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The Comboni Missionaries (Mccj) go back to Comboni’s time. The first name, given by the founder in 1867, was Institute for the Missions of Nigritia. It became a Religious Congregation in 1885 with the name of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Fscj) and took the present name in 1979. They work in more than thirty countries. Their identity is defined by the Rule of Life: “The Comboni Missionaries are a community of brothers called by God and consecrated to him through the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty and obedience for missionary service in the world, according to the charism of Daniel Comboni” (RL n. 10).