On the 15th of the January 2009, on the occasion of the Feast of our Founder St Arnold Janssen, confreres in Kenya and from Tanzania trooped to CFC-Langata for the provincial assembly. Besides those who are out of the country at the moment, and also Bro. Lawrence Kibaara who was travelling to Brazil, everyone else was there.
The morning of the assembly was devoted to discussions, deliberations, and sharing of information. The exchange of insights and ideas was marked with openness, mission and pastoral concern, and sincerity in discerning for decisions and resolutions regarding particular issues in the province.
In the afternoon, confreres braved the sweltering sun to challenge each other in a volleyball match. Table tennis and lawn tennis were also played. It was a good way of rousing our dormant muscles and stirring our latent bones to life.
The celebration of the Eucharist in the evening was presided by no less than the provincial superior himself Fr. Eusebio Manangbao, with Fr. Justus Rottuk as the homilist. During the liturgy, several CFC seminarians were accepted into the Ministries of Lectorate and Acolyte, and one – Frt. Daniel Otieno (a Kenyan) — was initiated into the Second Novitiate Program of which Fr. Augustine Rodrigues is the appointed director.
A sumptuous dinner was in order, thanks mainly to the able leadership of our CFC formators, Fr. Mervin Noronha and Bro. Mike Wachira, and the hospitality of the whole CFC community.
As if the day was not yet full of significance, the event was further highlighted with the official launching of the Silver Jubilee celebration of SVD Kenya-Tanzania. It must be recalled that our Society came to Kenya in 1984. Having turned Silver this year, the province would like to pay tribute to the pioneering efforts of our early missionaries in this part of Africa, and to give thanks to God for the humbling missionary responsibility and the gift of mission He has entrusted to each one of us in the first 25 years of SVD presence in Kenya. The theme of the Jubilee thus is:
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Our First 25 Years in Kenya
Indeed, what better way of honouring our Founder than launching a Jubilee celebration that will give his sons an opportunity to get an honest glimpse of what and how they had been in the last 25 years of SVD presence and mission in Kenya and what they ought to become in the coming years.
Provincial Assembly 2009 (CFC-Langata)
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