From the DRC to the Mission Fields of Texas

From the DRC to the Mission Fields of Texas

By: Sister Isabelle Kahambu Valinande “I accept being ‘ignorant’ to let myself be taught and learn to love the unknown.” Isabelle Kahamu, a Comboni Sister, tells us about her insertion into a new missionary experience. After working for almost ten years in Mexico, a...
A Church in Exile

A Church in Exile

By: Fr Yousif William, mccj Some of the oldest Comboni missions in the world have been temporarily abandoned due to armed conflict in Sudan. Father Yousif William is stretched thin ministering to his displaced parishioners and refugee communities. He offers this...
Piquiá da Conquista Celebrates Its First Christmas

Piquiá da Conquista Celebrates Its First Christmas

Alberto de la Portillo Albert de la Portilla, originally from Spain, is the general coordinator for the Comboni Lay Missionaries. By: Alberto de la Portilla On December 25, the first Christmas celebration took place in the community center of Piquiá da Conquista, in...
St. Joseph in the Life of St. Daniel Comboni Comboni

St. Joseph in the Life of St. Daniel Comboni Comboni

The little image with Jesus, Mary and Saint Joseph, which Daniel Comboni always carried with him and before which he used to pray. Fr Ismael Piñón Fr Ismael Piñón, mccj, is director of Esquila Misional, the magazine of the Comboni Missionary’s in Mexico. By: Fr....
Merry Christmas from St. Kizito Hospital

Merry Christmas from St. Kizito Hospital

Comboni Missionary Sister Pompea Cornacchia poses with migrant women. Dear friends of St. Kizito Hospital Matany, We find ourselves once again in the time before Christmas. It’s not so easy to describe the concept of “time.” As children, it...

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