Missionary

My name is Emma Marie Umurerwa Ruhunga. A Rwandese by birth, I am currently a member of our FSP community in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. Rwanda is located in eastern Africa and is bor­dered by the Democratic Republic of the Con­go, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi. I was born in Rwanda in 1951 but for various reasons… Read more »

I can sum up who I am and why I became a Daughter of St. Paul in these words: I am who I am because the Lord loved me and continues to love me with great mercy in spite of my limitations. My name is Carmen Ma­ria Dellaserra and I was born in Rabbi (Trent),… Read more »

There is a legend regarding how God created the nations on earth. After forming out of clay immense China, India and all the other huge land masses, he saw that some bits of clay still clung to his hands. When he shook off these fragments, they fell into the Pacific Ocean and formed 7,107 islands,… Read more »

But talking about myself to others is not the same thing. My self-image, my privacy, my fears and weaknesses, my secrets, my talents and even my awareness that God is truly at work in me all pose obstacles to this. To put it simply, I don’t like to talk about myself to others, but since… Read more »

My name is Olga Massango and I am the first Daughter of St. Paul to enter our Institute from Mozambique. I was born in Maputo in 1964, the oldest of ten children. My father, José, is a tailor, and my mother, Maria, is a homemaker. In spite of their poverty, my parents saw to it… Read more »

To recount my vocation story: at first this seemed to be a very simple request…but as soon as I sat down in front of the computer keyboard, I discovered that the task wasn’t as easy as it had seemed! The first problem I ran into was that I realized the Lord had not called me… Read more »