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

Poverty: A Scandalous Condition in Lupang Pangako, Payatas, Quezon City

Aaron C. Tolosa     Aug 3, 2016 5:43:28 PM

Aaron C. Tolosa, former CICM seminarian, presented his thesis to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree Master of Arts, Major in Pastoral Ministry, on November 11, 2002 and received a grade of 1.753 and an overall average of 1.695,...


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Dispelling Gang Warfare in the Congo

Fr. Randy     Jul 27, 2016 10:00:00 AM

(This story was originally used as an appeal to our incredible supporters)

In Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, gangs and gang “warfare” are plentiful.  

In the local dialect there this is known as “Kuluna”: acts of violent banditry. Bands of young men wait in hiding for some local citizen to walk...


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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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How I Met Mother Teresa

Fr. André Bogaert, CICM     Jun 8, 2016 7:30:00 PM

About 50 years ago, when I was the assistant parish priest at Tottori Church, I received one of those “chain letters” which were in vogue those days. Such letters covered a range of topics, but the one I received concerned commemorative stamps. It said that if I followed the directions given in the letter, I would receive letters...


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How We’re Fighting to Promote Education Throughout Cameroon

Fr. Roger Krebser     Mar 23, 2016 7:30:00 PM

There are ten specified regions of Cameroon that are divided into 58 departments. The Kadey department, in the East region of Cameroon, is where the village of Gadji can be found. It is located virtually halfway between the cities of Bertoua (largest and capital city of the East region) and Batouri (the second largest city of the...


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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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