Month: January 2018
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St. Joseph Freinandemetz, the Model of SVD Formation
On 29th January the Society of Divine Word Worldwide celebrated the feast of their first SVD missionary to China St. Joseph Freinandemetz. In Ken- Tan Province the philosophy house in Otiende joined in the celebration of their patron saint. The celebration was held at Common Formation Centre Nairobi, Langata, for the first time since the […]
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St. Joseph Freinademetz
The community of ST. JOSEPH FRIENADEMETZ HOUSE, NAIROBI is preparing itself to celebrate the feast of its Patron saint, ST. JOSEPH FRIENADEMETZ. Part of the spiritual preparations include novena to ST. JOSEPH FRIENADEMETZ, which is going on currently, singing practice for the solemn mass on the feast day on and meetings to plan for the […]
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Being Christ to them
When I was growing up as a little boy and a mass server in our village Church, I desired so much to be like the Italian Fr. Domenici, a Consolatta missionary who worked in our parish. What fascinated me most was his mastery of my mother tongue and above all the accent in which he […]
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St. Arnold Janssen
St. Arnold Janssen, Founder On every 15th day of the month of January, the Arnoldus family, that is: The Divine Word Missionaries, The Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit, the Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit of Perpetual Adoration and the Friends of SVD – our lay partners, mark the feast of our founder, St. […]
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Provincial’s Visit
This weekend we the confreres in Arusha SVD district have been graced by the visit of our Provincial Superior Fr. Tony Amissah. Accompanying him is Fr. Joseph, Fr. Samy and Fr. Marcelo. Fr. Samy is on a special invitition to preach in St. Joseph the Worker parish in Olasiti, where he celebrated the masses […]