Saint Joseph Allamano’s Centenary in Mongolia This year 2026 February 16 marked the Centenary of our Saint Founder, Joseph Allamano. His sons, daughters and friends gathered in various missions all over the world to joyfully celebrate his 100 years since his birth in heaven.

Seeing far into the Charism through new challenges We celebrate 100 years since the “birth into Heaven” of Saint Joseph Allamano, our Founder. It is important ask him to help us to be effective instruments of consolation in the world. Although at the beginning when the Institute was starting certain themes were not talked about at all as part of the charism, today we realize that they are not alien to our Charism. Well, to be fair, they may have been talked about in other ways.

Saint Joseph Allamano 9: “A Profound Spiritual Legacy” In the ninth video prepared for February 2026, as part of the journey toward the celebration of the Centenary of Saint Joseph Allamano, a reflection is offered on the Founder of the Consolata Missionaries - Fathers, Brothers and Sisters - on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of his birth into heaven (February 16).

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Centenary of Allamano: Program of the Celebrations We have published the program of celebrations for the centenary of the death of St. Joseph Allamano in Rome, Turin, and Castelnuovo Don Bosco, with links to follow the events live

Virtual pilgrimage to three important places for Saint Joseph Allamano To intensely experience the Centenary of the death of Saint Joseph Allamano as a family, we offer a VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE to three places that were important to the Founder

Pope Leo XIV closes the Holy Door, concluding Jubilee Year of Hope on the Lord’s Epiphany On the Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord, Pope Leo XIV presides over Holy Mass in St Peter’s Basilica for some 5,800 faithful and closes the last Holy Door - marking the official end of the Jubilee Year of Hope.

Canada: St. Andrew’s Parish connects with Mongolia It’s been about a month since Cardinal Giorgio Marengo was in Canada, where he visited and celebrated the Eucharist at Toronto's St. Andrew’s Parish, in thanks of a longstanding relationship between the west end parish and Marengo's home base of Mongolia.

Tanzania’s Catholic Bishops call for independent investigation into the election violence and deaths Tanzania’s Catholic Bishops have endorsed growing calls—both local and international—for an independent investigation into the recent election violence, which resulted in hundreds of deaths.

Jubilee Around the World: Father Cassiano, “It’s Worth Risking Your Life for Jesus Christ” “Mecanhelas is synonymous with the Consolata Missionaries. It is an environment of faith marked by missionary spirituality and devotion to Our Lady Consolata,” explains Father Cassiano Remigio Jonas Gabriel Kalima, IMC, speaking of his origins in the province of Niassa, in northern Mozambique.

Father Gebre Gebru: a mystic missionary Father Gebre Egziabher Gebru passed away in Addis Ababa on September 2, 2025. The Ethiopian Consolata missionary left a profound impression as a man of God on all who knew him. In October 2024, Abba Gebru attended the canonization of Saint Joseph Allamano in Rome and gave an interview to the General Office for Communication.

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The Allamano’s heart for mission Reflecting on the Centenary of Saint Joseph Allamano, Founder of the Consolata Missionaries

Novena of Centenary: Allamano, pilgrim of Consolation The Castelnuovo team (Missionary Sisters, Missionaries and Lay Missionaries of the Consolata) who accompanied us in the reflection in preparation for the Centenary of the birth into heaven of St. Joseph Allamano, has prepared a novena with the theme: Allamano, pilgrim of Consolation, which will help us to live with prayer and the presence of the Founder during the days preceding the celebration of February 16, 2026.

Return to the origins to form in times of change The Consolata Missionaries of the American continent who are dedicated to the formation of future generations of missionaries gathered in the city of Guadalajara, Mexico, from January 19 to 23, to share experiences, evaluate formation processes, examine the realities of their communities, and establish common criteria for formation.

Saint Joseph Allamano: 12. Holiness in total surrender We published the twelfth reflection on the journey of preparation for the Centenary of the birth into heaven of Saint Giuseppe Allamano (16 February 2026).

When the mission begins with listening: an experience with the Yanomami people During the holidays, I had the opportunity to live a missionary experience at the Catrimani Mission, among the Yanomami people in the state of Roraima, Brazil. More than a time dedicated to specific activities, this experience of about two months became for me a profound journey of listening, learning, and a change in the way I look at reality, far from the routine of theological studies in São Paulo.

Jubilee Around the World: Father Giuseppe Galeone, “Being a Missionary at Heart” “I joined the Institute as an adult, and this year I celebrated my 25th anniversary of priestly ordination. I had a missionary experience in Africa with a diocesan priest, and from that experience my vocation was born. I was searching for my own identity, and there the idea of becoming part of this Institute took shape,” explains Father Giuseppe Galeone

Relics of the Founder: A perfect gift for the new year As we start this new year, the year of the centenary of the death of our Founder, St. Joseph Allamano, we are privileged to inform you that we have acquired his relics, after the canonization. The relics will be offer us a chance to feel the presence of our Founder among us.