Month: February 2019
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The Celibacy Debate
The meeting of the representatives of the Episcopal Conferences from all over the world with Pope Francis in Rome, on the issue of sexual abuse of children and the vulnerable that has painted the Church in bad light, has just concluded. This unprecedented move by the Pontiff has been both bold and timely. It is […]
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The Sorrowful Mysteries by Koech Evans
THE SON OF MAN At pains to accept the plan, Is really possible he can. To bear the pain God grants, He agonizes in the garden. Feeling the pain of scourging, more of the pain encroaching. With the superiors coaching, soldiers perform without couching, Son of Man comforted by a pillar. Son of Man of […]
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Sunday Mass in Soweto with Fr. General
The Parishoners of Sts. Joachim and Ann Parish, Soweto, Nairobi were in a celebratory atmosphere as they welcomed Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden SVD, the Superior General of the Society of the Divine Word when he visited the parish community on Sunday, 17th February 2019. Fr. Kleden presided over a very lively celebration of the Holy […]
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A Visit by the SVD Superior General in Kenya-Tanzania Province
With Fr. Samy on arrival at JKIA Nairobi On 12 February 2019, the Superior General of the Divine Word Missionaries SVD) Rev. Fr. Paulus Budi Kleden landed in Nairobi from Uganda, where he had gone to visit our confreres working with the refugees from South Sudan. The confreres left the mission in Yei Diocese after […]
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The Beginnings of the SVD Mission in Kenya, By Brother Karl Schaarschmidt
Brother Karl with John Cardinal Njue, Archbishop of Nairobi Beginning of starting a New Mission. It was in 1984 when the Divine Word Missionaries (SVD) Generalate decided to open a new mission in Kenya a country in East Africa. Three confreres namely Fr. Tony Rebello from India, who was born in Kenya and was working […]
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