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Harrie Vernooy, R.I.P.

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.

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.

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

“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

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.

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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John Lynch, R.I.P.

Father Gilles Barrette, Provincial of the Americas,
and Father Barthelemy Bazemo, Provincial Delegate in the United States,
inform you of the return to the Lord of Father

John Lynch

on Friday the 22nd of September 2017 at St Petersburg (USA)
at the age of 81 years, of which 56 years of missionary life
in Scotland and in the United States.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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Cornelius Akkermans, R.I.P.

Father Aloysius Ssekamatte, Provincial of the East African Province and
Father Francis Kangwa, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Tanzania (EAP),
informs you of the return to the Lord of Brother

Cornelius (Kees) Akkermans

on Monday the 18th September 2017 at Mbezi (Tanzania)
at the age of 87 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Tanzania.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

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“Sex Festivals”: the bishops of Zambia mobilize

The Zambian Episcopal Conference alerts the public against the development of “sex festivals”: high-risk practices that are increasingly disturbing.

Read the article in French on https://en.aleteia.org

 

Read also (in English) :

70 ‘empty teens’ in sex party (Zambia Daily Mail Limited)

Sex party pupils released after paying K22.50 admission of guilty fee  (Lusaka Times)

Ndola school suspends 6 pupils over sex parties  (Open Zambia – The Voice of Zambia)