Albergaria

Antonio Bastos

António Batista

António Fonseca

António Gentil Martins

António Guilhoto

– 7 –

You are not alone

António Lopes

Antonio Lopes Cardoso Lopes

Antonio Maia Carvalho

Antonio Mateus

António Pimentel

António Pires

António Rebelo

Antonio Santos

António Silva

Antonio Vasconcelos

Anunciação Torrão

Aristides Dourado

Arlequim Cacauette

Armanda Sobral

Armando Barreira

Arminda Costa

Augusto Silva

– 8 –

You are not alone

Beatriz Batista

Beatriz Maria V.B.Franco Batista

Benilde Almeida

Bernardo Baptista Cardoso

Bernardo J. Mesquitella

Bruno Correia

Bruno Pereira

Carla Carvalho

Carla Fernandes

Carla Ferreira

Carlos Frias

Carlos Leitão

Carlos Marinho

Carlos Martins

Carlos Neves

Carlos Teles

Carmen Costa

– 9 –

You are not alone

Carmo Gomes Ribeiro

Carmo Trindade

Carolina Almeida

Carvalho Ana Paula

Casa de Mossamedes

Catarina Ferreira

Catarina Martins de Bettencourt

Catequese Santa Cruz

Cecília Couve

Celestino A.Vieira

Celestino Ribeiro

Cidália Sombreireiro Pio

Clarisse Gonçalves

Cláu Garcez

Claudia Batista

Cleiton José Vieira

Conceição Rosário

– 10 –

You are not alone

Cristina Albuquerque

Cristina Lopes

Cristina Pinheiro

Cristina Veora

Custódia Santos

David Fernandes

David Rodrigues

Dina Conceição

Dina Mendes

Dores Castro

Dori Dorienjhy

Duarte Nuno

Edite Maria Fernandes Garcia

Edson Verdades

Eliana Eliana

Elisabete Alegre

Elisabete Cassolatto

– 11 –

You are not alone

Elisabete Martins

Elisabete Santos

Elsa Fernandes

Elza Martins

Eurico Conde

Fábio Monteiro Gambo

Fátima Capucho

Fátima Correia

Fatima Danta

Fatima Esteves

Fátima Isabel

Fatima Martins

Fátima Teixeira

Faustino Monteiro

Felisbina Nogueira

Felix Lungu

Fernanda Adegas

– 12 –

You are not alone

Fernanda Bernarda

Fernanda Raposo

Fernanda Rocha

Fernanda Valadares

Fernando Venâncio

Filipa Guedes

Filipa Pereira

Filomena Calão

Filomena Figueira

Filomena Paula Figueira

Francisco Leal

Francisco Moreira

Francisco Pinto Leite

Gabriela Grancho

Genivaldo Santos Almeida

Gilka Oliveira

Goreti Araújo

– 13 –

You are not alone

Goreti Silva

Goretti Malta

Graça Aleixo

Graça Maria Ferrão

Graça Martins

Graciete Brandão

Helena Oliveira

Helena Tirapicos da Rosa

Ilídia Luz

Inácia

Inácia Oliveira

Inês Ângelo

Inês Graça

Ir. Maria Luz

Isabel Barra

Isabel Brites

Isabel Cerqueira

– 14 –

You are not alone

Isabel Estevao

Isabel Gomes

Isabel Gradil

Isabel Maria Torres

Isabel Rabaça

Isabel Silva

Isabel Torres

Isabel Vareta

Isaura Xavier

Isilda Jacinto

Jesovina Maleitas

Joana Domingues

Joana Prevotat

João Antunes

João Camilo Costa

João Cristóvão

João Diniz

– 15 –

You are not alone

João Leão

João Malta

João Maria Neves Pinto

João Nuno Sousa

João Paulo Amaro

João Pedro Dias Madeira

João Tiago

Joaquim Celestino Ribeiro

Joel Alexandre Seabra Melancia

Jorge Fernandes

José Abreu

José Afonso

José Alberto Machado

José Almeida

Jose Antonio Carneiro Machado

José Augusto Madureira

José Cerca

– 16 –

You are not alone

José de Almeida Basto

José Ferreira José Rocha

Jose Manuel Marques Barbosa

José Manuel Pereira

José Maria Cameira Cameira

José Paulo de Figueiredo

José Pinto

José Ribeiro

José Rodrigues

José Roquette

José Teixeira

Juan Ju

Judite Pontinha

Júlio Silva

Karyn Rebello de Andrade

Lailai Canela Lopes

Laura Barbosa

– 17 –

You are not alone

Laureana Silva

Laurinda Gouveia

Leonor Campos

Leonor Pereira

Leonor Seabra

Liliana Morgado

Lopo Lencastre de Almeida

Lucilia Gaspar

Lucinda Vieira

Lucrécia Silva

Luís Faustino Carvalho

Luís Flores

Luís Leal

Luís Marques

Luís Pereira da Silva

Luís Santos

Luís Sousa

– 18 –

You are not alone

Luís Subtil

Luísa Ascenção Zamith

Luísa Fernandes

Luísa Maria Carvalho

Luiz Carlos Arruda

Madalena Cardoso da Costa

Madalena M.

Madalena Monteiro

Madalena Pereira

Madalena Santos

Mafalda Ferreira

Mafalda Meneses

Manuel Augusto da Silva Faria

Manuel Barradas

Manuel Faustino

Manuel Luis

Manuel Morgado

– 19 –

You are not alone

Manuela Almeida

Manuela Barreiros

Manuela Ferreira

Manuela Vera

Mar Barros

Marcelino Menezes

Marco Alves

Marco Cunha

Marcos

Marcos Alves

Margarida Carmo

Margarida Gorjão

Maria

Maria Adelaide Paulo Figuinha

Maria Adelia

Maria Alice

Maria Alice G.

– 20 –

You are not alone

Maria Alves

Maria André

Maria Arminda Pereira Cruz

Maria Braga

Maria Caldeira

Maria Campos

Maria Canaveira

Maria Carmo Melo

Maria Carolina Lopes da Silva

Maria Carolina Silva

Maria Celeste Catarino

Maria Costa

Maria da Conceição Pombinho

Maria da Nazaré

Maria de Fátima Magalhães

Maria de Jesus Fernandes

Maria de Lourdes Santana Oliveira

– 21 –

You are not alone

Maria do Amparo Monteiro

Maria Duarte

Maria Duarte Ribeiro

Maria Elizabeth Lima

Maria Emília Santos

Maria F.

Maria Fernandes

Maria Filomena Perdigão

Maria G.

Maria Gonçalves

Maria Helena Ayres

Maria Irene C. M. Pereira

Maria Ivette Colaço

Maria Jesus

Maria José

Maria José Barros

Maria José Salema

– 22 –

You are not alone

Maria José Torres

Maria José Vilaça

Maria Judite Lopes

Maria Leite

Maria Luisa Fernandes

Maria Luísa Fernandes

Maria Manuela Caetano

Maria Manuela Miranda

Maria Mascarenhas Pessoa

Maria Melo

Maria Miller

Maria Nazaré

Maria Nunes

Maria Olazabal

Maria Pereira

Maria Ribeiro

Maria Rodrigues

– 23 –

You are not alone

Maria Rosado

Maria Santiago

Maria Serra

Maria Sofia Vicente

Maria Sommer

Maria Souza

Maria Stella Moura Neves

Maria Teresa Brito

Maria Teresa Carvalho

Maria Teresa Vaz

Maria Torres

Maria Virgínia Barbosa

Maria Vivas

Mário Lousã

Marisa Brito

Marisa Sousa

Marlene Cunha

– 24 –

You are not alone

Marta Lopes Cardoso

Miguel Urbano

Miriam Rocha

Movimento Cristandade

Nair Soares

Natercia Ferreira

Nittocas Sanhudo de Portocarrero

Noémia Maria Simões

Nuno Almeida

Nuno Bugalho

Nuno Ferreira

Nuno Gil

Nuno Miguel Pereira

Nuno Pereira

Orlanda Silva

Orlando de Carvalho

P. Francisco Mendes

– 25 –

You are not alone

P. Joao Luis

P. Pedro Miranda

Parreira Mariana

Paula Leal

Paula Silva

Paula Soares

Paulo Camelo

Paulo Nogueira

Paulo Silva

Paulo Sousa

Paulo Vaz

Paulo Vinhas

Pedro Ângelo

Pedro Ferreira da Silva

Pedro Fonseca

Pedro Lopes

Pedro Ribeiro

– 26 –

You are not alone

Pilar Nogueira

Pilar Rocha

Raquel Freitas

Reis Lima Quarteu

Renan Cunha Jimy Neutron

Rhena Cindta SiiCiepietz

Ricardo Veloso

Rita Lungu

Rodrigo Afonso

Rosa Ana

Rosa Cerqueira

Rosa de Sousa

Rosangela Manetta

Rosario Pereira Coutinho

Rosário Ribeiro

Rosário Sousa

Ruben Romero

– 27 –

You are not alone

Rui Pinto

Rui Santos

Rute J. Cardoso

Salomé Capinha

Sandra Amorim

Sandra Batista

Sandra San

São Amaro

Sérgio Fraga

Sérgio Melo

Sérgio Neves

Silvia Bonixe

Silvina Palmeirim

Sofia Ameixa

Sonia Almeida Ferro

Sónia Morais

Susana Ferreira

– 28 –

You are not alone

Susana Rodrigues

Suzette Pires

Tacha Aguiar

Tânia Loureço

Teresa Barroso Fonseca

Teresa Braga

Teresa C.

Teresa Lino

Teresa Nascimento

Teresa Olazabal

Teresa Pereira Gomes

Teresa Seruya

Thelma Barbosa

Tiago Machado

Tiago Martins

Tiago Miranda

Tiago Pacheco Pinto

– 29 –

You are not alone

Tina Bridi

Valeria Campos

Vera Jesus

Vera Silva

Vital Correia da Silva

Wellington Alexandre

Xico Martins

Yoga No Porto Vidya

Zelia Jorge

Aid to the Church in Need (Fundação AIS in Portugal) supports the faithful wher-

ever they are persecuted, oppressed or in pastoral need.

Father Werenfried van Straaten, the late Founder of Aid to the Church in Need,

once said that our organisation was established to help the Church “wherever she

is persecuted, threatened, undermined or destroyed and suffers need as a result”.

As well as supporting beneficiaries who suffer for the Faith and are in pastoral

need, we also encourage our benefactors to keep the Faith as they feel beleaguered

in an increasingly secularised and materialist world.

Through Aid to the Church in Need we are linked together heart to heart, in a

chain of faith, hope and charity across the world.

R. Prof. Orlando Ribeiro, 5 D

1600-796 LISBOA

Tel.: 217 544 000 - Fax: 217 544 001

Domus Pater Werenfried

Rua Francisco Marto, 205

2495-448 Fátima

Tel.: 249 534 956

fundacao-ais@fundacao-ais.pt

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