Father Marcelo Fonseca Oliveira, a Portuguese Comboni missionary, chose at a very young age to follow God’s plans. We asked him to tell us about his missionary vocation and his mission in the Comboni Family.

I was born and raised Continue reading →

“A few weeks ago, while I was sitting somewhere in a calm and serene atmosphere, I decided to reflect on my personal journey and missionary vocation.” Let us listen to what a Comboni Father, Fr Sylvester Hategek’Imana from Uganda, has Continue reading →

He comes from a Protestant family where he learned to love the Word of God. Reading the life of Monsignor Daniel Comboni opened the doors to his desire to be a missionary. The Congolese Comboni missionary, Father Bienvenu Clemy Mikozama, Continue reading →

Working among the Cushite and Nilotic peoples in Kenya has been a fulfilling experience for Bro Alfredo. He shares with us his first mission assignment. 

My name is Alfredo Monteiro de Sousa, hailing from Brazil’s north- eastern state called Ceara.  Continue reading →

“As I can remember, priesthood has always been a dream for me since childhood. I “grew up” in the Church since my family was active in our parish community.” A Comboni Filipino Father Margarito Santiago Garrido III tells us his Continue reading →

A difficult path to reach the priesthood. Experience in Peru and now in Spain. Father Fugain Dreyfus Yepoussa, a Central African, shares his vocational journey.

My priestly vocation was born very early. When I finished primary school, I asked my Continue reading →

His vocation as a Comboni Brother is woven into the fabric of his dreams. Togolese Brother Ghislain Dagbeto tells the story of his vocation.

In my formative years, I initially resisted invitations to attend church, shedding tears at the mere Continue reading →

During his childhood he escaped a serious illness.  The Protestant environment and the reluctance of his parents to send him to the seminary did not extinguish the desire in Fr David to become a missionary priest of the Comboni Missionaries. Continue reading →

My vocation journey started when I joined my uncle after my father’s passing. When I joined my uncle, the first experience which shaped my spiritual life was the moment of prayer. Every evening, my uncle gathers the family to pray Continue reading →

As a member of a community of shepherds, he could easily have continued tending the goats like any other boy. But his dream of becoming a Comboni missionary priest led him in a different direction. Father Etabo Joseph Lopeyok talks Continue reading →