ON THIS WEEK'S VOICES OF OUR WORLD WE BRING YOU A STORY FROM THE PAGES OF THE APRIL 2010 ISSUE OF MARYKNOLL MAGAZINE FEATURING MARYKNOLL FATHER ED SHELLITO IN THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN COUNTRY OF NAMIBIA.  MARYKNOLL FATHERS AND BROTHERS SERVES PEOPLE IN NEED IN OVER 27 COUNTRIES, AND THEIR NUMEROUS SERVICE PROJECTS OFTEN APPEAR IN THE PAGES OF MARYKNOLL MAGAZINE. BUT MARYKNOLL FATHER EDWARD SHELLITO BRINGS A DISTINCT SPECIALTY TO HIS MISSION IN NAMIBIA, WHERE HE IS CURRENTLY HELPING CHURCH MEMBERS, INCLUDING CLERGY, TO RECOVER FROM ADDICTIONS TO ALCOHOL, DRUGS, GAMBLING OR SEXUAL COMPULSION.

IN 2008, MARYKNOLL FATHER ED SHELLITO ARRIVED IN NAMIBIA FROM THE PHILLIPINES, WHERE FOR 15 YEARS HE HELPED CHURCH MEMBERS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR PROBLEMS AND OVERCOME THEIR ADDICTIONS. HIS RELAXED MANNER MASKS HIS FIERCE COMMITMENT TO COMBATING SOME OF SOCIETY'S MOST INTRACTABLE AND BAFFLING CONDITIONS IN THE COMMUNITIES HE SERVES.