St Joseph’s Advocate Ireland – Autumn 2020
Autumn 2020
Basankusu DR Congo: Ordination Patrick Lonkoy Bolengu MHM
Today, Sunday 20th September 2020, the Catholic community of Basankusu, DR Congo, joyfully celebrated the priestly ordination of Patrick Lonkoy Bolengu MHM together with diocesan candidate Sillas Bangamba Bondola by the local ordinary, bishop Joseph Mokobe Ndjoku. The ordination took place at the Cathedral of St Peter and Paul in Basankusu, DR Congo. Two local…
On the Way to World Mission Sunday: Video Message of Hope
The Pontifical Mission Societies of Spain launched a video in which missionaries from all over the world and representatives of local churches send out a message of hope during the coronavirus pandemic. The video, an initiative of various national mission societies, invites us all to “warm up the engines” on the way to World Mission…
25 Years ago: Epic Centenary Walk from Mombasa to Kampala
Sixty Mill Hill mission pilgrims who trekked from Mombasa to the Buganda King’s court at Mengo arrived at Bulange to a rousing welcome from Lukiiko members and a cross section of people. Prince Lincoln Abraham Ndawula, Kabaka Mutebi’s uncle, received the pilgrims on behalf of the King who was out of the country. The pilgrims,…
Malakal, South Sudan: Poetry in a UN Protection of Civilians (POC) Camp
In recent dispatches to the Sun, Father Bassano wrote, “This pandemic in our world is teaching us of both the fragility and resiliency of life.” He reported that two of his co-workers at the UNHCR [UN Refugee Agency] where he lives tested positive for the virus and one of them died from complications: “We were all…
South Africa: Heart Rending Plight of Child Headed Families
“Our father used to come home once around Christmas holidays. He would buy us some food, which lasts about two weeks, the time he spends with us. Then he leaves us again,” Nosipho says in the report and adds in reference to their dad, ”We finish the last bites of the food he bought by…
Battambang, Cambodia: Supporting People with Disabilities
Battambang (Agenzia Fides) – Supporting the life and work of the Arrupe Center in Cambodia, managed by Bishop Enrique Figaredo Alvar Gonzalez SJ in the Apostolic Prefecture of Battambang, in the north-west of the country, where for over 20 years they have accompanied and provide learning and growth opportunities for people with disabilities: this is…
Contactblad Magazine
This is the autumn 2020 edition of the magazine of the Dutch Region of the Mill Hill MIssionaries
Kenya: 20th John Kaiser MHM Anniversary
A message from the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) Please note that this year the National Office will not print Fr. Kaiser posters and prayer cards as agreed by the planning committee due to the current situation of Covid 19 in the country. Please use different platforms at the diocese and parish levels to…
Twinning: Growth of Partnerships between Parishes in Ireland and Africa
Twinning relationships or partnerships between parishes in Ireland and in African countries are a growing form of modern missionary endeavour at a time when the number of Irish missionaries serving in Africa and the global south is declining. One such partnership is that between Ballineaspaig Parish (often called Dennehy’s Cross Parish) in Cork City and…
African Influences on Chinese Catholicism
Christians of all kinds are returning to the Middle Kingdom. But the Christian significance of the Afro-Chinese encounter is even more important, broader than the simple number of the newly baptized. Therefore, this article highlights a dimension that is rarely mentioned: it focuses on Africans who, as workers, students, diplomats or small businessmen, live in…
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