“We need fire to be apostles.” With these words, Fr. Stefano Camerlengo, Superior General, opened the works of the Consulta, an advisory body meeting, that takes place once every six years, half way through a General Government term. Fourteen Circumscription [more]
+Leopoldo González González Archbishop of Acapulco Homily at the Ordination to the Priesthood of Deacon Elmer Peláez Epitacio, Consolata Missionary San Miguel Arcángel Parish, Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, México February 13, 2021 “It was the most beautiful day of my life“, is [more]
On Saturday, February 13, 2021, in Xochistlahuaca, Guerrero, Mexico, deacon Elmer Pelaez Epitacio was the first Mexican Consolata missionary to be ordained a priest. He received the sacrament of the Holy Orders in his home parish, St. Michael the Archangel, [more]
Three years ago, on September 7, 2017, a disastrous earthquake struck Chiapas and other areas in southern Mexico. About a hundred people died; many more were injured; 41,000 homes were damaged. Consolata missionaries are present in Chiapas with a small [more]
The Consolata Theological Seminary in South Africa saw its beginnings in 2008 in a rented house. A dozen students encountered their lodging there, while waiting for a more suitable location to be found. After months of searching, a monastery in [more]
In these months the world has been upset by the spreading of the Corona virus. Covid-19 has entered our lives without knocking at the door! The US Government, at different levels, is doing what it can to try to contain [more]
In the huge forest at the north of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in the 1980s, the Consolata Missionaries built a hospital. Currently, Neisu Hospital – this is its name – has 146 beds and is the only health [more]
On October 30, we, Consolata Missionaries community in New Jersey, were blessed to have the visit of their bishop. Bishop Checchio presided over the Eucharist and then stayed for dinner. At the homily, he commented on the Gospel of the [more]
A light hammock of lace – an artifact of Warao origin – is laid out in front of the speakers’ desk. The hall is the auditorium of the Consolata missionaries’ house in Rome, a beautiful but sober residence a few [more]
Our team reached Ulaan Bataar on June 27, 2019. It took us only half a day. What a difference from the Middle Age travelers! It took them months, when they were lucky, from Europe to get to Mongolia. Yet, we [more]
