Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: 02.28.16 – Likasi Before leaving Africa I want to share some recurring thoughts. As I start this letter, John, Crispin and I just celebrated the third Sunday of Lent at Saint Thérèse Church around the corner from the Brothers’ house. Mass was celebrated in Swahili. One does not have to…[read more]
A Lenten Message: Embracing the Future With Hope Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: 02.15.16: Greetings from Bungoma, Kenya, where I am starting this letter. John and I arrived in Nairobi the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. I do not want Lent to pass by without sharing a few thoughts with you. For me time has been…[read more]
Christmas Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: Christmas provides us with the time and space to contemplate what is really important in our lives as believers. The profound mystery we are about to celebrate -the encounter of the God of love and mercy with human life – offers us great hope. A world torn by violence…[read more]
Feast of St. Francis Xavier Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: PROFICIAT! The fire burns inwardly before it burns outwardly. I wish all our Brothers, Associates, and Collaborators a very warm Proficiat! I want to express in the name of the Congregation our deep gratitude to all who carry out the Church’s mission of evangelization with…[read more]
Thanksgiving To be grateful is to recognize the Love of God in everything He has given us – and has given us everything. Every breath we draw is a gift of His love, every moment of existence is a grace, for it brings with it immense graces from Him. -Thoughts in Solitude, Thomas Merton Dear…[read more]
Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators, I hope this letter finds you well and enjoying the last days of summer.…[read more]
Happy Pentecost! Celebrated fifty days after Passover, the Jewish people seal their covenant with God. Pentecost is about fostering vibrant relationships with God and each other that are inspired and sealed by the Spirit.…[read more]
Palm Sunday | 29 March 2015 French | Dutch Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators: For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, so everyone who believes in Him might not perish but might have eternal life. Jn 3:16 For the past six weeks we have been preparing ourselves to receive ever…[read more]
Lent is a time of renewal for the whole Church, for each community and every believer. Above all Lent is a “time of grace” (2 Cor 6:2). God does not ask of us anything God himself has not first given un. “We love because God first has loved us” (1 Jn 4:19). Pope Francis’ Lenten Message…[read more]
Dear Brothers, Associates and Collaborators, Warm greetings from Bungoma where, at the writing of this letter, John Hamilton and I are visiting Brother Dominique, the Kenyan postulants, Daniel, Deus, David, and Christopher and our first all Kenyan community of Brothers Daniel Ongeso, Kenneth Wangila, John Mary Ouma, and Vincent Misiati. It has been a wonderful…[read more]
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