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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 […]

September 18, 2020 | By pime_admin | In Amapá, Brazil, Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, Fr. Ferruccio Brambillasca, India, Missionaries, Missionary, Missionary Service, PIME, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, PIME Priest

PIME Mourns Fr. Nelson

Father Nelson Meshian, a young Indian PIME Missionary, died this past Sunday in India. Just as he was preparing to leave for Brazil in 2013, he discovered he had a brain tumor. His life was committed to the mission, within his suffering from a serious illness. PIME mourns the death of one of its young […]

Bishop Vijay blesses faithful in the Srikakulam Diocese.

July 23, 2020 | By pime_admin | In Catholic, PIME, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, Uncategorized

Coronavirus in Rural India

By Giorgio Bernardelli Where are the thousands of rural, Indian migrants forced to leave the city because of the lockdown? Bishop Vijay Rayarala, PIME Missionary and Bishop of the Diocese of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh, India, explains the situation. “There are families from our parishes who arrived here on foot after having traveled thousands of […]

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 […]

May 11, 2020 | By pime_admin | In Catholic, Catholic Church, Catholicism, COVID-19, Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, helping with PIME, Hill Tribes, Modern Mission, MondoeMissione, PIME, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, PIME Priest, Thailand, Uncategorized

Thailand, Ora et Labora During Lockdown

By Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, PIME The following is the testimony of Fr. Maurizio Arioldi, a PIME Missionary working in Ngao among the tribes of the mountains of northern Thailand during the Coronavirus pandemic. We publish it here not only for the story that he offers on what COVID-19 represents for Thailand today but also to […]

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 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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December 14, 2018 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Algeria, Algerian Martyrs, Beatification, Fr. Piero Masolo, Inter Religious Dialogue, Martyrs, Mission Dangers, Orano, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, Tibhirine Monks, Vocations

The Saints Next Door

The Saints Next Door By Fr. Piero Masolo, PIME In Algeria for the past four years, a PIME Missionary re-reads the figures of the 19 Algerian martyrs to be beatified: “I often feel that they are accompanying me.” “Our Church is experiencing an intense joy, we are given the grace of being able to remember […]

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December 13, 2018 | By PIMEMissionariesUSA | In Evangelization, Fr. Andrea Lembo, Japan, Modern Mission, PIME Missionaries, PIME Missionary, Spiritual Mission, Synod for Youth, Tokyo, Young People, Youth

A Mission in the Megalopolis of Tokyo

A Mission in the Megalopolis of Tokyo Fr. Andrea Lembo, PIME, works with young people to help those spiritually lost in the sprawling mega-city of Tokyo, Japan. By Emanuela Citterio Facing the challenge presented by the boys and girls of the Japanese capital means meeting them in their physical and existential places. This is the story […]

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