by Comboni | May 19, 2021 | Latest News
By: Kathleen M. CarrollThis story first appeared in Comboni Missions Magazine spring 2021. Fr. Christian Carlassare is following his spiritual father St. Daniel Comboni in more ways than one. Born in Schio, Italy, in 1977, he started life where St. Josephine Bakhita...
by Comboni | May 3, 2021 | Justice & Peace, Latest News
Bishop-elect Fr. Christian Carlassare is recovering after being shot in both legs by armed assailants. In March he was named bishop of Rumbek, South Sudan. Story from Vatican News. Unknown armed men have shot and wounded the Bishop-elect of South Sudan’s Rumbek...
by Comboni | Apr 17, 2019 | Latest News
This article first appeared in Comboni Missions magazine winter 2018/19 Blessings in DisguiseMission Hardships Are Transformed with the Right Vision By: Kathleen M. Carroll Father Gregor Schmidt knows the rigors of mission as well as anyone. In Fangak County, South...
by Comboni | Nov 20, 2018 | Latest News
For more than a year now you have helped us share the gift of safe, clean water with refugees living in Uganda. Over the summer we had the privilege of extending that gift to our missionaries living in difficult situations in South Sudan. Fr. Gregor Schmidt spent the...
by Comboni | Jul 19, 2018 | Latest News
When most Americans think of Africa, they don’t realize just how large it is. For example, Uganda is similar in size to the state of Colorado. Meanwhile, the Democratic Republic of Congo, which neighbors Uganda to the West, is about the same size as one quarter of all...
