Month: September 2017
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A visit by a Missionary
Half a century ago, a missionary could only be thought to come from Europe and America. Though many Asians and Africans had started embracing missionary lives earlier on, it was perceived rather contradictory for Africans to be missionaries. This was not a perception only by the Europeans or American but by Africans themselves. A […]
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The Death of a Missionary in the Mission is the Seed of that Mission
Today the 17th September, marks the sixth anniversary of the death of the first SVD missionary to die in Kenya-Tanzania province. Confreres in Nairobi gathered at the tomb of Fr. Theodore in Divine Word Boys High School and SVD residence in Katani. We continue to honour our departed missionaries by perpetuating what they had […]
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Simanjiro Parish Holds Music Festival Friends of SVD Visits them
The a number of years now, The Good Shepherd SVD parish in Simanjiro, Archdiocese of Arusha, have been holding a Musical Festival involving the choirs from more than 20 substations under the parish. This festival has helped a lot create a sense of belonging among the parishioners of the vast Maasai Steppe, as well […]
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SVD KenTan celebrates Family Day
Family Day celebrations in CFC Langata, Nairobi (Photo by Frt. Asante) It was the 8th of September, the Feast of the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. This marks also the 142nd birthday of the Congregation of the Divine Word Missionaries. Here in KenTan Province, confreres gathered at the Common Formation […]
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Caring for Mother Nature
And God said: “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant upon the earth, and all the trees that have in themselves the ability to sow their own kind, to be food for you, and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for […]
JAMBO KENTAN 