Our Community in Kazakhstan - Missio Mariae.NET

Signup/Login

About Our Mission

Our Communities
Contact us

About Kazakhstan

"Come with us to die of hunger, of fatigue, of humiliations and of sufferings for the Immaculate
- St. Maximilian Kolbe
The four vows
the Marian Vow, Obedience, Poverty, Chastity

For more information, contact:

Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate

Our Community in Kazakhstan

FI Kazakhstan - Atbasar

Marian Friary "Spouse of the Holy Spirit"

Brief History:

In Feb. 2003, two friars, Friar Joseph M. Moreno and Friar Andrea M. Claudio arrived in Atbasar. On March 19, 2003, the Archbishop assigned them officially to the diocese through a polish priest Fr. Angi, who purchased a complex (sport gymnasium) facing the central plaza of the city. Some modifications and adjustments were made for the celebration of the liturgy and for catechism, and for the residence of the friars. Until August the two friars stayed with the polish priest, practicing the Russian language and helping him as much as they could. Then Fr. Angi left for another pastoral assignment while the two friars continued to assist the small local catholic community. On September 15, 2003, Fr. Carlo M. Iellici and Friar Agostino M. Polverino arrived from Togliatti, Russia; after some days, Fr. Stefano M. and the Mother General and Fr. Paschal M. Sariava also arrived. And so the community started its pastoral service in Atbasar with Fr. Carlo M. Iellici as the Father Guardian. Fr. Stefano left a layout for the expansion of the friary together with the task to begin the work of transforming the gym into a church, which they begun in May 2004.

Set as favorite

Bookmark

Email This

Trackback(0)

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (0) Add Comment

Write comment

Facts and Figures

Playing: National Anthem

Official name: Republic of Kazakhstan
Capital: Astana
Area: 2,717,300 sq km;
1,049,200 sq mi

People
Population 15,284,929 (2007 estimate)

Urban/rural distribution
Share urban 56 percent (2005 estimate)
Share rural 44 percent (2005 estimate)

Largest cities, with population
Almaty 1,135,400 (2000 estimate)
Qaraghandy 434,300 (2000 estimate)
Shymkent 359,600 (2000 estimate)
Oskemen 311,300 (1999 estimate)
Semey 269,800 (1999 estimate)

Ethnic groups
Kazakh (Qazaq) 46 percent
Russian 35 percent
Ukrainian 5 percent
German 3 percent
Uzbek 2 percent
Tatar 2 percent
Other 7 percent

Languages
Kazakh (Qazaq, official language); Russian (language of interethnic communication)

Religion
Muslim 43 percent
Atheist 11 percent
Orthodox Christian 10 percent
Roman Catholic 3 percent
Nonreligious 29 percent
Other 4 percent

Government
Form of government Republic
Constitution Adopted 6 September 1995; amended 1998

Economy
Gross domestic product (GDP, in U.S.$) $57.1 billion (2005)
GDP per capita (U.S.$) $3,771.50 (2005)

GDP by economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 6.8 percent (2005)
Industry 39.5 percent (2005)
Services 53.7 percent (2005)

Employment
Number of workers 8,124,631 (2005)

Workforce share of economic sector
Agriculture, forestry, fishing 35 percent (2003)
Industry 17 percent (2003)
Services 48 percent (2003)
Unemployment rate 8.8 percent (2003)

Monetary unit 1 tenge (T), consisting of 100 tein

Read: Missionary Magazine

The Word Was Made Flesh is a monthly missionary review of MISSiOMARIAE.NET. It publishes articles on the missions and related topics such as the Directives of the Magisterium on the missions, Apostolic spirituality, Mariology, homilies and sermons and more...

Learn more of this wonderful magazine and you can even subscribe online for free.

Participate in our site!

MISSIO MARIAE.NET is created primarily for the missionaries of the Franciscans of the Immaculate, but everyone is invited to participate in any of its parts:

Read mission articles
Watch archived videos
Share your thoughts in the forum

We expect appropriate conduct and behavior in all our site from our users and we are entitle to delete, remove or ban anyone who are not using properly this site without any warning from the site administrator. We thank you for your visit and we look forward to your return. Ave Maria!