At present there are 450 Catholic families with 2500 members.

The area served by the church was home to 120 Catholic families in 1938.

By 1882 the local parish reported 250 Catholic families living in the area.

"I was one of six kids from a Catholic family," he said.

The parish had about 2,200 Catholic families at the time.

He said the number of registered Catholic families had increased by 50 percent.

There are about 1200 Catholic families in the parish, with a population of over 5,000.

Catholic families arrived to try to escort their children home.

"They have some difficulty keeping children from Catholic families in the faith."

More than half of the Catholic families in this village have been driven from their homes.