Brother Lwanga Kakule Silusawa, a Comboni missionary and trained journalist from the Democratic Republic of Congo is on a mission: to tell Africa’s story to its own people, inspiring transformation and spreading hope amidst the continent’s challenges.
In the rugged terrain of Amakuriat, Kenya, Father Katembo Muhandiro Jean-Paul finds his calling. The Congolese priest, reflects on his journey from aspiring missionary to ordained clergy serving a community far from home.
Working among the Cushite and Nilotic peoples in Kenya has been a fulfilling experience for Bro Alfredo Monterio de Sousa. The Brazilian is sharing his faith and profession in Marsabit County about 531 Kilometres from Nairobi, the Capital.
Growing up in a Comboni-run parish, young Etabo found himself irresistibly drawn to the missionaries. Their close connection with his community inspired Etabo to contemplate joining their ranks.
He first came to Africa as a student of architecture. The visit changed his life. While touring missions in Tanzania with his friends, he encountered Africa’s Ubuntu and hospitality.
“When I look back over my life, I realise how my vocation has evolved. I see that at the beginning I felt a deep desire to be useful, to serve, to help others. Over time I have discovered my vulnerability and weakness”.
Pope at Mass in Trieste: Embracing the ‘Scandal’ of Faith. This concept, he explained, involves a faith that deeply engages with human history, becoming a source of hope and a catalyst for positive change in the world.
All too often, the few rich and fortunate inhabitants of this unjust world demand – and even order and impose – that the many ‘cursed of the earth’ diminish in number, so that they themselves are not forced to change their all-devouring lifestyles.
Every Christian can be a guide in life and a teacher of faith, through informal teaching, daily encounters and chats, the concreteness of life, and the beauty and hardships of human experience. Such an ‘ancient ministry’ has been formally acknowledged.
Only a direct exposure of the Church to the peripheries of the world, paired with a critical reflection, can change her perspective on the world and trigger a new imagination of the future of humanity.
