Wien Dud was born in 1912, son of Dud Akot, the chief of the Jur. His father was the first chief of the South to open up the area of Mbili to the missionaries. At the age of ten Wien Continue reading →
Chief Albert John Mvumbi (“Continuous Rain” in Zulu) Luthuli, a leading figure in South Africa’s struggle against apartheid and Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize recipient, was a product of Christian mission schools. His father, John Bunyan Luthuli, was a missionary Continue reading →
Through her Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai mobilised thousands of women to plant millions of trees in Kenya. With this brainchild, she showed that any initiative counts—and it can count a lot—and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. A Continue reading →
At the beginning of October 2000 at Lacor hospital (Gulu, North Uganda) a great alarm was raised. Ajok Christine, aged 20, a student nurse, was the first one to fall sick and die. The death of a second nurse and Continue reading →
Denis Hurley was born in Cape Town in 1915 of Irish parents. Educated at St Charles College in Pietermaritzburg, he joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) and was ordained a priest in 1939. In 1947, he was named Continue reading →
Introduction: The text of John 9:1-41 tells us of the healing of a man born blind and about the power of Jesus and the meaning of his presence in the world. It is an invitation for us to open our Continue reading →
If we look at our daily life and encounters with the eyes of the soul, we can see unexpected marvels: the kind face of an elderly person covered by wrinkles, each wrinkle indicating smiles, worries, tears and love, like a Continue reading →
