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Kampala’s Children’s Sunday

23 Oct 2025 | Africa, canossian, highlighted

In the heart of Uganda, where the morning air smells of red earth and eucalyptus, the city of Kampala awoke on 19 October to an air of celebration and anticipation.Amid the rolling green hills of the capital, children from the Archdiocese of Kampala gathered to mark...

Stories from the Mission – Discover International Volunteering with the Canossian Foundation VOICA An open event to explore projects, stories and opportunities for engagement in Italy and around the world.

17 Oct 2025 | Canossian Foundation VOICA, highlighted, Volunteering

On Sunday 26 October, the Canossian Foundation VOICA – ETS will open its doors to all those interested in learning more about the world of volunteering, the Foundation’s projects and activities, and what it means to commit oneself to creating genuine change and...

Shadows and Light on the Ilha: stories from Angola. An on-the-ground look at what the Canossian “Support at a Distance” has achieved — and what still lies ahead.

16 Oct 2025 | highlighted, Volunteering

The Canossian Support at a Distance (SAD) is, at heart, a covenant of trust: a steady, person-to-person commitment that helps a child grow, learn and receive care in his or her own country. It is not a vague donation; it is a long-term accompaniment that...

Where Hearts and Minds Take Shape: the first seventy-five Years of the Santa Magdalena de Canossa Institute, Los Hornos: education as an act of love

14 Oct 2025 | Argentina Paraguay, canossian, highlighted

In 2025, the Santa Magdalena de Canossa Institute in Los Hornos marks a singular milestone: three quarters of a century in the company of children and young people as they grow. It is more than a date in a calendar; it is a living chronicle of commitment, hope and...

Tales of Missionary Pioneers: the testimony of the first two Canossian Sisters to reach São Tomé and begin the Mission.

11 Oct 2025 | Africa Angola São Tomé, highlighted

The first Missionary Sisters were, in many ways, explorers.At a time when travel was neither easy nor immediate, they ventured aboard makeshift aircraft, driven solely by the desire to bring the Gospel to distant and unfamiliar lands.While leafing through the...

Sister Ermanna Mirandola: Thirty-One Years of Mission Between São Tomé and Angola

10 Oct 2025 | Africa Angola São Tomé, canossian, highlighted

“How can I ever thank the Lord for all He has given me?” With this simple, heartfelt question, Sister Ermanna Mirandola leads us straight to the essence of her vocation — and to the deeper meaning of more than three decades spent in mission between São Tomé and...