When a college student, Jemboy told his parents he wanted to be a missionary priest, they felt that such a vocation would deprive them of their only treasure. He waited. He even tried to put the call aside. Until he Continue reading →
Five years ago, Sister Lizzy Chakkalakkal, principal of a school in Kochi, Kerala, discovered that one of her students was homeless. This prompted the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary nun and some students of Our Lady’s Convent Girls Higher Secondary School, Continue reading →
Mission hardships are transformed with the right vision.
Father Gregor Schmidt knows the rigors of mission as well as anyone. In Fangak County, South Sudan, it’s not unusual for him to wade through waist-deep waters for nine hours a Continue reading →
Introduction: the text of John 4:20-30 is the continuation of our last Lectio Divina which introduced the conversation of Jesus with the Samaritan woman and progressively going further in their relationship, to a spiritual level, whereby after Jesus making her Continue reading →
Young people in Africa today face many different challenges and circumstances.These engender both hope and hopelessness among them, depending on their particular context and on available support, resources and opportunities. Young people who are empowered easily find hope Continue reading →
As far as vocation is concerned, there is no vocational path without steps being taken. To dare to set foot on the road is to accept to move, to accept to leave our comfort zone, leave the sofa of our Continue reading →
