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News from Sectors and Rome
Les Missionnaires d’Afrique de l’Ouest vous proposent de visiter de nouvelles pages sur leur site www.mafrwestafrica.net :
– Dans la rubrique « Actualités » :« Le Père Placide Lubamba évêque de Kasongo » Le Père Placide Lubamba, M.Afr. jusqu’ici provincial de la Province d’Afrique Centrale, vient d’être nommé évêque de Kasongo, en R.D.C..Il n’est pas un étranger à la P.A.O. Pour y avoir fait son stage apostolique et y avoir vécu sa première nomination. (lire la suite)
« Baobao Echos n° 19 ». Le dernier numéro du bulletin de la Province d’Afrique de l’Ouest, du mois de mars 2014, vient de paraître. (lire la suite)
« Lettre du diocèse de Ghardaia » pour le mois de mars 2014, texte rédigé par notre confrère Claude Rault, évêque de ce diocèse. (lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Justice et Paix » :
« Récits de liberté », Merci à la Province du Maghreb qui nous a envoyé le texte suivant : des témoignages de prisonniers chrétiens en Algérie. (lire la suite)
« La politique en Afrique » une réflexion d’un des étudiants de la Fraternité Lavigerie à Abidjan, Vincent Kiye.(lire la suite)
« La doctrine sociale de l’Eglise » : il existe un site internet qui met à la disposition de ses utilisateurs à la fois un outil de travail fiable et un instrument pratique pour des consultations rapides. (lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Témoignages »,
« Pierre Boro : le « stage » apostolique », un texte de notre confrère présentement en mission en RDC et qui nous parle de ce que le stage a été pour lui, et de l’expérience qu’il en fait maintenant en accueillant des stagiaires dans sa communauté. (lire la suite)
« Rencontre de stagiaires de la P.A.C.», des textes et photos de cette rencontre de 20 stagiaires qui a eu lieu du 8 au 22 février 2014 à Goma. (lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Vu au Sud – vu du Sud »,
« Le jatropha au Burkina» le dernier article paru sur le site www.abcburkina.net du SEDELAN, écrit par notre confrère Maurice Oudet. (lire la suite)
Father Faustin Kerumbe has just come back for his home leave in DRCongo. He came back with pictures and videos of an amazing social project at his home village. In one accord, the population is building voluntarily, meaning without pay, a new health Centre for the good of the entire region. The new facility is built at a crossroad. It is amazing to see what can be achieve with good will, common vision and self-denial so as to help others. Everyone is involved. This is marvelous!
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- Family of Father Kerumbe. In the middle: his parents
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More Videos of Father Kerumbe in Serenje, Zambia:
Networking the land instead of surfing the net
As you may heard, two people were killed recently in Malawi in political unrest. Elections are taking place soon in a volatile atmosphere. Here is a message from William Turnbull helping us to reflect about the meaning of democracy. Let us also pray for Malawians by asking the blessing of the Lord upon all of them in this turbulent moment.
Dear All,
Tony Benn, the British politician, died last Friday at the age of 88. The attached picture gives an idea of what he lived by and is relevant for us in Malawi as we approach the 20 May elections.Yours, Bill.
2014-03-17 Vatican Radio
(Vatican Radio) Representatives of the Catholic, Anglican and Muslim worlds gathered for the first time ever in the Vatican press office on Monday for the launch of a Global Freedom Network aimed at eradicating human trafficking by the end of the decade. Philippa Hitchen went along to witness this historic event:
The ground-breaking agreement to work closely together across the different faith communities was signed by Bishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo on behalf of Pope Francis. The Argentinian bishop is chancellor of the Pontifical Academies of Science and Social Sciences which brought together a broad coalition of anti-trafficking experts for a workshop last November. He was joined by New Zealand Archbishop David Moxon, director of the Anglican Centre here in Rome and representative of the Archbishop of Canterbury to the Holy See. Also on hand to sign the founding declaration was Dr Mahmoud Azab, representing the Grand Imam of Al-Azhar, one of the most important centres of Sunni Islam located in the Egyptian capital, Cairo.
The other key figure who put his signature to the document was Australian businessman Andrew Forrest, founder of a philanthropic organisation called the Walk Free Foundation. Set up after Forrest’s daughter travelled to Nepal where children were being caught up in a trafficking for prostitution ring, its aim is to stamp out this modern form of slavery by galvanizing and supporting action at local, national and international level. Planned actions include urging governments to publicly endorse the establishment of the Global Fund to End Slavery and persuading multi-national businesses to commit to eradicating slavery from their supply chains. By mobilizing the world’s major faith communities, this new Network hopes to bring an end by 2020 to what Pope Francis has dared to call a crime against humanity: Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo:
“It’s not politically correct to call this modern slavery a crime against humanity but we want to arrive at that in national and international law….”
Catholics, Anglicans and Muslims mark just the beginning of what organisers sincerely hope will expand to include representatives of all other faith communities as well. They’re also aware that much work is already being done to tackle prevention, prosecution and protection of trafficking victims. What’s been missing up until now, says Anglican Archbishop David Moxon, is a joined-up approach to the problem:
“If you look at the work of Catholic, Anglican and other faith missions over the last three or four decades, they have been engaged in the fight against human trafficking…..”
Statistics show some 30 million men, women and children are currently caught in the clutches of human traffickers and that figure is believed by many to be just the tip of the iceberg. Organisers of this Global Freedom Network are hoping to touch the hearts of all believers to help put an end to this exploitation which they call a shameful affront to our common humanity.Listen to Philippa’s report and interviews:
Fr. Louis Blondel, M.Afr, was brutally murdered in a botched robbery in his mission, in Diepsloot a township south west of Pretoria, South Africa in the early hours of Monday December 7th 2009. The robbers, all teenagers had gained access to the mission through a window, awakened a fellow missionary in the house (Fr. Guido Bourgeois); helped themselves to a watch, mobile phone, two second-hand computers and the equivalent of $5; when Fr. Louis was also awakened by the commotion, as he opened his bedroom door to investigate, a single shot rang out that killed him instantly. The assailant and other four ran in panic! (…)
In the course of 2013 the condemned young man through the intermediary of his sister approached Fr. Sean saying that he wanted to be forgiven. (…) READ MORE
Texte en français
See also:
Father Louis Blondel Centre
Opening of the Fr. Louis Blondel Centre Diepsloot, South Africa
Bishop-elect Is Missionary of Africa, With Studies in Social Communications
Rome, March 11, 2014 (Zenit.org)
The Holy Father appointed Missionary of Africa priest Fr. Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, 54, as bishop of Kasongo, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The diocese has a population of some 1.7 million, with 570,000 Catholics. They are served by 59 priests and 21 religious.
Placide Lubamba Ndjibu was born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo in 1959, and was ordained a priest in 1991.
He completed his studies in theology at the Catholic Institute of Tolosa, France, and studied journalism and social communications at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. He has served in a number of pastoral roles, including priest of the Sacred Heart parish in Manzeze, Tanzania, editor of the KARIBU bulletin in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, and chaplain of the Wima High School and the Saio military camp, Bukavu, and priest of the St. Bernadette parish in Lubumbashi.
Since 2010 he is the provincial of the White Fathers for Central Africa (Burundi, Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo).
http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/bishop-named-for-kasongo-democratic-republic-of-congo
RDC : Mgr Placide Lubamba Ndjibu évêque de Kasongo
Rome, 11 mars 2014 (Zenit.org) Anita Bourdin
En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le pape François a nommé évêque de Kasongo Mgr Placide Lubamba Ndjibu, qui est Missionnaire d’Afrique (Pères Blancs), et qui était jusqu’ici supérieur provincial de sa congrégation pour le Burundi, la RDC et le Rwanda.
Mgr Lubamba Ndjibu, est âgé de 54 ans. Il est né dans le diocèse de Lubumbashi, et il a fait ses études au grand séminaire de Bukavu, puis son noviciat en Allemagne, à Fribourg (1985-1986). Il a complété son expérience pastorale dans le diocèse de Nouna-Dédougou (Burkina Faso, 1986-1988) avant d’achever sa théologie à l’Institut catholique de Toulouse (France, 1988-1991). Il a été ordonné prêtre en 1991.
Il a ensuite exercé son ministère en paroisse à Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina Faso), avant de faire des études en communication et journalisme à Fribourg (1994-1996) et de travailler à la revue des Père Blancs « Vivant Univers » (Belgique, 1996-1998).
Il a repris un service pastoral en paroisse en Tanzanie (1998-2002), avant de devenir rédacteur du bulletin « Karibu », à Bukavu, tout en étant aumônier de lycée. Il a ensuite été curé à Lubumbashi (2007-2010).
Depuis septembre 2010, il résidait à Bukavu (RDC), en tant que provincial des Pères Blancs pour l’Afrique centrale.
http://www.zenit.org/fr/articles/rdc-mgr-placide-lubamba-ndjibu-eveque-de-kasongo
Thanks to Father Julio Feliu who sent few pictures from St. Denis Ssebuggwawo Parish in Lilongwe. The Superior General of the MSOLA, Sister Carmen Sammut, together with Sister Maria del Carmen Ocon Moteno, General Assistant and the Provincial, Sister Margaret Kennedy.
On their last leg, they came to see the work that Dr Catherine Booth is doing at Rainbow Home Based Care Centre.
The youngsters were delighted with their visit and so were the visitors. “Pity we do not have Sisters for such programme” is the same answer of every Congregation of Sisters coming to see us.
