Rome, Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Comboni Missionaries of Asia announced a Year of Grace – from 1 December 2012 to 2 December 2013 – to celebrate the first 25 years of their presence on the continent. The guiding theme chosen for the Year is “Journeying together on Asian roads”, an invitation to look at the journey already done and to look at the future. “The journey also invites us to seize the present moment as a great opportunity to look at our service and commitment as well as at the way we respond to the challenges the mission in Asia is facing us with as individuals and as communities,” writes Fr. Miguel Angel. We publish in the attachment below the letter of Fr. Miguel Angel, which calls for the Year of Grace, as well as the message of the Superior General, Fr. Enrique Sánchez G., for the 25 years from the arrival of the Comboni Missionaries in Asia. Both letters are only in English. In the picture: Bishop Onesto Ongioco of the Diocese of Cubao.

Rome, Tuesday, 9 October 2012
World Mission magazine was once more recognized with two prestigious awards at the 34th Catholic Mass Media Awards (CMMA). Besting strong and very established competitors, World Mission (WM) garnered the Best Family-Oriented Magazine Award and “Farms of Hope”, a piece co-authored by Fr. José Rebelo and Fr. Dave Domingues, was awarded the Best Investigative Report, a reportage on a farm at Masbate Island, belonging to the Fazenda da Esperança chain where, through work, community life and prayer, Filipino youth are being rescued from drugs, alcohol and other self-destructive dependences.