Vocation Story. The irresistible call
Fr. Louis Tony Okot Ochermoi, a Sudanese Comboni missionary shares with us his vocation journey. “How can I become a Comboni Missionary?”. During my childhood, my father and elders in our village, Iboni, shared stories about two Comboni missionaries and their trips to the Lafon mission to celebrate the sacraments and important liturgical feasts. When […]
Vocation Story. A Path of Sharing
Sister Marie Claire Silatchom is a Dominican missionary of the Rosary, from Cameroon. With enthusiasm, she tells us about her religious journey. My religious and missionary vocation burned in my heart from an early age, fruit of the spiritual heritage received from my parents. With their life testimony, they taught me the way of faith. […]
Bible & Mission. The Fruits of Mission
The Seventy-two returned with joy… ‘Nevertheless, do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven’.” (Luke 10: 17–20) The Disciple comes back to the One who sent him. He was sent like a lamb among wolves: poor, weak, in need of acceptance […]
Herbs & Plants. Combretum molle. A Source of Medicinal Mumuye Gum
It is commonly referred to as velvet bushwillow and is a medium-sized evergreen deciduous tree with a larger, straight trunk, rough bark, and dense crown. Combretum molle has been used in traditional medicine since time immemorial for the treatment of a wide range of diseases. It’s an extremely variable shrub or small tree, usually growing […]
Africa. Sun water and wind. The riches of the continent
Africa’s development prospects are increasingly linked to the ecological transition. Solar, wind, and green hydrogen could help boost economic growth and generate wealth and jobs. Sun, water, wind. These are the essential elements to produce clean energy. Africa has them in abundance. And it is precisely from here that a revolution can be triggered […]
Mission Diary. At the service of a humble, small but beautiful mission
Father Antonio Villarino tells us about his experience among “street dwellers”. Medellín is an industrial city, the second most populated in Colombia, inhabited by the paisas, an enterprising people, faithful to their traditions, and home to important writers such as Héctor Abad. Yes, many abroad know it for being where drug trafficker Pablo Escobar […]
Bible & Mission. Prayer and Mission
“Pray, therefore, the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest” (Luke 10: 2b). It is not enough to love the Lord in order to be His collaborator. I may love Him and yet work against Him. This is what Peter did whom Jesus called “Satan”. He, Peter, actually hated the Cross, […]
Oral Literature. Inca. The Island of the Sun
At that time Viracocha, the creator God, looked down upon the earth. He saw it was bare, shrouded in impenetrable darkness, for daylight did not yet exist. Taguapac, his woman, and her children, the only human creatures, had found refuge under a rock in the heart of the Andes. They led a life of hardship, […]
Rwanda. The Power of the Beat
Ingoma Nshya is the country’s first female percussion troupe. Reconciliation, healing and peace are part of the group journey. We went to meet them. About 125 kilometres south of Kigali, and after an endless sequence of hills, is Huye. With nearly 320,000 inhabitants, until 2013 it housed the oldest university in the country. Here you […]
Ecuador. June Festivals
During the month of June, various traditional festivals are celebrated, including Inti Raymi, thanksgiving to the sun and the earth, for the abundance of crops. The history of these festivals dates to the Inca empire when they were established to venerate the Sun King and Mother Earth (Pachamama) for the favours received in the harvests. […]