Laura Díaz Barco, CMS In my years of theological reflection on mission, I keep returning to a profound question: What makes our commitment to integral development distinctly Christian? What is that “specific…
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Embracing Diversity
By Inma Cuesta, SMC The Inculturation and Missionary Adaptation of Combonian Missionary Sisters Throughout their history, the Combonian Missionary Sisters (Pious Mothers of Nigrizia) have faced the challenge of announcing the Gospel…
Seeds of Hope Summer Camps
By Inma Cuesta, SMC “Are we going on the field trip?” That’s the first question every morning from 30 Bedouin kids gathering under the only tree in their kindergarten yard. It’s 40°C,…
We Have a Green Dream
By Gabriella Bottani, SMC What does it take to make trees grow where nothing has grown for years? Ask Sisters Selam Mehari and Yorusalem. They’re living proof that the most impossible dreams…
Resilient in Faith
By Inma Cuesta, SMC What makes someone stay when everything says leave? When imprisonment, torture, and death become daily realities, what keeps faith alive? The history of the Combonian Missionary Sisters offers…
The Role of Women in Combonian Mission
By Inma Cuesta, SMC When Maria Bollezzoli became the first Superior General of the Combonian Sisters in 1872, society had very clear ideas about what women could and couldn’t do. The Church’s…
Comboni Hospital Wau: A silent, life-saving presence
Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS Today Wau is the second town of the Republic of South Sudan, with an estimated population of around 500,000 habitants. Saint Daniel Comboni Catholic Hospital was opened in…
The Transformative Path of Pilgrimage
Laura Díaz, smc – Italia Sacred pilgrimages have a long history in Christian tradition. As a researcher studying ancient pilgrimage accounts, I find that these journeys began to take shape gradually after…
Pilgrims of Hope in North Kivu
Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS At the end of January 2025 the Province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was devastated by heinous violence. The militia M23, backed by Rwanda,…
All are blessings!
By Inma Cuesta. cms. Roma I had opportunity to Khow Sr, Gianfranca Silvestri, natural from Italy Verona. Sr Gianfranca is 86 years old. God called her for missionary life to give herself…