COMBONI MISSIONARIES

The Comboni Missionaries are a group of men and women, among which priests, brothers, religious sisters, secular and lay missionaries who are committed to Mission in poor countries around the world.

This order of Missionaries was founded by Daniele Comboni (1831-1881), an Italian priest who became bishop in Central Africa.

Comboni was born in a small town on the Garda lake, in northern Italy (Limone sul Garda, Brescia) from a family of farmers. Poverty forced him to go to school in Verona, in the institute founded by Nicola Mazza. Here Comboni studied Philosophy and Theology, and was called to priesthood. He then became a father missionary in Africa, and later bishop in Central Africa.

Daniel Comboni established two missionary Institutes of men and of women, known as the "Comboni Missionaries" and the "Comboni Missionary Sisters", or the "Verona Fathers and Sisters". With unusual courage for those days, he was the first to bring missionary Sisters into the work in Central Africa.

Comboni developed the innovative idea of "saving Africa through Africa".
In this sense, the Comboni missionaries reach people in need around the world with the aim of helping them living their lives with dignity. They achieve this by studying their language and customs, and by promoting education, health-care, and socio-economic development.

Comboni died in Khartoum (Sudan) in 1881, but his work continues to live through the many man and women who serve in Africa.
Today, the Comboni missionaries work in 41 Countries in Africa, The Americas, Europe and Asia. 

For more information:
http://www.combonimissionaries.org

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