Mercoledì 31 marzo 2021
“Si muore prima del tempo, e si vive in condizioni così precarie che spesso mi chiedo se ci sia vita prima della morte”, afferma mons. Jesús Ruiz Molina, vescovo di Mbaïki, nella Repubblica Centroafricana. “Quanto vale poco la vita in Africa!”, ha denunciato la fondazione pontificia Aiuto alla Chiesa che Soffre (ACS) attraverso una Via Crucis composta da mons. Jesús Ruiz. (Vedi allegato)
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La Chiesa del Benin celebra i 160 anni di evangelizzazione
Sabato 17 aprile 2021
Era il 18 aprile 1861 e i padri Francesco Borghero e Francisco Fernandez, missionari della Società delle Missioni Africane, posavano i piedi sulla Costa degli Schiavi, come era chiamato allora il sud del Benin. [Nella foto: Ouidah, La Porta del non-ritorno: Memoriale della Tratta degli Schiavi. In: missioniafricane]
Via Crucis da mons. Jesús Ruiz: “Si muore prima del tempo”
Simone Parimbelli: “The mission opens the heart and the horizon and being outgoing changes you”
Friday, March 19, 2021
He is no longer “the same person who left” in 2017, Simone Parimbelli, 38 years old, Comboni Lay Missionary of the Diocese of Bergamo, who returned in September 2020 from Mongoumba in Central African Republic. Because, as he says with light in his eyes, “the mission opens the heart and the horizon and being outgoing changes you: from the conception of the missionary style to the relationship with time and space, with oneself and with God”.
Comboni Sisters: “Encounter and proclamation dialoguing with “traditional religions”
Wednesday 17 March 2021
Dear readers: The echo of the congregational journey a call to listen to our charism and the dynamism that it takes in the life of the Church and of peoples, is the issue of “In Dialogue”. It will lead us to reflect together on our encounter and proclamation dialoguing with “traditional religions” on the spiritual and cultural resources that they represent in interreligious and intercultural encounters. [See attachment]
Comboni sister named a 2021 'Woman of Courage' for work in Middle East
Monday, March 8, 2021
Comboni Sr. Alicia Vacas Moro, a Spanish missionary whose ministry has focused on humanitarian needs in the Middle East, is one of 14 women receiving this year's International Women of Courage award, an annual honor by the U.S. Department of State. Vacas, 49, a registered nurse and regional coordinator for the Comboni Missionary Sisters in the Middle East, was honored for work that includes establishing a medical clinic in Egypt for low-income patients and a ministry working with an impoverished Bedouin community on the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [Chris Herlinger – Global Sisters Report]
Essays of Fr. Renzo Carraro published in the Comboni World Mission magazine 2020
Friday, January 29, 2021
Fr. Renzo Carraro, a Comboni missionary working in Manila (Philippines), has gathered in 10 booklets a selection of the best part of his articles of 20 years of collaboration with the Comboni missionary magazine World Mission. “Now – writes Fr. Renzo – I make available these booklets, which I consider not devoid of interest, to those who are interested. They are agile, not too long and ready to be enjoyed at leisure.” We publish below the index of the 10 booklets that you can find in attachment.
Fr. Renzo Carraro: Reflections for meditation and study of the Bible
Saturday, January 16, 2021
Over the last years, Father Renzo Carraro has prepared a series of reflections and resources for meditation and study of the Bible. Some booklets are made up of original little reflections that were occasioned by preparing Retreats or Formation Courses. They represent 20 years of experience. They are simple and without pretenses, but they can suggest some ideas or lessons which can be handy in the formation work. Others booklets could be called “Study Notes” on behalf of the Bible Study Groups. [See attachments]