The streets of Abidjan, the largest city of Ivory Coast, are home to around 30,000 boys and girls. The De La Salle Christian Brothers are committed to providing them with a home and dignity.
This year Leeds Trinity University is celebrating its Golden Jubilee. It used to be called Trinity and All Saints Teacher Training College and was founded in 1966. Since then, thousands of students have passed through this college and have contributed Continue reading →
Introduction: our second ‘Lectio divina’ follows the topic of the previous month which was dealt with discipleship in the gospel of Mark 1:14-16. This time the text is from the same Gospel chapter 3:13-19, the selection of the twelve apostles, Continue reading →
Addressing a crowd of over 3 million young people gathered on Copacabana beachfront for the concluding Mass of the World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) in August 2013, Pope Francis said: “What do I expect as a consequence Continue reading →
The Chittagong Hill Tracts is a region in the south-east of Bangladesh, on the borders with India and Myanmar. It is an inaccessible mountain area that the local government has kept isolated from the rest of the country. A group Continue reading →
Mexican Comboni Brother Juan Carlos Salgado is a doctor and has been working in Africa for the past 16 years. We ask him to shares his experience with us.
I am working at the mission hospital in Mungbere in the Continue reading →
The waste pickers in Marco Moura on the outskirts of Santa Rita, a city in the state of Paraiba, in the northeast of Brazil. A story of redemption that shows the way to hope, shared by a Comboni community living Continue reading →
The Dassanech, are one of the oldest ethnic groups in Africa. These people live in three different east-African countries: Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya. The Dassanech have been in conflict with the nomadic Turkana for generations. The tensions may be explained Continue reading →
