For over a hundred years, the Comboni Missionaries have been working in north-eastern Uganda. “Being a missionary here means living side by side with the people, knowing their language and culture, and, if necessary, giving one’s life for them”. This Continue reading →

I am Fr. Aldrin Janito, one of the pioneering Filipino Comboni Missionaries. I was born in Kiamba, South Cotabato, in the south of the country.

In June 1991, I started my journey with the Comboni Missionaries.  While undergoing my postulancy Continue reading →

Sr. Joana Aparecida Ortiz, a Franciscan Sister of Our Lady of Aparecida who has lived among the second largest population of Indigenous people in Brazil since 2010, shares how she answered God’s call to carry out her mission alongside suffering Continue reading →

Father Eduardo Revolledo Villanueva is a young Comboni Missionary from Lima, Peru. He is in Taiwan and shares his vocation story and his missionary service in the Asian continent.

To talk about my vocation, I have to remember my experience Continue reading →

“My experience working in the health sector has been a journey of learning, helping, empowering, loving, giving and receiving love and hope, connecting with women and families”.  Sister Esther Alaam of The Congregation of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Continue reading →

Sister Lourdes García, a Mexican Comboni missionary, works in the Bedouin communities of Jahalin, in the Judean desert. Her testimony.

Assalamu Alaikum (‘Peace be upon you’) is the greeting with which we are greeted every time we visit the Bedouin Continue reading →

The Mexican Comboni Sister Lilia Karina Navarrete Solís, talks to us about her vocational and missionary journey.

When I was small, my mother and aunt often took me to a Salesian chapel near our house. I was part of the Continue reading →

I am Father Benjosef Carlos Raposa from the Philippines. At the age of seven, I followed my older brothers and became an altar server. In high school, I was involved in catechetical ministry and volunteer work.

I finished my degree Continue reading →

The formation of catechists in the diocese of Lira in northern Uganda involves Father José Juan Valero full time who explains the path to becoming animators of Christian communities.

I have been in Uganda for 18 years and have always Continue reading →

Bro Lwanga Kakule Silusawa is a Comboni missionary brother working in our magazine Afriquespoir in Kinshasa, DR Congo. Bro Lwanga has embraced journalism as a tool for spreading the gospel and transforming society. 

In September of this year, I will Continue reading →