It is one of the most enigmatic and elusive birds in the world. It is a symbol, a nation. The first sight of a quetzal in the wild is unforgettable. The Guatemalan high forests are mysterious. Others say mystic. This forest, a green belt of dense jungle crowning the Maya Forest – a region shared …
When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we touch on legend, mythology and the history of the species. The pre-Columbian cultures considered the monarch butterfly sacred. Her image can be found in figures, vessels, ornaments and jewels. Butterflies were also used as tribute and offerings, and bread and sweets were even baked in their form. …
Our school time, especially infant and primary school, usually marks our lives in one way or another. Great memories pile up: friends who are a big part of who we were, teachers who touched our hearts and opened paths we had not even imagined until then. In general, a shared life that filled us with …
“Listening to their stories and accompanying them personally through their journeys and sharing their life has made me a better person and religious sister.” Sr Silvia Vargas, A Comboni missionary from Ecuador shares with us her experience. I was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, and from an early age I felt the attraction to help people …
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There had been a terrible drought, with intense heat that had dried up the rivers, streams, and springs, until there was no water anywhere. The animals wandered far and wide in search of water but could not find any. Nowhere was water freely flowing. The animals held a meeting, and all the large animals attended, …
This internal lake of Ethiopia is an Alpine circle of muddy waters, more than three thousand five hundred square km. This is where, forming a slow and calm stream, the Blue Nile rises. Lake Tana is a sacred boundary, a frontier of Christianity. Almost all of the thirty-seven islands conceal a monastery, a church, and …
Father Donald Maripe Magoma, a Comboni Missionary from South Africa talks about his vocation and his mission. He has encountered many obstacles, with no end in sight, but he has never given up. Today he flies on eagle wings. I was born in 1979 in Masikwe, in the diocese of Witbank, South Africa. Going to …
An extremely polarised country where belonging to a family or clan is much more important than one’s national identity. The new bishop of Rumbek, Mons Christian Carlassare invites the Christians to be part of a universal family rather than to a clan or ethnic group. The Gospel is indeed inspiring but that does not lessen …
Father Fabrice Agbetiafa from Togo shares with us his experience with Q’eqcht, the indigenous people in the Petel region of northern Guatemala. After completing my theological studies in Lima, Peru in 2014, I returned to my home country of Togo, West Africa. Within the same year I was ordained as a priest in the capital …
One day, a God asked Mayimba, the Honey Bird to meet with him. The God gave Mayimba three gourds which were all sealed, and the following instructions, “Go to the man and the woman I first created and give them these three gourds. But you are not to open them on the way. When you …
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