When the 133 cardinal electors gather in the Sistine Chapel on Wednesday, May 7, to choose Pope Francis’ successor, their number will include two Divine Word Missionary Cardinals.
The news is full of stories of conflict, poverty, and destruction. For most of us, these stories cause a moment or a day of sadness or concern. Maybe we even offer a prayer for those impacted by the chaos. The sad reality, though, ... Read More
It was the First Sunday of Lent in 2016. Solomon Ankaya, a diocesan seminarian, and I were on our way to Konguan, one of the ten mission outstations of Holy Trinity parish in Bogia, Papua New Guinea. We traveled by car along a ... Read More
Seminarians who come to study at the St. Joseph Freinademetz House of Philosophy in northern Ghana find themselves strangers in their new neighborhood. The St. Freinademetz Formation House is located in Malshegu, a Muslim-dominated community in ... Read More