Brazil: Aparecida – 300 Years On The Side Of The People
The celebrations of the 300th anniversary of the rediscovery of the statue of Our Lady of Aparecida ended recently. “Mary shows by her silence that the Gospel is proclaimed from the peripheries, the caves and cellars of humanity”. The rediscovery of the statue by the fishermen Domingos Garcia, Joao Alves and Filipe, changed lives. Filipe […]
Connecting With Millennials
Millennials are technology and electronic natives who increasingly spend their time online, comfortably dealing with social networks. It is the generation that has received much attention and pampering from parents. Here is how we can relate to them at home or at work. Many of the millennials are employed in fields unrelated to the course […]
Uganda: Bidibidi Refugee Camp – A Place Refugees Will Not Consider Home
Not many people have ever heard about Bidi-Bidi Refugee Camp. However, it has now become the second largest refugee camp in the world. This was a huge, empty, arid patch of land near the small Ugandan border town of Yumbe. Today, it is home to some 272,168 refugees, most of whom have fled the violence […]
World Day Of Peace 2018: Migrants & Refugees – Men And Women In Search Of Peace
The Message for the World Day of Peace is a reminder that the efforts for intelligent solidarity are the sole antidote, and that “the realism required of international politics” must “avoid surrendering to cynicism and to the globalisation of indifference”. “Some consider this [global migrations] a threat. For my part, I ask you to view […]
South Sudan: The Nuer – The Traditional Marriage
The Nuer are a tribe of South Sudan numbering about two million people. It comprises four sections – Nuer-Bentiu, Nuer-Fangak, Nuer-Ikany and Nuer-Lou. We look at the traditional marriage among the Nuer-Gawar that belongs to the Nuer-Fangak. When the boy expresses his desire to get married and it’s agreed upon in the family, he makes […]
Colombia: An Explosive Situation
An imploding economy, marked by product shortages and hyperinflation, has driven almost half-a-million Venezuelans to live in Colombia. The influx is putting a massive strain on health and social services in Colombia, a middle-income country trying to recover from five decades of civil war with communist FARC rebels. It may be far from over. The […]
Mozambique: Formation In The Shadow Of The Port
The Nacala Women’s Polytechnic School, which is run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters, was established about twenty years ago and it has become a reference point in the country. Its goal is to provide Mozambican women with education, a challenge in a country where girls have difficulties in accessing quality education. The city of Nacala […]
Uganda: How To Celebrate Christmas In The Refugee Camp
“I often tell them in the Refugees Settlement that Jesus was a Refugee. For at least 12 years of his life, he lived in a strange land deprived of everything, just as many refugees are today…” For the past six months, I’ve been actively involved in refugee ministry as the Chaplain for Refugees in the […]
Bolivia: Textiles That Tell Stories
The people of Jalq’a and Tarabuco narrate their legends through their clothes – which speak of their origins, their cosmovision and their Andean identity. There is no other country in South America that offers such a variety of climate, geography and culture, like Bolivia. The country, which is located in central South America, is surrounded […]
Mongolia: A Twenty-Five Year Old Church: The Challenges Of Mission
The Catholic Church in Mongolia recently turned twenty-five. It was only in 1992 that the first Catholic community was set up in its capital-city Ulaanbaatar, shortly after the Mongolian government established diplomatic relations with the Vatican. The Missionhurst CICM (Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary) congregation was asked to send some missionaries to the […]
