Goodbye is the only phrase we know That makes us want to FAREWELL TO FR. HARRY PEETERS AFTER 53 YEARS OF MISSION IN CAMEROON Bamenda, Cameroon — The Ecclesiastical Province of Bamenda gathered at Saint Thomas Aquinas’ Major Seminary in Bambui to celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass in honor of Rev. Fr. Harry Peeters, a missionary […]
NAIROBI, 4 June 2026 — This article by Donozio Muheki, a Mill Hill student at the Nairobi Formation Centre, looks at the courage and faith of the Ugandan Martyrs and why their witness still matters today. It recalls the history of the young Christians who chose to remain faithful even in the face of death. […]
Published by Missio UK, this article reflects on the first year of Pope Leo XIV’s papacy and highlights five key lessons from his life and teaching as a missionary. It shows how his messages on peace, faith, compassion, listening and hope can inspire Catholics today to live out the Gospel in everyday life and to […]
My first encounter with Franciscans was when I was a small boy of three to four years of age. During my visits to the city of Manchester in the northwest of England, my mother would often take me to visit the ’Nuns’; those strangely dressed women in long black habits with wimples and starched headdresses, […]
Who was to know that I would ever put my foot firmly on Africa’s soil? Isay firmly because in 1964, I fleetingly touched Arica when going through the Suez Canal from Suez to Aden with a freighter on my way to Sarawak. It happened like this: Fr Philip and Fr Mathews, who had been serving […]
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV met the Board of the Vatican Observatory Foundation lastweek and said the Church supports true science as a way of understanding God’s creation. He warned that both faith and science are being challenged by people who deny objective truth, and he called for greater care for the planet and […]
Mill Hill Missionaries in Malaysia are currently serving in just one out of the fourteen states within the country. This is partly because only the state of Sarawak has kept its borders opened to welcome missionaries from across the globe, though each missionary is expected to serve within the state/country for a period not longer […]
When the Lord brought back the captives of Zion, it felt like a dream (Psalm 126:1), so beautiful, so overwhelming, it was almost impossible to believe. Today, that same fragile longing lives in the hearts of the people of the Anglophone regions, especially in the ecclesiastical province of Bamenda. For nearly ten years, they have […]
Seven Years of Missionary Service in Karamoja In 2008 when I started my journey of formation to the missionary priesthood, I was inspired by the zeal, courage, sacrifice and faith of the early missionaries. Despite unfamiliar environments with barely nothing to begin with, the early missionaries built Christian communities, churches, schools and hospitals with tremendous […]
Walking Together: The Ecumenical Way of the Cross in St. Jude Busaana Inspired by the prayer of Jesus Christ, “that they may all be one” (John 17:21), and guided by the missionary vision of Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, the pastoral team at Busaana has embraced ecumenism not as theory but as lived reality. Grounded in the […]
He was more than ordinarynot merely a priest,but a shepherd of souls, a guide, a gentle former of hearts. He was more than ordinarynot simply a friend,but a father to many, a mentor whose wisdom shaped lives. He was more than ordinarynot only a voice that spoke well,but a missionary who gave, and a benefactor […]
The India Region of the Mill Hill Missionaries marked a significant and grace-filled moment as Albis Tirkey and Cyril made their Perpetual Oath on 19 March at the Second Cycle Formation Centre, Pune. The Eucharistic celebration was presided over by Fr. Tomvenki Yellavula, Regional Representative, who received their oath on behalf of the General Superior, […]
