For over a hundred years, the Comboni Missionaries have been working in north-eastern Uganda. “Being a missionary here means living side by side with the people, knowing their language and culture, and, if necessary, giving one’s life for them”. This Continue reading →

I am Fr. Aldrin Janito, one of the pioneering Filipino Comboni Missionaries. I was born in Kiamba, South Cotabato, in the south of the country.

In June 1991, I started my journey with the Comboni Missionaries.  While undergoing my postulancy Continue reading →

Sr. Joana Aparecida Ortiz, a Franciscan Sister of Our Lady of Aparecida who has lived among the second largest population of Indigenous people in Brazil since 2010, shares how she answered God’s call to carry out her mission alongside suffering Continue reading →