According to Fr. Philippe Docq, Delegate Superior of South Africa, Martin heard of the death of his mother on Thursday morning the 5th June. She had died the day before coming back from selling the family products at the local market. She was knocked by a motorbike meters from her home. She was buried on Friday morning and Martin is left for Burkina Faso today the 7th June to mourn with the family. He will be back to South Africa after two weeks.
Let us pray for him and his family. May his mother rest in peace.
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Greetings from SFG – Jérusalem. We have the joy of announcing you the taking of the Missionary Oath by our brother Léon Yoro Kabore and his diaconate ordination that will take place tomorrow 7th June 2014 and Sunday 8th June 2014 respectively. We ask you to remember Léon in your prayers.
Invitation card
Chers tous!
Salutations depuis PGF-Jérusalem. Nous avons la joie de vous faire part du Serment Missionnaire qui sera prononcé par notre frère Léon Yoro Kabore et son ordination diaconale qui auront lieu demain le 7 juin 2014 et le dimanche, 8 juin 2014 respectivement. Nous confions Léon à vos prières.
See link: http://www.ratisbonnesdb.net/RC/
Picnic with students at Nkundalila Falls at the new Chitambo District some 90km from Serenje, Zambia under the guidance of Father Francis Kangwa.
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- Father Francis Kangwa
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 renouveau charismatique» un texte paru dans la revue « Voix d’Afrique » n° 102 du mois de mars 2014,. (lire la suite)
« La Fête des Martyrs de l’Ouganda », le 3 juin 2014. un texte écrit par le Père Richard Nnyombi, qui est responsable de Justice et Paix, Intégrité de la Création, ainsi que de la Rencontre et du Dialogue dans notre Société missionnaire. (lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Vu au sud – Vu du sud» :
« Un forage pour le bien de tous », ou comment la collaboration entre agriculteurs et éleveurs peut se vivre au quotidien (article paru sur le site du SEDELAN) (lire la suite)
« Repartir de Nelson Mandela pour une renaissance africaine », un article envoyé par Vincent Kiye, étudiant de quatrième étape à Abidjan.(lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Témoignages » :
« Et je me suis laissé séduire » nous partage le Père Alain Fontaine suite à son séjour en Algérie, à l’occasion du cinquantième anniversaire de son engagement. (lire la suite)
« Africae Munus au Burkina », un texte de Monseigneur Raphaël Dabiré, évêque de Diébougou, paru dans le Petit Echo.n° 1051 de mai 2014. (lire la suite)
« Les Communautés Ecclésiales de Base » : le Père Richard Baawobr, Supérieur Général des Missionnaires d’Afrique, partage ses convictions au sujet de la nécessité de ces communautés pour la vie de l’Eglise. (lire la suite)
« L’Amérique accueille les Pères Blancs ». Merci au Père François Richard, archiviste, qui nous fait revivre l’accueil qui a été fait aux Pères Charmetant et Delattre au Canada, en 1875 (lire la suite) – Dans la rubrique « Dialogue interreligieux » :
« Jeunes Pères Blancs à Tizi Ouzou », le témoignage de Guy Sawadogo au sujet de la manière dont lui et ses confrères vivent la mission aujourd’hui en Kabylie. (lire la suite)
« Bulletin ARCRE n° 77 », trois articles tirés de ce numéro de l’Action pour la Rencontre des Cultures et des Religions en Europe. (lire la suite)
« Le Pape François en Terre Sainte », trois articles tirés du bulletin ARCRE n° 78 après le déroulement du voyage du Saint Père. (lire la suite)
Peace and goodness to you.
This is just to express my gratitude once again for your prayers especially before and during my Diaconate preparations. The Missionary Oath and the Diaconate Ordination that took place on 16th and 17th of May respectively. It was marvellous. All went on well and a good number of confreres within the province came to support us. May God continue showering his blessing upon me and the society of the Missionary of Africa. We were five candidates of Missionaries of Africa including Lawrence Tukamushaba who made his stage in Mua, Malawi. So all together were seven. We were all ordained by his Excellence John Cardinal Njue, Bishop of Nairobi Archdiocese, Kenya.
Pass my regards to all and stay blessed.
John C. Mubanga, Nairobi-Kenya.
Dr. Evans describes himself as growing up in fragmented settings that led to attending Baptist, Roman Catholic, and Lutheran churches. As a teenager lost in various destructive circumstances, he drew strength from biblical teaching he remembered hearing as a boy in a revivalist camp. He then moved into new life as he cried out to Jesus, “Help me.”. He has worked in various ministry contexts. While living in Washington, DC, David was the Junior/Senior High Director of an out-of-school time program on Capitol Hill. Later he served as Community Development 
Resource coordinator with MCC East Coast. Most recently he was co-pastor of Boonton United Methodist Church in New Jersey. Professor Evans is a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of Christianity at The Drew Theological School. He has academic degrees from Spring Arbor College in Michigan, Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and Drew University in New Jersey. Professor Evans is interested in how white Protestant American forms of Christianity have been perceived through the eyes/experiences of people who live in the national, religious, and racial margins of the United States. He is currently working on a project exploring Methodist missionaries’ perception of Italian immigrants in early twentieth-century America as racial others. He currently is a faculty in Mission, Intercultural and Interfaith Studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
