A brief presentation of the biography of St. Justin de Jacobis.
Justin de Jacobis
5 Faces of Justin de Jacobis
Feast Day: July 30 Long after Justin’s death, Cardinal Massaia, who had ordained him, stated: After 35 years I can...
Devotion to St. Justin de Jacobis in Eritrea and Ethiopia
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. (feast day: July 30) faced and overcame many challenges and hardships. His humility, goodness, and charity inspired vocations to the priesthood and converted many others in 19th century Abyssinia.
St. Justin de Jacobis and the Coptic Christians of Ethiopia
New presentation considers St. Justin’s thinking and action toward the Ethiopian Christians.
July 30: Feast of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M.
St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M. was an Italian Vincentian ahead of his time in his promotion of indigenous clergy in Eritrea and Ethiopia.
July 30: Feast of St. Justin de Jacobis, C.M.
Some Background on Christianity in Ethiopia and Eritrea Based on biblical references and traditional accounts, we can say that the Christian faith was introduced in the coastal areas of Eritrea during the first centuries of Christianity. From 1555 to 1632, many Jesuit...
Five Faces of Justin De Jacobis
[Visual presentation at the end of the article] “I am happy to make a great gift to the Congregation of the Mission in the person of this postulant, Justin De Jacobis,” wrote a Carmelite, Fr. Mariano Cacace on Oct. 17, 1818, as he presented a new candidate to our...
St. Justin de Jacobis: The Art of Dialogue
Father Robert Maloney, C.M., writes: More than a century before the word “inculturation” became popular, Justin [St. Justin de Jacobis] was a master of the art. He said to his listeners: “...if anyone should question you: ‘Who is this stranger?’, answer: ‘He is a...
Vincentian Collaboration in Ethiopia – obligation not option
The Vincentian Family Collaboration Action Program (VFCAP) Ethiopia experience started on the 18th of March 2015 in Addis Ababa. Certainly an apt way of preparing for 2015 the Year of Vincentian Collaboration.
A saint so admired… even by his enemies
A saint so admired… even by his enemies. St. Justin de Jacobis, CM, the great missionary to Ethiopia. Learn the secrets of his success in the
presentation St. Justin de Jacobis: The Art of Dialogue.
After Hotel Rwanda?
The 2004 movie Hotel Rwanda told the harrowing story of the massacres of 1994. But what happened after that? Fr. Zeracristos Yosief, CM Assistant General of the Congregation of the Mission shares this report of a recent visit to...
Year of Faith: St. Justin de Jacobis
See the new presentation on St. Justin de Jacobis from the Vincentian Year of Faith series. View the presentation online or download it for your own use.
