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Fr. Alex Geraldo Nunes: “The joy of serving God as a priest and missionary”
Monday, September 29, 2025
On 9th August 2025, Comboni missionary Alex Geraldo Nunes was ordained priest by Bishop Airton José dos Santos. The celebration took place at the parish of Our Lady of Sorrows in Capela Nova, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The motto chosen for this celebration was: ‘I have given you an example: as I have done, so you must do’ (Jn 13:15).
In his homily, Bishop Airton José recalled that the priesthood is not a privilege but a call to serve with humility, especially the poorest and most forgotten.
The ordination of Father Alex Nunes was preceded by a week of missionary and vocational animation organised by the Comboni Family (priests, sisters and lay people). Alex Nunes entrusted his priestly life to the Lord and asked for the grace to live the mission with joy and generosity, being a priest after the heart of Christ, in the spirit of St. Daniel Comboni, who urges us to ‘Save Africa with Africa’.
On 14th September, the feast of the Holy Cross, Father Alex Geraldo Nunes was sent from his parish to the Comboni mission in Egypt/Sudan.
