After our visit to Rushooka, a parish in Uganda not far from the Rwandan border, fra Ivica asked me to write something about our trip. My first idea was to put everything I had seen on paper, but then I realized that my enthusiasm would require pages upon pages to write everything down. As we arrived in the parish, we were greeted by...

Once again we have proof that anything is possible when people join forces, unite their hands with even the smallest amount of goodwill. We all have to follow our dreams, and if there is will, the dreams will come true in all sorts of ways, just like God’s gifts are different. We Franciscans live with you and work for you with the goal of helping you...

That day has finally come! The blessing of the first building of the new Saint Francis Technical Secondary School has finally happened in the village of Kivumu in Rwanda, where our missionary, fra Ivica Perić, works. In just one year we have managed to build a beautiful building with eleven classrooms, a number of toilets, and two big water tanks...

I am so happy to be once again in my beloved Kivumu. It’s my fifth time, and I haven’t and never will grow tired of coming here! I recently commented on how all of us who come here pick up a ‘Kivumu syndrome’ of sorts. This particular ‘disease’ doesn’t cause pain; it’s not fatal; it’s not even dangerous. But when it gets under your skin, it enters your heart...

Children in Rwanda don’t get presents very often, so even a thing as simple as a pencil for them is very precious. You should see the joy when our students get something! But even presents need to be earned. Now, that might sound a bit too demanding, but believe me it isn’t. Children shouldn’t be taught that, no matter what, they will always...