Melanie Rigney

Reflect He wanted to reunite Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Christians, and became a Capuchin friar as a step toward that desire. But Leopold Mandić’s

Reflect She was working as a laundress so that she could become a missionary sister. A fall into a vat of boiling water derailed that

Reflect He came to the United States with little beyond the certainty that he was meant to be a priest–something he couldn’t do in his

Daniel Comboni’s first missionary trip to Africa ended in failure. He returned home to Italy and came up with the idea to directly involve African Christians in evangelizing their sisters and brothers. This inclusive effort bore much fruit.

Give a kind word or other support to someone who isn’t a relative or close friend, without first evaluating whether or not he or she is worth the effort.