Teachers Celebrated by BOMCA on Special Day

Among the many ways of showing appreciation for teachers, one familiar American gesture is placing an apple on the teacher’s desk. In Nigeria, good teachers are highly valued and celebrated, although not in terms of the size of their paycheck. In observance of World...

New Postulants Spell Relief for MOJs

Jesus looked out at the helpless crowds, telling His disciples that the harvest is plenty but the laborers few and to pray that God send more laborers. (See Mt. 9:37-38)  In HEAL’s mission, the Masters are our harvest, our planted seeds waiting to be watered and...

New Postulants Try Out the MOJ Sisters

In the movie Field of Dreams, a farmer walking in his cornfield hears a mysterious voice whisper, “If you build it, he will come.”  He obeys the voice by building a baseball field on his farm, which draws the spirits of historic players who appear on the field to play...

Mission Activities Suspended to Prevent Coronavirus Spread

Coronavirus has become such an imminent disruption to our daily lives in the United States, it is tempting to ignore its impact in the developing world. At this writing, COVID-19 has spread and infected 407 and killed 12 people in Nigeria. Compared to the USA, those...

Corruption Feeds Adverse Social Conditions

I recently attended a political event in Chicago, where former State Rep. and candidate for Illinois governor, Jeanne Ives, spoke.  She lamented the fact that Illinois is on the brink of financial collapse because “…we have accepted the corruption” that has...