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Philippines – Metro Manila

The Way God Looked for Me There are many ways in which God can call us to follow him. The story of someone’s vocational call is thus unique, peculiar, and different from all the rest. In my case, at the end of my primary school my parents sent me to the Minor Seminary of our …

Nariokotome Primary Health And Mobile Clinic

The Way God Looked for Me There are many ways in which God can call us to follow him. The story of someone’s vocational call is thus unique, peculiar, and different from all the rest. In my case, at the end of my primary school my parents sent me to the Minor Seminary of our …

Fr. Manuel Hernández

The Way God Looked for Me There are many ways in which God can call us to follow him. The story of someone’s vocational call is thus unique, peculiar, and different from all the rest. In my case, at the end of my primary school my parents sent me to the Minor Seminary of our …

Rosa Murillo

A Journey of 25 Years This year, it will be my 25th anniversary as a member of the Missionary Community of Saint Paul the Apostle (MCSPA). I will try to go through how it all began and how these past years have been. One fine day in 1983, some of my friends invited me to …

Ethiopia – Mizan Teferi

Geographical Location Mizan Teferi is located 561 km southwest of Addis Ababa. Bench is the district’s main town, which belongs to the Bench-Maji District. In turn, the Bench-Maji District is located in the region “Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region – SNNP” located in the southwest of the country, bordering with the Republic of Kenya …

Ethiopia – Andode

Geographical Location Angar Guten Valley is located in the Oromia region, in Wollega East Zone, in the district of Gidda-Kiramu. It has an extension of 15,000 km2. To the south, it borders Nekemte, the main town of the area, which holds a population of around 80,000 and is located 331 km to the west from …

Malawi – Benga

Geographical Location Benga is located in Nkhotakota District and situated at 10 km from Lake Malawi to the east and 30 km to the Ntchisi Forest Reserve to the west. It is 60 km south of Nkhotakota Township and 50 km north of Salima Township. It is situated halfway on the tar road connecting both …

Kenya – Lobur – Furrows In The Dessert

Geographical Location The model farm from which all activities are conducted is located at Lobur Catholic Mission, 250 km north of Lodwar, within the Elemi Triangle in Turkana County (Kenya), very near the Ethiopian border. It consists of a small training centre for groups of 20 people at a time, and a well equipped 4 …

Kenya – Kokuselei

Geographical location Kokuselei village is located 35 km west of Nariokotome Mission, in the valley between the Lapur and Morueris mountain ranges. The people are semi-nomadic pastoralists, very isolated due to lack of roads and communications. It can also be reached from Lokitaung in a 40 km trip passing through the village of Riokomor. The …

Ethiopia – Nyangatom

Geographical Location Nyangatom is an area that is difficult to access; it is located in the southernmost part of Ethiopia, bordering South Sudan and Kenya. The few rural tracks in the area are in very poor condition and passable only with 4WD vehicles appropriate to the rough terrain. During the rain season roads become completely […]

Ethiopia – Muketurri

The Way God Looked for Me There are many ways in which God can call us to follow him. The story of someone’s vocational call is thus unique, peculiar, and different from all the rest. In my case, at the end of my primary school my parents sent me to the Minor Seminary of our …

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