“I am a farmer by profession, self-educated for anything else”. With this candid statement, John Giori, a native of Sacco di Rovereto, near Trent in Northern Italy, used to introduce himself. John decided to enter the Institute founded by Comboni Continue reading →

As the old jeep moves swiftly along the narrow, dirt road through the forests of the Amazon, the sunlight streams down through the thick undergrowth and the eyes of the curious follow the movement of the car. 

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Sister Liliana Rivetta was born on November 15^th 1943 in Gavardo, in the Province of Brescia, Northern Italy. Times were hard in the post-war years in Italy. Although she did well at her lessons, Liliana was a somewhat disinterested Continue reading →