Jubilee: Homeless Pilgrims to Visit Rome in November
From 11-13 November 2016, several thousand people who used to be, or still are, homeless will travel to Rome from all over Europe – to mark the Jubilee of Mercy, one week before the Holy Year draws to an end. The organisers of the pilgrimage have said in a statement: “This pilgrimage and encounter with […]
Kenya: Missionaries for Social Justice
A group of Comboni Missionaries living in one of the slums on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya, told us what defines their mission. We live in Korogocho, one of the 200 slums of Nairobi. These slums are home to about 60% of Nairobi’s population. Yet they occupy only 5% of the residential land. Every day […]
From Djibouti to Cairo, Priests are Standing by Immigrants
Along the routes leading to Europe and the Middle East, the paths of those who risk their lives fleeing their homelands cross with those of missionaries offering assistance. One priest in Djibouti said: “They are God’s children, not economic variables”. “Nobody likes leaving their family, home, culture or environment to go to a foreign land […]
National Board Child Safeguarding Review 2016
Statement from the Provincial Superior of the Comboni Missionaries in the United Kingdom and Ireland “The Comboni Missionaries welcome the report by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) and thank the Board for its work in reviewing Child Safeguarding Practice in our Religious Order in Ireland. “The Review recognises […]
Jordan: A Sense of Dedication
A journey to Jordan’s poorest province reveals a hospital, run by the Comboni Missionary Sisters, in which Christians and Muslims work side by side. Karak is a town in the Jordan’s poorest province, 100 miles south of Amman, is home to 60,000 people. The town, where Christians make up 3% of the population, is also home […]
Migration: Acceptance for a Better Europe
Forty Comboni Missionaries and Comboni Sisters stationed in the provinces of Europe recently took part in a symposium on the topic of “Mission and Migration”. The following is the statement of the Comboni Family signed by the participants of the symposium. “At the conclusion of the Symposium of Limone on Lake Garda 2016 (March 29-April […]
South Sudan: The Consequences of Two Years of War
The conflict in South Sudan, rooted in political in-fighting and motivated by the twin vices of greed and self-interest, began on 15 December 2013. It spread rapidly across the country and soon evolved into a brutal civil war with millions of people displaced, tens of thousands killed, entire villages torched, public and private properties looted […]
China: The Comboni Missionaries’ Fen Xiang Initiative
Fifteen years ago, the Comboni Missionaries set up an initiative called Fen Xiang in China, which was borne out of the desire to collaborate with the local Church. Two characters form the term Fen Xiang: Fen, which means to divide or to share, and Xiang, the character for joy and good experience. Joined together, the two […]
Holy Land: The Comboni Missionaries Celebrate 50 Years of Presence in Bethany
The Comboni Missionary Sisters recently celebrated fifty years of presence in Bethany, in the Palestinian territory. The town is separated from nearby Jerusalem by the Israeli West Bank barrier. On Saturday, March 5th, a multitude of people celebrated the anniversary via a film screening on the history and spirituality of the community founded by Bishop […]
Uganda: Something Ends, Something New Begins
Ewa Maziarz, a Polish Comboni Lay Missionary, spoke to us at the end of two years’ mission experience at St. Jude Children’s Home in Uganda. Our children have just finished their holiday season, which was unusually long this time – 3 months. The holiday season lasted so long because of the election of the new […]