The mission of the Institute

PROGRAMME OF ONGOING FORMATION 2026-2027

The 19th General Chapter committed to dedicating a year of ongoing formation to reflection on mission (CA 2022, 25.1). In its six-year planning, the General Council mandated the General Secretariat for Mission (GSM) to organise an Institute-wide formation program for 2026 and the first part of 2027.

Mission – Returning to the Source
Programme of Ongoing Formation on the Mission 2026-2027
Method – Conversation in the Spirit

Mission: return to the essential
15/01/2026

1 -Mission – A matter of love (p. David Glenday)
2  A missionary community in the digital age: the challenge of techno-capitalism (fr Alberto Lamana)
3 – The Comboni mission in the discernment of the General Chapters (1985 -2022) (SGM)

Scheda di lavoro: Missione, ritornare alla fonte

Allegati:
1 Mission – A matter of love
2 A missionary community in the digital age – the challenge of techno-capitalism
3 The Comboni Mission in the discernment of the General Chapters – 1985-2022

Decolonised Mission
16/04/2026

1 – The urgent need for a decolonised model of mission: a style of mission for our time (Fr. Stefano Raschietti SX)
2 – Comboni and distancing from colonialism (Prof. Giampaolo Romanato)
3 – A decolonised style of mission in Africa (Fr. Antoine Pooda)

Mission beyond ordinary pastoral
14/07/2026

1 – An “outgoing Church”: the missionary pastoral as the paradigm of all Church activities (Maria Soave Buscemi)
2 – The specific Comboni pastorals according to continental priorities (GSM)
3 – Missionary parishes: the case of Kariobangi – Nairobi (Fr. Jean Paul Bitia)

Inculturation and interculturation
13/10/2026

1 – The requalification of the mission through inculturation and interculturation (Prof. Carmelo Dotolo)
2 – Dialogue and inculturation in the Comboni mission in Asia (Fr. Paolo Consonni)
3 – The challenge of inculturation in Africa (Fr. Edward Kanyike)

Economy and mission
12/01/2027

1 – Sustainable models of mission: the pastoral among the Nuer (Fr. Fernando González Galarza)
2 – Missionary youth pastoral and social works (Bro. Jonas Yawovi Dzinekou)
3 – Economy and mission (Bro. Alberto Parise)

Programa em Português

1 Missão – uma questão de amor
2 Comunidade em missão na era digital – O desafio do tecno capitalismo
3 A missão comboniana no discernimento dos Capítulos Gerais – 1985-2022
4 Programa de Formação Permanente sobre a Missão 2026-2027
5 Método da Conversação no Espírito
6 Ficha 1 – Missão, voltar à fonte

Programme en français

1 La mission – une question d’amour
2 Communauté en mission à l’ère numérique – Le défi du techno-capitalisme
3 La mission combonienne dans le discernement des Chapitres Généraux
4 Programme de Formation Permanente sur la Mission 2026-2027
5 Méthode – Conversation dans l’Esprit
6 Fiche 1 – Mission, retour à la source