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Sent: A Blog of Catholic Missionaries
Bearing Light to the World’s Darkest Places

Training “Miracle Workers” in the Congo

Fr. Louis Ngoy     Jul 18, 2016 11:45:03 AM

My name is Fr. Louis Ngoy.  I am a CICM missionary currently serving as the Provincial Superior of Missionhurst-CICM in Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

As a superior of a province, I visit all our missionaries in the fields and I also visit the ICM Sisters (Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of...


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Featured Missionary Story: Meet Fr. Geraldo

Fr. Randy     Jun 30, 2016 1:54:24 PM

Since 1998, Fr. Geraldo has served as a Missionhurst priest with a personal calling to fight against child abuse and neglect. Today he serves at the Sunflower Children’s Center in the Philippines. This is his story.

I was born in 1966 in Minas Gerais, Brazil. My father and mother managed to send all four of us children to...


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What Pope Francis’ Latest Apostolic Exhortation Means for Families in Third World Countries

Jonel D'Alimag     Jun 15, 2016 7:30:00 AM

“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...


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Are Catholic Priests Still Effective Missionaries?

Fr. Randy     May 25, 2016 11:46:04 AM

It is certainly no secret that much of the humanitarian aid and relief work all around the globe flows from distinctly Christian institutions — not a small amount of which are Catholic.  Not surprisingly, the impact these organizations have extends to nations where Christians are in the minority.

For example, only 2% of the...


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Witch Children, Corruption and Tractors –Offering Help, Hope and Healing in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Fr. Randy     May 18, 2016 10:00:00 AM

Dear friend, what good is a tractor without gas?

This question offers a great analogy for what the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is experiencing right now.  On one hand, the World Bank sees a lot of potential in this young republic:  

“With 80 million hectares of arable land and over 1,100 minerals and precious metals...


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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.

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