sr. Iara da Silva Vieira – North Brazil Province, Italy
Sr. Bertilla about this photo: "The joy of being with the children - who are fragile, innocent, peace loving and peace makers. As a young missionary, amidst the children, in VIMALA MUMBAI, I began to soar high in the sky, for my enthusiasm and love for mission in INDIA had no bounds. Amidst them I learnt to be happy always and to spread smile".
Summary: Two testimonies that Maurizio di Schino collected for the "Missionary October" column in the "Nel cuore dei giorni" space.
Bhimavaram Hospital (India) 1977 Sr. Alphonsa, Panamkattu, one of the first sister doctor from India, returned to help her people after studying in Padua (Italy), examines a patient ophthalmological visit. Le attività sanitarie dell’ospedale si estendono al circondario: in the picture below, the sisters visit a village nearby for the Leprosy Survey to find out if there are people affected b...
The Pre novitiate community: Nirmala Jyothi Niwas, Siliguri share with us the journey of the 30 members which begun as INFANT MISSIONARIES and today is called YOUNG MISSIONARIES.
Grazie alla Caritas di Lodi, eccoci in collegamento dal Camerun Sr. Daniela Migotto Missionaria dell’Immacolata, dal Mozambico Elena Gaboardi, Padre Antonio Bonato e Gloria Agazzi, ragazza di Giovani e Missione ora laica fidei donum. Questo sarà il primo di una serie di tre incontri con i missionari lodigiani nel mondo per riflettere su cosa è accaduto nel resto del mondo mentre noi eravam...
In this photo there are sr. Rosangela de Oliveira, sr. Daniela Galaffu and Sr. Adele. They were living in Barreirinha in the state of Amazonas. They were close to home, coming down from the boat called Paradise in a flood period that lasted a few months.
Visit of Dom Pedro Zilli, Bishop of the Diocese of Bafatà, to our satellite community of Cafal. It is now closed and is entrusted to the care of the Oblate Fathers.
With suitcases as ‘migrants’, on 11.9.1968 sr. Maddalena Pirodda and Sr. Theresa Pathickal (the first Indian MSI destined to the mission outside her country) arrive in Hong Kong. The photo below shows them still in the airport, where the Canossian Sisters would come to pick them up and by whom they would be given hospitality for the first months waiting to start their own communities a...
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