By: Heather Kaufman, Director of Development I’m a missionary — and you are too! As a Catholic, I’ve been taught from a very early age that when you help others, especially those in need, you’re sharing God’s love. In Pope John Paul II’s homily at the canonization of...
Simon Yomkuey at Union Buildings, Pretoria. Simon Yomkuey at St Augustine, Silverton, Pretoria Simon Yomkuey at the University of Juba, in 2009, with two of his companions. Simon Yomkuey at Lomin Nursery School in 2014. I was born in 1988 in Mayom County, Unity State,...
Comboni Missionary Fr. John Baptist Opargiwaddresses confreres in Rome. Young Comboni confreres working in the Province of South Africa gathered for their annual meeting in February at Mooi Nooi in Rustenburg Diocese. Pictured, from left to right: Fr. Charlemagne...
Sister Maria de Coppi loved the people of her adopted homeland in Chipene, Mozambique. “I have experienced beautiful and difficult times in this country: First the colonial times, then war followed by a time of peace and, today, unfortunately, a time of terrorism.” —...
St. Joseph Hospital in Bébédjia, Chad, is a refuge for the local people, who have few other options. Sister Susan (above) agreed to attend medical school to fill the need at St. Joseph. Though not trained as surgeons, she and another Sister (Monica Luparello, below)...
