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45-656: Daniele Comboni was a missionary in Sudan briefly in 1858–1859. In 1864 he wrote a plan for the regeneration of Africa to focus the global Catholic Church's interest in the evangelization of the continent while emphasizing the African people themselves as agents of this evangelization. He established a male religious order , the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus , on 1 June 1867. Comboni attempted to affiliate

90-519: A Positio dossier and sent it to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in 1982 while theologians approved his writings as being in line with the magisterium on 3 May 1982; historians also approved the cause later on 21 February 1989 after having deemed that no historical obstacles existed in relation to the cause. Six theologians approved the dossier on 12 October 1993 while the C.C.S. validated

135-480: A caesarean section ; the hospital was one that the Comboni Missionary Sisters managed. The infant was born but the mother suffered from repeated bleeding and other serious problems and was at the point of death on 13 November despite a blood transfusion . The doctors were pessimistic about her chances but the nuns prayed a novena to Comboni. The woman did not die, defying expectations, and

180-623: A priest . On 6 January 1849 he vowed that he would join the African missions, a desire he had held since 1846 after reading about the Japanese martyrs . On 31 December 1854 in Trento he received his ordination to the priesthood from the Bishop of Trent , Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim . Comboni made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land from 29 September to 14 October 1855. In 1857 – with

225-692: A local proprietor) Luigi Comboni and Domenica Pace as the fourth of eight children; he was the sole child to survive into adulthood. At that time Limone was under the jurisdiction of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire . At the age of twelve, he was sent to school in Verona on 20 February 1843 at the Religious Institute of Verona, founded by Nicola Mazza. It was there that he completed his studies in medicine and languages (he learnt French, English and Arabic) and prepared to become

270-593: A main supporter of his work. It was around this time that he launched a magazine – the first in his homeland to delve into the missions for it was designed to be an exclusive magazine for those in the missions. He established a male institute on 1 June 1867 and one for women in 1872 both in Verona: the Istituto delle Missioni per la Nigrizia (since 1894 the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus) and

315-640: A third house on 15 March. Among Comboni's early companions during his early years in Africa was Catarina Zenab , a Dinka who would go on to serve as a missionary in Khartoum later in her life. On 9 March 1870 he left Cairo for Rome and arrived there on 15 March where he took part in the First Vatican Council as the theologian of the Bishop of Verona Luigi di Canossa ; he formulated the "Postulatum pro Nigris Africæ Centralis" on 24 June which

360-579: Is on Tito Livio Avenue in Rome. On 19 Ottober 2022, Sr. Anne Maria Quigg was elected Superior General of the institute. On 31 December 2022, the congregation had 1,004 religious in 192 houses. Sr. Pia De Angelis, who has spent most of her missionary life in Egypt, was granted L’ONORIFICENZA UFFICIALE dell’Ordine della Stella D’Italia by the Italian Ambassador in Egypt, for her tireless work with

405-399: The First Vatican Council in Rome until its premature closing due to conflict. Comboni attempted to draw attention across Europe to the plight of the people living in poverty-stricken areas in the African continent and from 1865 until mid-1865 travelled across Europe to places such as London and Paris to collect funds for a project he started to tend to the poor and ill. His mission to Africa

450-499: The Holy See on 10 June 1912. Comboni founded the order not for nuns , but as strong-willed missionaries . He told the sisters not to hold their "head bent to one side, because in Africa one needs to hold the neck straight and be ready for lots of sacrifices and, if necessary, even for martyrdom ." Contrary to typical views at the time, he regarded them as of equal dignity with the male missionaries in Africa, and wanted them to have

495-604: The Israel-Palestine , where she and the other nuns cared for Bedouins and asylum seekers, without regard to their belief. During the wars in Gaza in 2010 and 2014 Sr Alicia was part of a fact finding mission promoted by Physicians for Human Rights–Israel . She said that God was in the ruins and in her own weaknesses. She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2021 after being nominated by

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540-707: The West Bank . During the pandemic she returned to help in Italy. She was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2021 on the recommendation of the Holy See for her work. Vacas was born in Spain in about 1972. She studied to be a registered nurse and she used these skills in Egypt where she was treating 150 Bedouin patients a day. In 2017 she was looking after elderly nuns in Verona. She had spent seven years in

585-408: The second Palestinian uprising was taking place and the convent became unreachable by half of the people they care for. The convent is surrounded by blocks of concrete and barbed wire. Trees just disappeared as the wall came through their garden. The convent had run a kindergarten and for a time there was a small window in the wall so that parents could bring their children each day. The access door

630-501: The C.C.S. members on 24 January 1995. John Paul II confirmed on 6 April 1995 that this healing was indeed a miracle and beatified Comboni in Saint Peter's Basilica on 17 March 1996. The miracle required for him to be sainted was investigated in Khartoum from 9 to 28 May 2001 and received C.C.S. validation on 3 September 2001 before a medical panel approved it on 11 April 2002; the theologians followed suit on 6 September 2002 as did

675-472: The C.C.S. on 15 October 2002. John Paul II confirmed this miracle on 20 December 2002 and scheduled the date for Comboni's canonization in a papal consistory held on 20 February 2003; the pope canonized Comboni in Saint Peter's Square on 5 October 2003. The miracle in question was the healing of the Muslim mother Lubana Abdel Aziz (b. 1965) who – on 11 November 1997 – was admitted into a Khartoum hospital for

720-669: The Comboni Missionary Sisters, was awarded the International Women of Courage Award in 2021 after being nominated by the Holy See. Sr. Inma Cuesta , who was director of the Office of Ethnic Ministry of the Catholic Diocese of Richmond , was awarded the NCADDHM (30th Anniversary National Recognition Awards) in 2023. McCarthy, T.P.; Cicognani, A.G.; Vagnozzi, E. (2002). Guide to the Catholic Sisterhoods in

765-899: The Comboni sisters were active only in Egypt, Sudan, and at their motherhouse in Verona. Between 1900 and 1930, they spread into Eritrea, and the African Great Lakes region. Between 1930 and 1960, they spread even more to additional African countries, the United States, Latin America, the Middle East, and created new centers for novitiate formation in Europe. The Congregation received the Papal Decree of Praise on 22 February 1897 and its constitutions were approved by

810-520: The Heart of Jesus and the Comboni Missionary Sisters . Comboni studied under Nicola Mazza in Verona where he became a multi-linguist and in 1849 vowed to join the missions in the African continent although this did not occur until 1857 when he travelled to Sudan . He continued to travel back and forth from his assignment to his native land in order to found his congregations and attend to other matters, and returned in 1870 for

855-622: The Holy See. At the time she was working in Bethany in a Comboni convent where the house was surrounded on three sides by the wall that separates Israel from its neighbours. The convent had been founded in 1966 and at one time was in Jordanian territory (In 2019 the convent was registered in Amman as a small religious house with three religious living there. She was the Superior nun. ). In 2004

900-611: The Istituto delle Pie Madri (later the Comboni Missionary Sisters) on 1 January 1872. On 7 May 1867 he had an audience with Pope Pius IX and brought with him twelve African girls to meet the pope while in late 1867 opened two branches of the order in Cairo. Comboni was the first to bring women into this form of work in Africa and he founded new missions in El Obeid and Delen amongst other Sudanese cities. Comboni

945-657: The Italian community in connection with the Italian Embassy. This is not the first time Sr. Pina's work among the poor and the rich has been recognized. (on the 8th May 2023, at the venue of the Italian Embassy in Cairo) Sr. Gabriella Bottani , who was the coordinator of "Talitha Kum" - Uisg, was awarded the Heroes Award Winner in 2019 , 2021 . Sr. Alicia Vacas Moro , who was a nurse and leader in

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990-694: The Middle East and Asia. The Woman of Courage award was presented in the company of Linda Thomas-Greenfield , the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and the First Lady Dr. Jill Biden by the Secretary of State Antony Blinken on 8 March 2021. There were 14 awards. After the ceremony a "Virtual Watch Party" was scheduled hosted by the American Charge d'Affaires to the Holy See, Patrick Connell , and Sister Patricia Murray who

1035-972: The Philippines. The female order received the decree of praise on 22 February 1897 and papal approval on 10 June 1912 while in 2008 there were 1529 religious in 192 houses. That order operates in Europe in countries such as the United Kingdom, in Africa in nations such as Cameroon and Mozambique , in the Americas in countries such as Costa Rica and Ecuador and in Asia in countries such as Israel and Jordan . The canonization cause started with an informative process in Verona that Bishop Girolamo Cardinale oversaw from 14 February 1928 until 21 November 1929 while Bishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri oversaw another informative process in Khartoum from 6 February 1929 until 7 June 1929. The postulation later compiled

1080-425: The United States (5th ed.). Catholic University of America Press. p. 63. ISBN   978-0-8132-1312-5 . Daniele Comboni Daniele Comboni , MCCJ (15 March 1831 – 10 October 1881) was an Italian Catholic prelate who served as Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa from 1877 until his death in 1881. He worked in the missions in Africa and was the founder of both the Comboni Missionaries of

1125-535: The Universal Church to be more concerned with the African continent. He carried out appeals throughout Europe from December 1864 to June 1865 for spiritual and material aid for the African missions from people including monarchical families as well as bishops and nobles. Travelling under an Austrian consular visa, he went to France and Spain before heading north to England and then setting off to Germany and Austria. The humanitarian "Society of Cologne" became

1170-403: The bishop of Verona, Luigi di Canossa , handed over to the first eight aspirants the constitutions. He reviewed and approved and allowed them to start the novitiate . Comboni returned momentarily to Verona to receive the profession of the vows of the first two Sisters of his Congregation on 15 October 1876. The first Comboni sisters came to Africa in 1877. Comboni died on 10 October 1881, around

1215-506: The blessing of his mother – he left for Africa along with five other missionaries, also former students of Mazza. His mother gave him her blessing and said to him: "Go, Daniele, and may the Lord bless you" . He departed on 8 September 1857 with Giovanni Beltrame, Alessandro dal Bosco, Francesco Oliboni, Angelo Melotto and Isidoro Zilli who hailed from Udine . Four months later, on 8 January 1858 he reached Khartoum in Sudan . His assignment

1260-479: The convent a place of disruption and it means that the children there get to see soldiers twice a day and Vacas regrets that this is the image the children have of Israelis. Vacas travelled to northern Italy during the country's COVID-19 pandemic to administer help to sisters. Ten sisters died during the pandemic in a community of 55 elderly Comboni nuns in Bergamo. Usually, she leads the Comboni Missionaries for

1305-553: The death of one of his companions and instead of deterring him he remained determined to continue and wrote: "O Nigrizia o morte!" (translation: "Either Africa or death" ). By the end of 1859 three of the five had died and two were in Cairo as Comboni himself grew ill. Comboni was in his new surroundings from 1858 until 15 January 1859 when he was forced to return to Verona due a bout of malaria . He taught at Mazza's institute from 1861 until 1864. He soon worked out fresh strategies for

1350-401: The loss of the bishop as a "great loss". Bishop Antonio Maria Roveggio (1850–1902) served as the order's superior sometime after Comboni died. The male order received the papal decree of praise on 7 June 1895 and full papal approval from Pope Pius X on 19 February 1910. As of 2018, the men's order operates in about twenty-eight countries, including Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Brazil, Colombia, and

1395-1005: The male order with a female congregation to cooperate in missionary action (the Virgin of Charity). The attempt to set up the female branch failed and was postponed, so Comboni spoke to the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition . With the support of these sisters and the Sacred Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith , Comboni founded the Institute of the Motherland of Nigrizia in Montorio Veronese in Verona, Italy on 1 January 1872. On 8 December 1874,

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1440-541: The missions in Sudan from Naples for the eighth and final time to act against the slave trade and though ill, managed to arrive in Khartoum on 9 August in summer and made a trip to the Nubia mountains . On 10 October 1881 he died in Khartoum during the cholera epidemic at 10:00pm; he had suffered a high fever since 5 October. His final words were reported to be: "I am dying, but my work will not die". Pope Leo XIII mourned

1485-582: The missions while back in his native land in 1864. He visited Saint Peter's tomb in Rome on 15 September 1864 and it was while reflecting before the tomb that he came upon the idea of a "Plan for the Rebirth of Africa" which was a project with the slogan "Save Africa through Africa" . Four days later, on 19 September, he met with Pope Pius IX to discuss his project. Comboni wanted the European continent and

1530-505: The peoples of Africa, they also work in the field of evangelization on other continents. The Comboni Missionary Sisters are present in Europe (Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Spain), Africa (Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zambia), the Americas (Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Peru, United States of America) and Asia (United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Israel); The headquarters

1575-594: The same time that the Mahdist War in Sudan began. The order struggled with both a leadership vacuum and the loss of eight sisters who were held as prisoners by the Mahdist rebels. Eventually, Maria Bollezzoli , who had joined the order on 6 September 1874, emerged as a strong first General Superior, and led the Pious Mothers through rapid development until her death in 1901. Throughout Bollezzoli's lifetime,

1620-467: The same training and practices. In his correspondence, Comboni sometimes described the ministry of missionary sisters as a "priesthood". Comboni listed the activities of early sisters: "religious instruction, school, orphanages , refuges for slaves, nursing the sick in hospital and at home, baptism in harems and in pagan families." While the specific purpose of the Combonis is missionary work among

1665-530: The two informative processes on 5 November 1993 prior to the C.C.S. cardinal and bishop members approving the cause on 14 December 1993. On 26 March 1994 the confirmation of his life of heroic virtue enabled Pope John Paul II to title him as Venerable . The miracle required for Comboni to be beatified was investigated on a diocesan level in São Mateus from 10 December 1990 until 29 June 1992 before it received C.C.S. validation on 30 April 1993. The miracle

1710-520: Was 25 December 1970 healing of the Afro-Brazilian child Maria Giuseppa Oliveira Paixão who underwent a stomach surgical procedure for an infection that grew worse over time. But their attention turned to Comboni's intercession and she was healed the next morning in a case that surprised the doctor. The seven medical experts approved that science could not explain this cure on 9 June 1994 while six theologians agreed likewise on 22 November 1994 as did

1755-645: Was a petition for the evangelization of Africa; this received the signature of 70 bishops. The First Vatican Council was terminated due to the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian War and the dissolution of the Papal States before the document could be discussed. In mid-1877 he was named as the Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa and received his episcopal consecration on 12 August 1877 from Cardinal Alessandro Franchi . His episcopal appointment

1800-404: Was blocked and the kindergarten lost most of its children as their parents needed to take two buses to bring and fetch their children. The playground has a fireproof roof to catch molotov cocktails and the playing children are looked over by the wall and its watch towers. The convent is so close to the wall that it is a handy landing point for Palestinians who are jumping over the wall. This makes

1845-453: Was discharged from the hospital, completely recovered, on 18 November. 45°26′46″N 11°0′21″E  /  45.44611°N 11.00583°E  / 45.44611; 11.00583 Alicia Vacas Moro Alicia Vacas Moro (born c.1972) is a Spanish-born nurse and a leader of the Comboni Missionary Sisters in the Middle East and Asia. She served as a nurse in Egypt and in Bethany in

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1890-486: Was seen as a confirmation that his ideas and his activities – which some deemed to be foolish – were recognised as an effective means for the proclamation of the Gospel . In 1877 and again in 1878 there was a drought in the region of the mission while mass starvation ensued soon after. The local population was halved and the religious personnel and their activities reduced almost to nothing. On 27 November 1880 he traveled to

1935-584: Was strengthened with his appointment as a bishop in 1877 for it allowed him greater freedom to establish branches of his order in Khartoum and Cairo amongst other locations. Comboni was beatified by Pope John Paul II in St. Peter's Basilica on 17 March 1996 and his canonization came on 5 October 2003. Daniele Comboni was born on 15 March 1831 at Limone sul Garda in Brescia to the poor gardeners (working for

1980-422: Was the liberation of enslaved boys and girls. There were difficulties including an unbearable climate and sickness as well as the deaths of several of his fellow missionaries; this, added with the poor and derelict conditions that the population faced made the situation all the more difficult. He had written to his parents of the conditions and the difficulties that the group faced but remained resolved. He witnessed

2025-616: Was well-versed in the Arabic language and also spoke in several African dialects ( Dinka , Bari and Nubia ) as well as six European languages. On 2 April 1868 he was decorated with the Order of the Knight of Italy but he refused this in fidelity to Pius IX . On 7 July 1868 he left for France where he visited the shrine of La Salette on 26 July before heading to Germany and Austria. On 20 February 1869 he left Marseilles for Cairo where he opened

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