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Tuxawa Donato, a leader among the indigenous tribe, sits with Sateré Mawé youth in native dress.

May 29, 2019 | By pime_admin | In Amazon, Brazil, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Fr. Enrico Uggé, Giorgio Bernadelli, Human Rights, Indigenous People, Mission Work, Mission World, Missionaries, Missionary, Missionary Service, Missionary Work, Missions, PIME, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, PIME Priest

The Missionary of the Sateré Mawé

By Giorgio Bernadelli When Fr. Enrico Uggé arrived in 1971, they were close to extinction. Today there are 10 times more of them, thanks to the Indigenous School. The boat docks and the children immediately appear on the bank. After all, it is a bit difficult to go unnoticed in a village like Simao, a […]

August 1, 2017 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Human Rights, Human Trafficking, India, Mission Work, Mission World, Odisha, PIME Missionaries, Servants of Mary, Servites, Trafficking, Tribal

Driving Traffickers Out of Odisha

Young girls from the Dongharia Kondh ethnic group pose for a picture in Odisha, India. Many tribal girls are specifically targeted by human traffickers. Sr. Manjula Bars belongs to the Congregation of the Servants of Mary. The Sundargargh District has become a regular place for human trafficking. Tribal women and girls lured with promises of jobs […]

July 25, 2017 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Buddhist, Catholic, Father Pedro Tomaselli, First World Mission, Inter Religious Dialogue, Japan, Japanese, Mission Work, Mission World, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, Shintoist, Syncretism, Tokyo

Christian Hearts in a Land of Syncretism

Fr. Pedro Tomaselli, PIME, Brazilian PIME Missionarry in Japan. Brazilian PIME Priest, Fr. Pedro Tomaselli, PIME, carries out his daily mission just north of the modern sprawl of Tokyo. On weekdays, this means that only two people attend Holy Mass, with a maximum of 100 people showing up on Sundays. Despite the low number of […]

March 1, 2017 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Brooklyn, Catholic, Chinese New Year, Mission Work, Mission World, New York, PIME Missionaries, USA

We Do What We Do, Not Because You Are Catholic, But Because We Are Catholic

A Reflection by Fr. Marco Brioschi, PIME Missionaries We don’t usually think of the United States as “mission territory.” However, much to my surprise, I discovered in my assignment to Brooklyn, New York, not only people from all over the world, but the need to re-define what I am called to do as a “missionary.” […]

April 4, 2016 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In American Priest, Appeal, God, Gospel, Jesus Christ, Mission Work, PIME Missionaries

An Appeal to the Foreign and Domestic Missionaries Among Us

A Reflection by Fr. George Berendt, PIME Missionaries Can you recall the last recorded words of Jesus in our Gospels? I’m sure you heard them many times before. If you’re drawing a blank, allow me to refresh your memory. The last thing Jesus said to the disciples of our infant church is: “All power in […]

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