Vocation story – Many setbacks and a big dream
Father Donald Maripe Magoma, a Comboni Missionary from South Africa talks about his vocation and his mission. He has encountered many obstacles, with no end in sight, but he has never given up. Today he flies on eagle wings. I was born in 1979 in Masikwe, in the diocese of Witbank, South Africa. Going to […]
South Sudan: Being part of a universal Church
An extremely polarised country where belonging to a family or clan is much more important than one’s national identity. The new bishop of Rumbek, Mons Christian Carlassare invites the Christians to be part of a universal family rather than to a clan or ethnic group. The Gospel is indeed inspiring but that does not lessen […]
Mission Diary – A Parish with 120 Communities
Father Fabrice Agbetiafa from Togo shares with us his experience with Q’eqcht, the indigenous people in the Petel region of northern Guatemala. After completing my theological studies in Lima, Peru in 2014, I returned to my home country of Togo, West Africa. Within the same year I was ordained as a priest in the capital […]
Oral Literature: The Honey Bird and the Three Gourds
One day, a God asked Mayimba, the Honey Bird to meet with him. The God gave Mayimba three gourds which were all sealed, and the following instructions, “Go to the man and the woman I first created and give them these three gourds. But you are not to open them on the way. When you […]
The Canaries route is among the most dangerous in the world – ‘Barça or Barsakh”
In the Wolof language ‘Barcelona or Death!’ refers to the route through the Canaries. The dramatic situation in Senegal is forcing thousands of young people to undertake a voyage of 1,500 km on overloaded fishing boats. Meanwhile, Spain has intensified controls and repatriations. In Thiaroye sur Mer, an ancient fishing village now absorbed by the […]
Israel: Nevé Shalom – Wahat al-Salam, an oasis of peace
On a hill between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem stands a village that is an oasis of peace. Its dual name Nevé Shalom – Wahat al-Salam respects the two communities that live there, one Hebrew and one Arabic, in a land where peace has been wanting for more than seventy years. The name Nevé Shalom– Wahat […]
Peru: Against human trafficking during the Covid-19 pandemic
Every two hours a woman disappears due to gender violence and human trafficking. Sister Benjamine Kimala Nanga, a Comboni missionary from Chad works for the prevention and reporting of human trafficking. We met Sister Benjamine in the outskirts of Lima at a place called Pueblo Libre. She told us: “I am part of the […]
Fr. Moses Otti, from Uganda to war-torn Central African Republic (CAR)
He is a Ugandan Comboni missionary priest working in the Central African Republic. “At a certain point I was not scared anymore, and the people became a part of me and I became part of them”. Fr. Moses shares his missionary experience. Fr. Moses was born at Morulem Health Centre on May 1st, 1979 and […]
Oral Literature: The Origin of Lake Tanganyika
Long, long ago, in the region where you see the lake, there was a wide plain where many tribes lived who had large herds of oxen and goats. In this plain was a very large village. As was the custom in those days, all the houses of this village were surrounded by tall hedges with […]
Kenya: Nairobi’s thirst for a future
Short of water and housing, with spreading criminality and a pandemic that seems difficult to bring to a halt, Nairobi is in search of a ray of light. With its lively underground scene fed by a young, dynamic society and a futuristic smart city plan, the Kenyan capital is trying to quench its thirst for […]