Reflection: With the Flute, on the back of the Buffalo
Eastern religious traditions, specifically Zen Buddhism, present the spiritual journey of the human person to reach spiritual enlightenment in ten images. An experience that teaches many things this season, which in many ways is transitional. Attributed to the 12th-century Chinese Buddhist master, Kakuan Zenji, through this journey, the Buddhist master accompanies his disciple and evaluates […]
Oral Literature: The Leopard and The Hare
Once upon a time, there was some trouble between a leopard and a hare. The leopard had cheated the hare of his goat. As the leopard could not find the means to repay the hare, the leopard asked the hare to go with him to visit some kinsfolk on an island where he might obtain […]
Ghana: A New Chance at Life
In a rural diocese of Ghana, the Church works to give hope to many children. “I was about four or five … I came here because I was accused of witchcraft and I was condemned by my family and my community”, said Sarah, aged 12. When Sarah was four years old, she was wrongly implicated […]
Mission Diary: Being a journalist in my own country is not easy
After living away from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for ten years, Brother Lwanga Kakule Silusawa was sent back to his country. He had just completed a career in journalism in Spain where he had been, among other things, an editor of the Spanish Comboni mission magazine, Mundo Negro. He tells us his story. […]
DR Congo: Giving Dignity and Independence
The Daniel Comboni House of the Comboni Missionary Sisters is a structure that assists the social rehabilitation of young women so that they can manage their own lives independently and with dignity. We visited the House. Daniel Comboni Social House is found in the Kimbondo quarter on the outskirts of Kinshasa. Originally, the Comboni Sisters […]
In the memory of the late Joseph Sandri mccj (1946-2019)
This new piece is in the memory of the late Joseph Sandri mccj (1946-2019), the Comboni Missionary who sponsored Doctor Immanuel Taban all the way through medical school in South Africa and whose picture appears in the clip and whose photograph is seen on the doctor’s desk. Our Missionaries in South Africa say that Doctor […]
Kenya: Lake Turkana Peace Mission
The Dassanech, are one of the oldest tribes in Africa, they live in three different east-African countries: Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya. The Dassanech have been in conflict with the nomadic Turkana for generations. The tensions originates from disagreements about pasture, cattle and water. A missionary in the area is trying to mediate peace between the […]
Bangladesh: Pedalling for the Poor
At the age of 78, Father Bob McCahillan, an American Maryknoll missionary, still rides his bicycle on the countryside roads of Bangladesh to meet and help sick people – especially children. He is a sign of Christian love among Muslims and Hindus. Along the roads of Bangladesh he is greeted as Bob Bhai (‘Brother Bob’ – bhai is […]
Ecuador: Sumak Kawsay as a Way of Life
The indigenous concept of ‘good living’ can be adapted to Western culture. Understanding the indigenous worldview involves questioning how we are traditionally taught to face life. For example, knowing how to distinguish between ‘living better’, the basis of Western development, and ‘good living’, or sumak kawsay in Kichwa. ‘Living better’ is a Western model that […]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Smiling Faces of People
For more than twenty years now, Brother Richard Hardi, a medical ophthalmologist, has been travelling through the forest of the Congo to reach the most distant villages and restore sight to people otherwise condemned to a life of darkness. His old four-wheel drive vehicle moves slowly along the track deep in the rain forest. Three […]
