He was born in 1899 in a small village in the region of Brescia, Northern Italy. Feeling the Lord was calling him to the mission, he insistently asked to join the Comboni Missionaries. He entered the novitiate in Venegono Superiore Continue reading →
“I am a farmer by profession, self-educated for anything else”. With this candid statement, John Giori, a native of Sacco di Rovereto, near Trent in Northern Italy, used to introduce himself. John decided to enter the Institute founded by Comboni Continue reading →
“God wants to fulfill the desires of your heart.” This was the message that stayed with me after attending a retreat when I was a teenager and continued to resonate in my soul as I discerned my vocation. Looking back, Continue reading →
As the old jeep moves swiftly along the narrow, dirt road through the forests of the Amazon, the sunlight streams down through the thick undergrowth and the eyes of the curious follow the movement of the car.
