Valeria Ruiz Sánchez Armida. From Aswan (Egypt) Saint Daniel Comboni was a fervent believer in the transformative power of education. From the very beginning of the Comboni story, we see him founding…
Category: Stories of Hope
Testimonials from people who have been helped by the Comboni Sisters and how their work has changed their lives.
Light from Light
Inma Cuesta. Smc. When Grace first heard the words from the Letter to the Ephesians during an ecumenical gathering in Juba, South Sudan, something inside her awakened. “There is one body and…
Haiti: “Where the world sees threats, we see children”
Paola Moggi, CMS As Comboni Missionary Sisters we arrived in Haiti in 2010 within an inter-congregational community organized by CLAR (Latin American Conference of Religious Life) to provide material and spiritual assistance…
We are in God’s hands
María José Carrero Viñas. Comboni Missionary Just a month ago, with immense gratitude to God, I celebrated the 25th anniversary of my religious profession with the Comboni Missionaries. This silver jubilee is…
Sudan: sharing sorrows and hopes
Sr. Paola Moggi, CMS The Sudan civil war started on April 15, 2023 and involves the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, led…
Semillas de Esperanza en Anse-à-Pitres
By M. Teresa Rivera, MC ¿Qué hace que tres mujeres de diferentes congregaciones religiosas elijan vivir en el lugar más pobre y olvidado de Haití? En Anse-à-Pitres, donde el polvo del camino…
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…
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…