This post was written by Fr. Anaclet Mukendi CICM, a Missionhurst missionary and native of Democratic Republic of Congo working in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He joined Missionhurst in 2004, was ordained a priest in 2008, and was sent to Haiti in 2009. He is currently responsible for the Saint Jude clinic in Port-au-Prince.
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One of the most challenging corporal works of mercy to practice is that of visiting and caring for the imprisoned. Unless your church or faith group has a prison ministry, most of us never get the opportunity to love this population of our brothers and sisters.
One of the other challenges with this kind of ministry is that it...
“How can one go back into his mother`s womb and be born again?”
Nicodemus famously asked Jesus this question in the Gospel of John, in response to Jesus telling him that he must be “born again” to enter into God’s kingdom.
This is the foundation of our pastoral commitment at the Central Prison of Kananga, in the Democratic...
The beautiful Central American country of Guatemala is replete with colonial architecture, Mayan cultural influences, and the Catholic faith, but it is not an easy place to live for the majority of its citizens. Guatemala still suffers from the scars inflicted by its own civil war in the 1950s and 60s, in which the state army “
In every society, women and children are the most vulnerable. Violence, lack of access to education, homelessness, and acute poverty all affect the stability and health of the mothers who attempt to raise, protect, and care for their children, the young faces of the future.
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.
