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Kathleen Carroll: Distinguished Communicator of the Year
Kathleen Carroll accepts the Distinguished Communicator of the Year Award at the 2023 Salesian Guild Event.Past Salesian Guild Communicator of the Year Award recipeints pose for a photo.Writing can be difficult, and communicating a clear message even more so. Yet,...
We’re all Called to Mission
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...
Meet a Comboni Missionary Simon Yomkuey
Simon Yomkuey at Union Buildings, Pretoria.Simon Yomkuey at St Augustine, Silverton, PretoriaSimon 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, in...
The Comboni Charism in Mission Work Today
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 Sitou...
Another Life for the Mission
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.” —...
Making a Little go a Long Way
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)...