Leo Missinne, R.I.P.

Father Luc Putzeys, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Belgium,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Leo Missinne

on Saturday the 18th of February 2017 at Kortrijk (Belgium)
at the age of 89, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Congo, in the United States and in Belgium.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.
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To nobody’s children …

All he would have to do
Would be to call me
To call me
Where does my life come from
Certainly not from the sky

Telling him about my childhood
His absence
Every day
How can I break this silence
Surrounding him?

As true as I talk to him from afar
I am learning to cut my teeth on my own
As true as I can’t stop thinking of it
If only he could be missing me
Will he get in touch with me
Lack of love is no crime
I have but one request to him
If only he could be missing me

I’d just tell you
That apart from that Everything’s fine
Apart from a father, I don’t need anything
I live in another world
Every day I am holding on
I’ll break this silence that surrounds me

As true as I talk to him from afar
I am learning to cut my teeth on my own
As true as I can’t stop thinking of it
If only he could be missing me
Will he get in touch with me
Lacking a father is no crime
I have but one request to him
If only he could be missing me

Will he get in touch with me
Lacking a father is no crime
I have but one request to him
If only he could be missing me

Leadership for the Africa we want

The World Economic Forum (WEF) report for 2014 identifies two critical leadership problems globally – the first is that there is a leadership deficit, and the second is that there is a lack of trust in policies and programs pursued by leaders. Good leadership will be crucial for enabling Africa to exploit the window of opportunity that has opened up in the past decade, notably its natural resource boom. However, … 

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Concert at Our Lady of Africa in Algiers

Our confreres of Our Lady of Africa in Algiers invite us, once again, to taste the beauties they enjoy every now and then in their splendid Basilica. This time, it is a concert of Lyric Songs by the Musical Ensemble IRINI, which interprets “Songs of the Marial Cult of Mediterranea”, this songs are really popular and know by everyone, many people even sing it using professional karaoke systems that can be purchased online.
 

The remaining explanations are in French.

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God’s Plan for aging

Most seniors never get enough exercise. In His Wisdom God decreed that seniors become forgetful so they would have to search for their glasses, keys and other things thus doing more walking. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God saw there was another need. In His Wisdom he made seniors lose coordination so they would drop things requiring them to bend, reach & stretch. And God looked down and saw that it was good.

Then God considered the function of bladders and decided seniors would have additional calls of nature requiring more trips to the bathroom, thus providing more exercise. God looked down and saw that it was good.

So if you find as you age, you are getting up and down more, remember it’s God’s will. It is all in your best interest even though you mutter under your breath.

Nine Important Facts To Remember As We Grow Older :

#9 Death is the number 1 killer in the world.
#8 Life is sexually transmitted.
#7 Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
#6 Men have 2 motivations: hunger and hanky panky, and they can’t tell them apart. If you see a gleam in his eyes, make him a sandwich.
#5 Give a person a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach a person to use the Internet and they won’t bother you for weeks, months, maybe years.

#4 Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in the hospital, dying of nothing.
#3 All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
#2 In the 60’s, people took LSD to make the world weird. Now the world is weird, and people take Prozac to make it normal.
#1 Life is like a jar of jalapeno peppers. What you do today may be a burning issue tomorrow.

Please share this wisdom with others while I go to the bathroom.


Do not classify others – Pope Francis

“Do not classify others in order to see who is a neighbor and who is not. You can become neighbor to whomever you meet in need, and you will do so if you have compassion in your heart. “, declared Pope Francis. He wanted to encourage and fortify all those who strive for a Land, a Work, a Roof. That is what he wrote in a message dated 10th February, a message addressed to the participants to the Popular Movements Meeting in Modesto, California, from the 16th to the 19th of February 2017.

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We must cultivate peace daily – Pope Francis

We must cultivate peace daily, with our own hands, so that it spreads to the rest of our suffering world. According to Vatican Radio, Pope Francis gave this encouragement to faithful during his daily morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta, as he reflected on the three images of the dove, rainbow, and the Covenant, present in the day’s First Reading from the Book of Genesis, in which Noah releases a dove after the flood.

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Interview of Fr. André Simonart

From February 13th to 18th, the Provincials, together with the Delegates from the EPO and SOA Sections, met with the General Council for their yearly meeting of planning and allocating personnel in the Society. Here is the interview of Father André Simonart, Provincial of Europe, at the end of the meeting. (in French ~20 min.)

Willem van Dijk, R.I.P.

Father Piet Buijsrogge, Provincial Delegate of the sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Brother

Willem (Wim) van Dijk

on Saturday the 18th of February 2017 at Heythuysen (Netherlands)
at the age of 90, of which 68 years of missionary life
in Zambia and the Netherlands.

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Pierre Le Moyne, R.I.P.

Father Gilles Barrette, Provincial of the Americas,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Pierre Le Moyne

on Friday the 17th of February 2017
at the CHSLD in Asbestos (Canada)
at the age of 90, of which 63 years of missionary life
in Zambia and Canada.

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