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October 23, 2020 | By pime_admin | In Brazil, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Charity, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Current Events, Fr. Ace Valdez, PIME, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, PIME Priest, Social Justice, What we do, Where we are, Who we are, Witness

All Brothers

By Fr. Ace Valdez, PIME What follows happened to Fr. Ace Valdez, a PIME Missionary in São Paulo, Brazil. “On Sunday, a young man tried to rob me. It was from my chance meeting – which took place on the feast day of St. Francis – that I understood something more about my being a […]

May 26, 2020 | By pime_admin | In China, Fr. Gianni Criveller, Hong Kong, Mission in China, PIME, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, Uncategorized

Hong Kong, Security and Appeals

By Fr. Gianni Criveller, PIME Even after SARS – in 2003 – Beijing tried in vain to introduce a “national security law” that would gag Hong Kong’s democracy. Today, Xi Jinping is trying to empty the local parliament, where the opposition will have a majority in September. Carrie Lam says she will help implement the […]

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 Bernardelli 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 […]

March 22, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Border, Cardboard City, Cartonera, Ecatapec, Fr. Damiano Tina, Fr. Deodato Mammana, Indigenous People, Mexico, Mexico City, Mission in Mexico, Native Mexicans, PIME Mission Insight, Poverty, Social Justice

Among the Least of the Cardboard City

Among the Least of the Cardboard City By Fr. Mario Ghezzi, PIME Fr. Damiano Tina, a PIME Missionary at Ecatepec, works in one of the shanty towns on the outskirts of Mexico City: “I’m here to stay with those who live on the edges of society. Often I meet the Lord, who is already working […]

March 14, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Fr. Giorgio Licini, Fr. Stefano Mosca, Indigenous People, Lakewood, Martyrs, Medical Projects, Mindanao, Philippines, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, Social Justice, Suban, Zamboanga del Sur

The Lost Eden of Fr. Stefano

The Lost Eden of Fr. Stefano Lakewood is as picturesque as any other paradise; unfortunately the area is highly contested by interests, and plagued by violence. By Gerolamo Fazzini For twelve years Fr. Stefano Mosca, PIME, has been working in Lakewood, a natural paradise in the southern part of the Philippines. A beautiful area that […]

February 21, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In 70 Years Brazil Celebration, Amapá, Amazon, Brazil, Fr. Bouba Enock, Fr. Dante Bertolazzi, Fr. Lino Simonelli, Fr. Luigi Carlini, Macapá, PIME History, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary

Amapá: 70 Years of PIME in the Amazons

Amapá: 70 Years of PIME in the Amazons Fr. Bouba Enock confers with a young man after Mass. Fr. Bouba and Fr. Giancarlo Vecchiato travelgreat distances to share the Word with 100 communities along the banks of the Amazon. By Ana Claudia Machado In 1948, Bishop Pirovano and Fr. Cerqua arrived in Macapá, where the missionaries […]

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February 13, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Bangladesh, Dhaka, Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti, Inter Religious Dialogue, Megalopolis, Muslim, PIME, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionary, Poverty, Social Justice, Urban Mission

A Worker’s Mission

Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti poses for a photo in front of a Mother Teresa mural in Dhaka, Bangladesh. By Anna PozziIn the industrial area on the outskirts of Dhaka, Fr. Gian Paolo Gualzetti carries out a very special apostolate: support for young workers who are often forced to work jobs that are exhausting, unsafe, and […]

January 25, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Bangkok, Carmelite, Catholicism, China, PIME, PIME Mission Insight, religion, Stefano Vecchia, Thailand, Vietnam, Vocations

Silence in the Heart of Bangkok

It’s hard to picture a cloistered religious group thriving in a bustling cityscape like Bangkok, but it is for this exact solitude and witness that people are choosing this unique vocation. By Stefano Vecchia In the commercial and financial heart of the Thai capital an ancient presence of Carmelite nuns remains in a bustling cityscape. […]

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January 17, 2019 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Caritas, Caritas Australia, Climate Change, Current Events, Environment, Fr. Giorgio Licini, Pacific Islands, Papua New Guinea, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionary, Social Justice

Brother Ocean

Brother Ocean The Pacific Ocean viewed from Woodlark Island in Papua New Guinea, the station of the PIME Missionaries’first martyr, Blessed John Mazzucconi. By Fr. Giorgio Licini, PIME In Poland, the UN returns to discussing a report about climate by the Caritas of the Pacific states. An ecological question coincides with the recognition of the […]

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December 11, 2018 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Bangkok, Chiang Rai, First Thai PIME Missionary, Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, Fr. Phongphan Wongarsa, Hill Tribes, Lampang, Nonthaburi, PIME Mission Insight, PIME Missionaries, PIME Vocations, Thailand

My Thailand: Looking for a Future

My Thailand: Looking for a Future Young people gather to pray at Fr. Maurizio’s church, Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Lampang, Thailand. By Giorgio Bernardelli The life of a missionary among the tribes of the mountains; where the forest today is less isolated even than a few years ago, but where there are also […]

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