Comboni Missionaries' Team

Father Miasik Maciel Tomasz, a Polish Comboni missionary, talks to us about his vocational journey and his missionary experience. I come from a Catholic family of peasant origins living on the outskirts of Rzeszów (Poland), the capital of my region, which borders Slovakia and Ukraine. My childhood and adolescence were marked by the end of […]

The Comboni missionaries are actively, yet discreetly, involved in supporting displaced persons and war orphans. A key aspect of their work is education, which they consider the only way to prevent children from recruitment by armed groups. The situation of displaced persons in Butembo, Lubero Territory (North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo), represents one

His vision as a doctor serving the poor is encouraging many young people to pursue a career in medicine. “Being a doctor also helps change society.” After completing his medical residency in Strasbourg, France, Cédric Patrick Le Grand Ouanekpone was ready to return to his home country, the Central African Republic (CAR). He turned down

A farmer, his plough over his shoulder, led his water buffalo to the field. The mud in the field was soft and sticky, and the buffalo was up to his belly in mud, so that he had great difficulty in pulling the plough. In fact, it took him a long while to plough a little

In Shi culture, birth remains one of the most important, joyful, and eagerly awaited events. It brings families together and gives hope, especially to newly married couples. It continues the ancestral line and reinforces respect for tradition. The Bashi, also known as the Shi, are a Bantu-speaking people native to the South Kivu region in

Sr. Omaira Martin, a Comboni Missionary Sister, shares her experience, particularly with young people. It is now ten years since I first set foot on African soil. I arrived in Zambia with a mixture of joy, fear, curiosity, hope, enthusiasm, and uncertainty. One of the first things that struck me was the relationship people have

A dream comes true. Father Janvier Kabeya Mbinze, a Comboni missionary from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, shares his experience in South Sudan. When I was a Theology student, I thought every Comboni missionary should visit Sudan at least once in their lifetime, the land where our father, founder, and ancestor, Saint Daniel Comboni,

She is an advocate for climate justice and a member of the Council of Elders for the Pacific Climate Warriors, or 350 Pacific. She explains why it is so important to listen to the Earth. While the world searches for solutions in carbon credits, experimental energy and piling on pledges, beneath all this noise, a

The hare once met the hyena and proposed that they go for a walk. They went for a walk together and then separated, after which the hare went to the lioness’s cave and found it closed. She cried out, “Stone, open!” and the stone rolled away from the mouth of the cave. She entered and

The Mossi are the most numerous ethnic groups in Burkina Faso with 6.2 million members making up 40% of the population. Mossi wisdom notes. For the Mossi, wisdom consists in respecting traditional practices and customs. “If you go to a village and find everyone walking heads down, do the same yourself “, and do not