Editor’s Word (PE nr 1090 – 2018/04)

The confreres of the General Council who visit the communities of our elderly confreres are often impressed by their interest in the mission and in our missionary Society. This reflects the missionary dynamism that continues to support their lives in their retirement.

One of the preoccupations of the last Chapter was exactly that: “Sustaining the missionary dynamism of our sick and elderly confreres while providing them with appropriate care (medical, psychological, and spiritual)” (CA 5.3). Some of those responsible for the communities of our elders have accepted to share briefly the spirit which reigns in our retirement homes.

Growing old and the loss of some mobility is not a reason to let go of one’s ideal or to quit. It is sensible to adopt a strategy adapted to one’s means and to do what one can with what one has. One remains totally a missionary even if sometimes one’s activities are limited to praying for those who are involved directly in pastoral work, those who are preparing for it and those who serve us all. We need our old people.

Freddy Kyombo

Réal Doucet, new AMS provincial

After consultation of the confreres appointed to or coming from the Province of the Americas (AMS) after a deliberative vote of the General Council and after having obtained his agreement, the Superior General, Fr. Stanley Lubungo, has appointed Fr. Réal DOUCET as Provincial Superior of the Americas for a first mandate from 01st July 2018 till 30th June 2021.

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A recollection from Nigeria

James Ngahy

Here comes a recollection given by James Ngahy, M.Afr. for the Nigeria Sector at the end of April on the theme :

AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO RECHARGE OUR SPIRITUAL BATTERY:
CREATED HUMAN AS A MISSIONARY OF AFRICA I AM TO BE AS WE CELEBRATE THE 150th ANNIVERSARY OF OUR FOUNDATION

John Michael (Ben) Henze, R.I.P.

Father Terry Madden, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Great Britain,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

John Michael (Ben) Henze

on Monday the 7th May 2018 at Ealing Hospital (London – UK)
at the age of 84 years, of which 57 years of missionary life
in Zambia and in the United Kingdom.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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150 people for the 150st in The Netherlands

The MSOLA (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa) in the Netherlands reopened their exhibition “The White Caravan” in the Center of the Religious Heritage in Sint Agatha (near Nijmegen), an exhibition celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the “Lavigerie Family” (the Missionaries of Africa and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa).

The religious ceremony took place on 29 April 2018 in the presence of Sister MacDonald, MSOLA Superior in the United Kingdom and Fr. Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the Missionaries of Africa in the Netherlands.

The celebration was animated by the Parish Choir of St. Charles Lwanga in The Hague and the 150 people present at the celebration ended up being drawn to the festive dance.

The exhibition is open until 21 October 2018 and, in the meantime, five lectures will be given :
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Fernand Mertens, R.I.P.

Father Emmanuel Ngona, Provincial of Central Africa
and Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
inform you of the return to the Lord of Father

Fernand Mertens

on Saturday 5th Mai 2018 at St. Francis’ Hospital in Kampala (Uganda)
at the age of 76 years, of which 50 years of missionary life
mainly in D.R. Congo.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Gérard Reynaert, R.I.P.

Father Aloysius SSekamatte, Provincial of the East African Province
and Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of Belgium
inform you of the return to the Lord of Father

Gérard Reynaert

on Thursday 3 April 2018 at St. Francis’ Hospital
Nsambiya (Kampala) – Uganda
at the age of 92 years, of which 66 years of missionary life in Uganda.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Financial Council

Three times a year, the Financial Council of our Society meets in Rome. They are in Rome for the moment. They began the meeting with a presentation of Michel Girard and Denis Rabier who are responsible for managing the files of about 700 confreres registered with EMI. The ordinary mebers of the Financial Council are the General Treasurer, the Provincial Treasurers of the 8 Provinces and the treasurers of the two sections (EPO and SOA).

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Seminar Sedos – Rome

SEDOS (Service of Documentation and Study on Global Mission) is a forum open to Institutes of Consecrated Life, which commit themselves to deepening their understanding of global mission. It encourages research and disseminates information through its Bulletin and Homepage, the annual SEDOS Residential Seminar (beginning of May), public conferences, and workshops.

To know more, follow this link

Father André Schaminée attends the meetings and events of Sedos in the behalf of the Superior General, father Stan Lubungo. This year, he is accompanied by three young confreres, Father Amani Dieudonné (DRC / Ghana), Daniel Kabuya (DRC / Toulouse – France) and Leo Maria Joseph (Studies in Leuven – Belgium), for the seminar 2018 – Youth and Mission.

 

 
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