{"id":12484,"date":"2017-06-10T23:40:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-10T21:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=12484"},"modified":"2017-06-10T23:40:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-10T21:40:15","slug":"priestly-ordinations-lusaka-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2017\/06\/10\/priestly-ordinations-lusaka-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"Priestly ordinations Lusaka-Montreal."},"content":{"rendered":"

Priestly ordinations Lusaka-Montreal.<\/a><\/h3>\n

By Serge St-Arneault, M.Afr. Director of the Afrika Centre, Montreal.<\/p>\n

\"Ordination<\/a>On May 27, 2017, I was privileged to take part of the priestly ordination of 14 new priests<\/a>, among them some Jesuits and Capuchins together with diocesan priests. Two thousands Christians gathered inside the Cathedral of Child Jesus<\/a> in Lusaka vibrated along the beautiful liturgy by expressing its joy, especially when the names of all those \u2018handsome\u2019 young men, according to one of the speakers, were announced.<\/p>\n

It happened on the day before my final departure from Zambia. I took off again from Lilongwe on Wednesday to arrive in Montreal on June 1 at noon time. By then, I was very far away from Africa where I lived 25 out of my last 30 years of life.<\/p>\n

\"banniere_anime<\/a>I went home, meaning to my mothers\u2019 place, after few days at St-Hubert Street where I will be stationed by August 1 as Director of the Afrika Centre<\/a>. Though still on holiday, I wanted to come back to Montreal yesterday to be present this morning to the priestly ordination of a Cameroonian into the Archdiocese of Montreal. Reverent Claude Ngodji<\/a> was ordained by Mgr. Christian L\u00e9pine in a church dedicated to Our Lady of Africa.<\/p>\n

\"Notre-Dame-dAfriqueThis Catholic Mission<\/a> is celebrating its 4th<\/sup> year of existence. This community brings together Africans from all over French Speaking African countries who have settled all over Montreal Island. Four major trends make this community special: fraternal gathering, meaningful liturgy, education into faith and opening to a changing world.<\/p>\n

I am grateful to witness such great moments into the life of the Church. Free, I went to Africa at the age of 26 in 1981, I feel also free to come back to my mother land today. My joy is to see that Africa is no longer a remote and unknown far distant land but very much present in Montreal with its vibrant faith and hope.<\/p>\n

\"Ordiantion<\/a><\/p>\n

See also the translation into French:<\/p>\n

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