“I was about four or five … I came here because I was accused of witchcraft and I was condemned by my family and my community”, said Sarah, aged 12. When Sarah was four years old, she was wrongly implicated Continue reading →
Three years after taking in the little girl Inimffon and her younger brother, Sister Matylda Iyang finally heard from the mother who had abandoned them.
“Their mother came back and told me that she (Inimffon) and her younger sibling are Continue reading →
Nathalie Becquart is a member of the Xavière Sisters, Missionaries of Jesus Christ in France. Before becoming a sister, she worked as a consultant in marketing and advertising. After entering, she did marketing for Paulist Press, was the national coordinator Continue reading →
Fifty years in India alongside the lepers. Curing their wounds but also rejoicing with each one for newfound life. This is the story of Sister Bertilla Capra, 82, an Italian Consolata Missionary.
His house, in Pressano, near Trento in Italy, is like a mansion: a carved stone portal leads the visitor into a large internal courtyard. From there a solid dark marble staircase leads you into a large hall. Balconies and terraces Continue reading →
“I think I am the only one in the whole Institute who does not have to think of the work to be done tomorrow! My days are spent in the company of my African brothers; I talk to them of Continue reading →
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 →
