A group of Danish young Catholics from St. Anne parish in Copenhagen, Denmark, made Icon Amen in 2017 for evangelization purposes in accordance with topics for WYD, Panama in 2019 and Lisbon in 2023.
Icon AMEN is mission Icon and an evangelistic tool in support of the Church’s evangelistic mission in the world.
The icon expresses Mary as the person who is totally open to God, her complete” yes” her complete” Amen” (Thus the name of the icon). Mary hurried to Zacharias’ house to care for Elisabeth. The icon’s message encourages us to care for people in need.
In order to spread knowledge of the icon ”AMEN” and thus of Mary’s role in the man’s salvation, we made t-shirts with the icon printed on them. Several thousand of them are now spread throughout several countries. The t-shirt is the calling card of the international fellowship of families, which has been established at St. Anne’s parish in Copenhagen. The family fellowship expresses the Church as God’s family spread throughout the world, however, united by the one same Catholic faith.
As part of the "AMEN" icon project, we help missions in different countries.
Currently we are helping missions in Africa.
We began in 2021 to work with the Oblate Fathers (OMI) in Cameroon, who were in the process of building wells in small poor villages, that had great need of clean water. The cooperation with the Oblates came about through a seminarian from Cameroun, who was studying at the Oblate seminary in Obra, Poland. When he saw the icon, he became very enthusiastic about it and came in contact with the group in Denmark behind it. There he learned about the icon’s evangelistic purpose. Contact with the Oblates in Cameroun was thereby established.
The Oblates’ well-building project in Cameroon concerns water. Water is a symbol of life. As ps.42 expresses it: ”As the deer longs for flowing streams, so longs my soul for you, O God”. Each single human being has absolute value and is precious in God’s eyes.
Therefore, each human being from the moment of conception must always be looked at as a subject to be respected, honoured and loved for his/her own sake. ”He, who thirsts shall come to me and drink”, Jesus says (John 7,37). By being involved in providing clean water for people, we are also awakening their longing, their thirst for the living God. Looking at the icon, we see Mary as the one who brings us to the living God, her Son, Jesus Christ, the Saviour.
Therefore, each human being from the moment of conception must always be looked at as a subject to be respected, honoured and loved for his/her own sake. ”He, who thirsts shall come to me and drink”, Jesus says (John 7,37). By being involved in providing clean water for people, we are also awakening their longing, their thirst for the living God. Looking at the icon, we see Mary as the one who brings us to the living God, her Son, Jesus Christ, the Saviour.
| Polish bank account | Bank account in Cameroon |
| IBAN PL18102040270000120200317198 PROKURA MISYJNA MISJONARZY OBLATOW MARYI NIEPOKALANEJ OSTATNIA 14 POZNAN 60-102 | IBAN: FR0220041000010806072W02094 BIC: PSSTFRPPPAR Domiciliation: La Banque Postale - Centre Financier 75900 Paris CEDEX 15 Procure Des Missions BP 75 00000 CM-GAROUA CAMEROUN |
and marked Cameroon. The entire amount donated will be sent to the Oblate Fathers’ mission in Cameroon, with a deep-felt thank-you for each person’s generosity.
