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Category: Frontline
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Rising From the Pit

For some, it takes a great personal tragedy that leaves them totally beaten black and blue, to recognize that God is there, ready to carry us. For others, living a life in worldliness and sin, even to the point of death, leads them to a catharsis, a liberating realization that God and goodness have been residing in them all along. Ultimately, however, the decision to go with God or to continue living as if one were already dead rests in each one of us. God, however, has lit that tiny spark of goodness in us – we need only to fuel it by sharing that goodness with others.

Ken Leslie | Contributor
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Seeing God’s Face

Children are often passed off and disregarded in society because of their immaturity and inexperience. However, many people of goodwill continue to place their hope in children and see them as the promise of the future. Regardless of their race or religion, these people see goodness in children, and, therefore, see God, the Child Jesus, in them. In turn, people who work tirelessly for the rights and welfare of children, like this year’s Nobel Peace Prize winners, Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan and Kailash Satyarthi from India, become earthly images of God themselves.

By Joey Villarama | Journalist
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A Shepherd In A Muslim World

The gem of Christianity seems to be very much alive in the Muslim enclave of Northern Arabia. Bishop Camillo Ballin, a Comboni missionary, had made it his own choice to serve in Arabic countries. After an enriching experience in Egypt and the Sudan, he is now shepherding the Catholic flock, as Apostolic Vicar of Northern Arabia, which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, & Saudi Arabia – a distinct mission full of challenges, with the clear aim of doing good to all.

By Fr. Dave Domingues | Comboni Missionary
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Living among the Nuers

The pastoral care of people in very remote areas in South Sudan has truly enlightened the heart of young Comboni missionary, Fr. Gregory Schmidt. Along with three other companions in mission, they are living among the pastoralists of Nuer, dedicating their lives in caring for the different communities in and around Old Fangak, fostering education, and empowering the local people to build a better future for the Africa’s youngest nation. Though these areas have been neglected by the government, and isolation and lack of infrastructures are obstacles, nothing can stop these young missionaries, all under the age of 40, from living the missionary heritage of St. Daniel Comboni and giving their lives completely to the Nuer people.

By Fr. Dave Domingues | Comboni Missionary
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Champion of peace and human rights

What made Nelson Mandela the most famous and revered leader worldwide, and perhaps the most respected leader in history was his unshakable commitment to human rights and dignity.

By Fr. Shay Cullen, SSC | PREDA Foundation
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A Home for the Handicapped

Handicapped children didn’t “exist” in China up to recently. Orphanages were forbidden. But some Sisters defied the official policy and the stern authorities and made the most excluded of the children, the handicapped, part of their family. They call it the Liming Family, which means, dawn and giving hope.

Fr. José António M. Rebelo | Comboni Missionary – In China
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A Missionary Doctor

A medical doctor and a surgeon by profession, Rosario Iannetti joined the Comboni Missionaries as a Brother in 1992. He has been working in South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, for the last 15 years. Since 2002, he has been in Mapuordit, where he transformed the small mission dispensary into a hospital with more than 100 beds. He says that “medicine is a great weapon to show the love of God for people, which is the basic element of the announcement of the Good News.”

Fr. José António M. Rebelo | Comboni Missionary
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The Baptism of Peace

What I truly believe is that all those who are sincerely committed to solve this conflict in Karamoja (Uganda) are, in a way, “baptized people,” even though they have never been really baptized and most likely will never be. I like to call this gift “the baptism of peace!”

Fr. Pietro Ciaponi | Comboni Missionary – Karamoja, Uganda
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The Defender of the Outcasts

A network of “barefoot lawyers,” pioneered by a remarkable Indian Jesuit, has brought dignity and freedom to India’s downtrodden tribal people. Says Fr. Stanny Jebamalai about India’s religious apartheid: “The caste system, conceived 2,000 years before Christ, may be the most devilish human invention ever.”

Fr. Marco Lacerda, SJ | Journalist
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“I am a Radical Optimist.”

Tony Meloto, 61, is perhaps the most inspiring living Filipino. After a personal and family renewal in Couples for Christ, he made a life-changing faith experience in a Metro Manila slum. He founded Gawad Kalinga (KG) as an expression of his faith and love for the poor. They have built, so far, around 200,000 houses, made 2,000 communities for the poor and they set a nation-building style that is being followed even by the national government. Meloto believes that, through all the efforts of those who love the country, the Philippines will be out of poverty by 2024. He states: “I am a radical optimist because I believe in Jesus Christ.”

Fr. José António M. Rebelo | Comboni Missionary
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