Carrying the Institute in Our Hearts We, Consolata missionaries, celebrating 50 years of priesthood (G50), lived through our second week of our formation course in Rome, focused on the Institute and on ourselves.

Saint Joseph Allamano 12. The Importance of Christian Formation In the twelfth video prepared for the Centenary of the birth into heaven of Saint Joseph Allamano, for the month of May 2026, a series of testimonies from Consolata Missionaries interweave, centered on the importance of Christian formation for priests, religious and laypeople.

Tanzania: bishop urges journalists to defend the truth The Tanzanian Episcopal Conference Vice President, and Chairman of the Communication Department of the conference, bishop Eusebius Nzigilwa, has urged Tanzanian journalists to defend the truth despite the technological manipulations of the current world.

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G50 Course: An Invitation to Look Within Ourselves May 5th and 6th were two days of retreat in the well-known Columns’ Hall at the Generalate, with a visit on Wednesday to Saint Paul Outside the Walls for a morning together with the abbot. The first part was on Tuesday with Father Fabio Ciardi, who helped us "feed on the Word" for a deep encounter with Jesus, the root and purpose of our missionary life.

The Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker at Bethany House, Sagana On May 1st the Chapel at Bethany House echoed with those above-mentioned Allamano’s sentiments as we gathered to celebrate the Eucharist on the Feast day of our Brothers working in the Kenya-Uganda Region.

G50: Permanent Formation Course Begins in Rome Much like the first 12 disciples, the missionaries were welcomed by the community of the Generalate. Natives of different countries, they bear witness to the Gospel across various nations in Africa, Latin America, and Europe.

Father Matteo Pettinari Nursery School In Côte d'Ivoire, the Consolata missionaries are sowing consolation and hope through the S.A.G.O. project (Looking Ahead, School and Agriculture), and the recent inauguration of the new nursery school "Padre Matteo Pettinari, IMC" in the village of Sago.

Visit to the Family of the Late Fr.  James Wahome In his spiritual writings, Our Founder, saint Joseph Allamano, addresses the topic of death. In so doing, he laments that, on some occasions, in the world outside, the diseased persons are sometimes too often forgotten immediately after their burial.

Ivory Coast: Women Passionate about Humanity! From April 16 to 19, 2026, Dianra Village came alive to the rhythm of the 19th Gathering of Catholic Women. Under the theme "Strong Women, Let Us Carry Humanity!", more than two hundred Sénoufo women from the Béré region of Côte d'Ivoire came together for a time of prayer, formation, and fellowship.

Father James King’ori Mambo, IMC Father James King’ori, a Roman Catholic Priest with the Consolata Missionaries, passed away on Tuesday April 12, 2026, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick at the age of sixty-nine.

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Our Lady of Fatima and a Prayer for World Peace As we live through this Marian month of May, we once again contemplate a world filled with fear and uncertainty. Wars continue in many parts of the world, and human life and dignity are being destroyed. The war between Russia and Ukraine, the conflict between Israel and Palestine, the tensions and armed clashes in the Middle East and in many other countries around the world, continue to cause countless victims.

Second International LMC Meeting in Turin From May 1 to 3, 2026, a group of 25 Consolata lay missionaries gathered at the Mother House of the Consolata Missionaries in Turin, representing various countries where a process of charismatic identity is taking shape at the lay level, rooted in the spirituality and charism of Saint Joseph Allamano.

Saint Joseph Allamano 11. Life and Legacy This eleventh video, celebrating the centenary of Saint Joseph Allamano's birth into heaven retraces the crucial stages of his life.

Sagana: Renewal of Priestly Identity and Mission The second week of the Sagana Renewal Course unfolded as a deep and reflective journey, inviting the young missionaries to rediscover the heart of their vocation and mission.

Father Gaudenzio Barlassina: Sixty Years After His Death, an Enduring Legacy Sixty years ago, on April 27, 1966, the Consolata missionary, Father Gaudenzio BARLASSINA left us to receive the crown of the apostles. Born in Turin on June 22, 1880, Father Barlassina is a key figure in the history of the Institute and among the protagonists of the first Consolata missionaries in Ethiopia in the twentieth century.

Francis’s First Anniversary: The Pope Who Walked the Way of the Cross Yesterday we marked the first anniversary of the death of Pope Francis. Across many countries of the world, ecclesial communities remember him in prayer. As we reflect again on his words, his gestures, and the path he walked, we are led to ask once more a simple question: What did he leave to us?

The Diderot effect Recently, a friend of mine bought a new sofa set, because he felt that the one he had, was old and ugly. After checking around, he found a certain furniture store, which offered him several classy pieces of furniture. After going through the variety of sofa sets in the store, he finally settled on one. Happy, he took it home.