Next year (2018), the Church in Tanzania will be marking 150 years of Evangelization and 100 years of priesthood. The first Catholic missionaries (Holy Ghost Fathers) entered Tanzanian mainland through Bagamoyo in 1968, before venturing to other parts of the country. The first Tanzanian priests were ordained in 1918 marking the centenary celebrations, that were … Continue reading 100 Years of Priesthood
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Catholicity and the Youths
Yesterday, the 15th Sunday of Ordinary time year A, our parish youth received their counterparts from Njiro parish in Arusha. It was a meeting to adore the Eucharistic Jesus and the theme: "Being the good soil that supports the growth of the seed of the Word of God". as well as remind one another … Continue reading Catholicity and the Youths
The harvest is plenty but the labourers few
After 5 year of waiting, the Church of Arusha was today blessed with 3 priests, who were ordained in our SVD Epiphany parish in Burka, Arusha. In his homily the Ordaining prelate, Archbishop Josaphat Louis Lebulu, the Archbishop of Arusha Archdiocese, said that the Church of Arusha has been barren for 5 years … Continue reading The harvest is plenty but the labourers few
From Rome to Arusha
On Monday the 10 July 2017, Fr. Tony Amissah, the new Kenya-Tanzania Provincial, landed in Nairobi from the Provincials, Regionals and Mission Superior's workshop in Nemi and the following day travelled to Arusha Tanzania to visit and talk to the confreres working in the district. On his visit he also met The Archbishop Josaphat Lebulu … Continue reading From Rome to Arusha
…everyone who has left… (everything ) for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold…
If you think broadly on the statement of Jesus in today's Gospel reading (Mt. 19:27-29), you will realize that it encompasses not only religious men and women who have left behind family and possession and more especially the right to marriage, but also the married men and women who have looked away from all … Continue reading …everyone who has left… (everything ) for my name’s sake, will receive a hundredfold…
