In our province, the feast of St. Joseph Freinademetz was marked this year on several occasions. First, there was the inauguration of Divine Word High School (DWHS). Then, Ruai parish, which is under the patronage of St. Joseph Freinademetz, chose the Sunday following Jan. 29 (hence, Feb 1, 2009) to celebrate their Patron Saint’s feast. Between DWHS and Ruai parish celebrations, our Philosophy House in Otiende also joined the festivities by holding dinner for our confreres residing in Nairobi area, the reason being our Otiende formation house is named after St. Joseph Freinademetz. Indeed, one can say that St. Joseph is rather popular among us here, and that his feast always gives us reason to gather and celebrate.
Fr. William Owire, a Kenyan confrere ordained to priesthood a few years back, was the main celebrant of the Eucharist and the homilist in the Otiende celebration. Dinner with splendid menu was enjoyed by all after the mass. A quiz game was organized and played to test the knowledge of confreres about St. Joseph. Our rector Fr. Augustine Rodrigues gave a rousing performance as he led the whole group on other games.
Over and above all these celebrations is the spirit of camaraderie among confreres, which was evident in the way we interacted with each other. Community life is no easy task, especially for a hetero group like ours, and very international at that. It is perhaps precisely because of this that our province needs the special guidance and prayers of St. Joseph Freinademetz.
As a way of highlighting all the three occasions in which the feast of St. Joseph was celebrated, a song was written by Fr. Cellan to honor this beloved saint of ours. Composed just two days before the feast, it was first sung in public on Jan 30, 2009, the day St. Joseph’s feast was commemorated in our Philosophy House in Otiende.
To view and listen to the song on youtube, please click below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3CvGyWGZFg
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To view it on multiply, please click here: http://soysi.multiply.com/video/item/22/St._Joseph_Freinademetz
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