His house, in Pressano, near Trento in Italy, is like a mansion: a carved stone portal leads the visitor into a large internal courtyard. From there a solid dark marble staircase leads you into a large hall. Balconies and terraces Continue reading →

Forty years of missionary life in Khartoum (Sudan). His work for the youth. His Club. Living close to the people.

Brother Michele Sergi was born on 20 April 1910, in Galliano del Capo, southern Italy. From childhood, he felt a Continue reading →

“I think I am the only one in the whole Institute who does not have to think of the work to be done tomorrow! My days are spent in the company of my African brothers; I talk to them of Continue reading →

He was born in 1899 in a small village in the region of Brescia, Northern Italy. Feeling the Lord was calling him to the mission, he insistently asked to join the Comboni Missionaries. He entered the novitiate in Venegono Superiore Continue reading →

“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 →