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Feast of Our Lady of Africa – Trentaprile

Saturday the 22nd of April, the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa in Rome invited the Missionaries of Africa to join them to celebrate – ahead of schedule – the feast of Our Lady of Africa. The theme chosen for the celebration was – in the mood of time – the fight against human trafficking. And the usual homily was replaced by a short time of sharing in small informal groups around the question “Regarding human trafficking, what have I become more conscious of ?”

Here is the text of the bidding prayers of the day : Continue reading “Feast of Our Lady of Africa – Trentaprile”

The project of the “Pope Francis” village to remember his visit in 2015

Bangui (Agenzia Fides) – A village called Pope Francis as a meeting place for the various religious communities of the Central African Republic. This is the project that is being studied by the Vatican delegation of experts for Central Africa, in collaboration with the Center for Religious Confessions of Central Africa (PCRC).

“The Pope declared Bangui the spiritual capital of humanity. He opened a holy door in Bangui. It was the first time in the history of the Church that a holy door was opened outside the Vatican”, said Martin Nkafo Nkamitia, Director of the Department of Studies for the Promotion of Central African Cultures and head of the Vatican delegation of experts for Central Africa. “These are insights that cannot be ignored. That is why we have thought of creating a permanent memory of Pope Francis’ visit to Central Africa, a village that will be the meeting point of all the religious communities in Central Africa. It is a big project but we will succeed”, he said.

Read the News on the website of Agenzia Fides

The charism of our Society

After his mandate as First Assistant, Jos Van Boxel did a sabbatical during which he researched on the charism of our Society according to our founder the Cardinal Charles lavigerie, of course, … but more interesting how it does apply today. We were priviledged at the General House to have a short presentation by Jos on his reasearch. Sorry for those who do not understand English.

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The crowd in Jerusalem

Palm Sunday : Arrival of the Crowd at Saint Ann’s

Departure of the scouts from Saint Ann’s

and the Canticle of Moses during the Easter Vigil at Saint Ann’s

Appointments of new stagiaires 2017

Please find the list of appointments of the stagiaires by alphabetical order :

And by Province of Stage :

Live from Jerusalem… 2000 years later

The least we can say looking at the pictures the confreres sent us is that the celebration of Palm Sunday is a big event in Jerusalem… Of course it would be because it is precisely there that Jesus entered as King in order to save us.

 

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Easter Vigil at the General House

At the General House, we celebrated Easter in a rather small community. The main room was beautifully decorated with wardrobe from the Furniture Warehouse, where most came in to admire the room and works. Most of the General Council were visiting our communities around the world, many of the students were on holiday, mainly doing pastoral work in Italy and elsewhere, some of the remaining few were getting a feeling of how Easter was being celebrated in Rome. Sixteen of us, including the mother of our French confrere Laurent Balas, were celebrating the Easter Vigil in our Crypt, led by Mak Caesar Abagna, a ghanean priest who is staying with us while studying at the PISAI. 

 

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The Burundi weekly 20170415 (in French)

Le 9 avril : Assassinat d’Ernest Manirumva : « Que la Cour suprême prenne ses responsabilités ». Huit ans après l’assassinat du vice-président de l’Olucome, la vérité sur le mobile de son assassinat et ses auteurs ne sont pas encore connus. «Les auteurs se cacheraient dans la hiérarchie de la police et téléguideraient la justice burundaise », lit-on dans un communiqué signé Gabriel Rufyiri, président de l’Olucome. Ce dernier fait savoir que les OSC locales et internationales mobilisées dans la campagne « Justice pour Ernest Manirumva » se souviennent, dans la douleur et la tristesse, de cet acte ignoble survenu dans la nuit du 8 au 9 avril 2009. A cette occasion de la commémoration de l’assassinat de cet illustre défenseur de la bonne gouvernance et de la lutte contre la corruption au Burundi, l’Olucome recommande à la Cour suprême de prendre ses responsabilités. Il martèle que les enquêtes doivent être …

Read IN FRENCH the press review of Luc de l’Arbre

Easter mas – Easter Message and Urbi et orbi blessing

Easter Vigil at St Peter’s Basilica

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