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Jaak Van Dyck, R.I.P.

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

Jaak Van Dyck

on Sunday the 8th October 2017 at Genk (Belgium)
at the age of 91 years, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Burundi, Rwanda and Belgium.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Erwin Echtner, R.I.P.

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Father Rudi Pint, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Germany,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Brother

Erwin Echtner

on Friday the 6th October 2017 in Trier (Germany)
at the age of 77 years of which 55 years of missionary life
in Tanzania and in Germany.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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150th Anniversary competition

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This is an invitation from the Central Coordination Committee for the Jubilee of the 150th anniversary of the foundation of our two missionary societies.

As you know from April 30, 2016, we began a triennial journey that will culminate in the Jubilee Year from December 8, 2018 to December 8, 2019. The three years of preparation are like a spiritual and moral warming-up whose goal is not to exhaust us before the jubilee itself but to help us enter the Jubilee with joy and fervour. To accompany this preparation and to better live this jubilee year, we are launching the following three competitions:

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Harrie Vernooy, R.I.P.

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Father Jozef de Bekker, Provincial Delegate of the sector of the Netherlands,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Harrie Vernooy

on Tuesday the 3rd October 2017 at Almelo (Netherlands)
at the age of 91 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Malawi and in the Netherlands.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Etienne Desmarescaux, R.I.P.

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Father Patrick Bataille, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Etienne Desmarescaux

on Tuesday the 3rd October 2017 at Pau-Billère (France)
at the age of 90 years, of which 65 years of missionary life
in Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria and France.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Sister Isabelle NEGROTO (Saint Charles), R.I.P.

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The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
invite you to share in their hope and to pray for

Sister Isabelle NEGROTO (Saint Charles)

who has entered into eternal LIFE
on 1 october 2017 in Marseille “Les Accates”.
She was 96 years old of which 70 years of religious missionary life
in Algeria, Mali, Tunisia, Italie and France.

Prayer for the end of Creation Season

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“We are not consumers. For most of humanity’s existence, we were makers, not consumers: we made our clothes, shelter, and education, we hunted and gathered our food. We are not addicts. I propose that most addictions come from our surrendering our real powers, that is, our powers of creativity”.(Mathew Fox,Original Blessing). But our problem today is that we are in mad race to consume. We have almost exploited the planet earth. We have eaten up its bone marrow, liver, lungs, kidneys… We are endangering our existence and we are on our self destruction. […]

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Intention of the Pope

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OCTOBER : Workers and the Unemployed.

That all workers may receive respect and protection of their rights, and that the unemployed may receive the opportunity to contribute to the common good. Continue reading “Intention of the Pope”

Jean-Pierre Pickard, R.I.P.

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

Jean-Pierre Pickard

on Friday the 29th September 2017 at Evere (Belgium)
at the age of 91 years, of which 67 years of missionary life
in Portugal, Mozambique, Malawi and Belgium.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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