State-sponsored violence, material poverty, learned helplessness, and lack of access to decent education and healthcare for children and families--these are just some of the obstacles that Fr. Francis Nsapo and his fellow missionaries face in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Fr. Francis, a native of DRC who has been a part of...
“It’s not easy to be a missionary, you know? And it’s not because of the food; it’s not because you might live in a village and have to go down to the street to bathe, and then you have blackouts maybe 8 hours a day...all of that. That’s not the hard part.
The hard part is when you have difficulty communicating, when you don’t...
What comes to mind when you think of the Philippines? Perhaps it is the storied hospitality of the Filipino people, or the fact that over 86% of its population identifies as Catholic, or the largest World Youth Day in history was held there in 1995. In any case, “health care crisis” is probably not the first thing that comes to...
Our SLU-Sunflower Art Camp is a special project for children in need of special protection, which usually happens every other summer.
This summer, we joined 35 boys from four different institutions at the SLU-Sunflower on the Hill in the CICM Bukal ng Tipan, Maryhill Retreat Center. As always, the camp was a carnival of colors,...
“Parents need to consider what they want their children to be exposed to, and this necessarily means being concerned about who is providing their entertainment, who is entering their rooms through television and electronic devices, and with whom they are spending their free time. Only if we devote time to our children, speaking...
Missionhurst Missionaries build Catholic communities in frontier situations: places where the gospel is not preached or lived. This blog is about their work in the four corners of the globe, and their holistic work in four areas of focus: relief and healthcare, socio-economic development, education, and pastoral work.
