Those who know Sr. Elen would describe her as a warm, gentle, soft-spoken and calm.
Prior to her years serving the rural poor through theRural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP), she served as a teacher, counselor, and then Continue reading →
Pope Francis has recently approved a decree proclaiming Father Rutilio Grande a martyr for the Catholic faith, as well as two Salvadorans who were killed along with him. That means they can be beatified.
Sentenced to death in 2010 for “insulting Muhammad,” Asia Bibi was acquitted in 2018. Last May, the Pakistani Catholic woman flew to Canada where she was reunited with her family.Continue reading →
After 45 years of missionary work in Bangladesh, Fr Bob still continues pedalling to find and bring help to rural disadvantaged people. His energy comes from prayer and a sober diet of veggies. He tells us his story.
On 22 November 2020, the Italian Comboni priest Father Giuseppe Ambrosoli will be beatified in Kalongo in the north of Uganda. A story of dedication to the poor as a doctor and missionary.
“I have also learned that the word impossible is a lie. Nothing is impossible if you are driven by love and invest yourself fully”.Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse is an acclaimed activist from Burundi and founder of Maison Shalom, an Continue reading →
He always felt that God was calling him. For a while, he resisted that voice, up to the point of being ready to call it quits. Eventually, he yielded to God’s will. And now he is making the best of Continue reading →
“I would like to share my personal experience of 30 years of mission, highlighting not so much what I preached, but what people, the poor and the street have taught me about who God is”. A reflection of Father Vincenzo Continue reading →
A Benedictine theologian, activist, missionary and intellectual, Sr. Mary John Mananzan speaks of the Philippines of the past and of today. From the former dictator Ferdinando Marcos to the President now in power, Rodrigo Duterte.The Church has always Continue reading →
Threatened for her struggle against the human slave trade and human organ trafficking; she is a reference point for many wishing to escape from violence and rape; for this Brazilian Sister, the fight goes on.
