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ETHIOPIA: Evaluate the Origin and Mission of AMECEA, Urges General Secretary

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The Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) Secretary General Very Rev. Fr Ferdinand Lugonzo calls on bishops to deeply evaluate the origin and mission of AMECEA for future growth of church in Africa. In his presentation on 14th, July, 2018 during 19th AMECEA Plenary in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, Fr. Lugonzo said AMECEA founding fathers intended to bring development amon...
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AMECEA: SCCs Interim Training Team hold a joint meeting with Representatives from Youth SCCs

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The reality of establishing Youth Small Christian Communities, (YSCCs), a forum that gives young people an opportunity to come together and explore their spiritual growth is slowly gaining momentum in AMECEA. Already well established at Kenyatta University by Catholic students who are currently pursuing their academic dreams at the institution; and also at Holy Cross Parish Dandora in the Archdioc...
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Comparison Between Two Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in Kenya and Tanzania

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By Ezekiel Mkwe, OFM Cap (Source SCCs website) Introduction Small Christian Communities (SCCs) in Africa is a result of a pastoral spirit of the then Zaire Episcopal Conference (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo or DRC) in 1961 which approved a plan aimed to promote Living Ecclesial Communities that make the Catholic Church more African and to bring it closer to the people.1 Here we not...
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Journeying with Young People in Kenya

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By Collins Ongoma (Source SCCs website) Last week from 24 to 27 April, 2018 I was given a chance to have interactive sessions with the young people1 from different outstations in my parish of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Sultan Hamud, Ngong Diocese, Kenya. Our main focus was to be relevant to this year's theme on the “2018 Year of Young People:” "Young People, Faith and Vocational Dis...
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Small Christian Communities in Kenya as the Perfect Base for Charity, Prayer and Mercy

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By Moses Murrira Muttai  (Source SCCs website) Introduction From the very beginning when the concept of Small Christian Communities was introduced, God’s will in His son Jesus Christ was being realized. Life in a Small Christian Community is simply our baptismal brotherhood and sisterhood lived out practically with a few people. As Father Joseph Healey puts it, Small Christian Community is a c...
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KENYA: Young People Talk Together and Walk Together

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I thank Pope Francis for the golden invitation he granted to young people to air their views on Facebook especially during the Pre-Synodal Meeting that was held in Rome, Italy from 19th to 24th, March 2018. The Holy Father met more than 300 young people from different continents in person in order to deliberate and come up with a document to be presented to the Synod of Bishops in October, 2018 on...
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Final Document from the Pre-Synodal Meeting

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SYNOD OF BISHOPS XV ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY “YOUNG PEOPLE, THE FAITH AND VOCATIONAL DISCERNMENT” PRE-SYNODAL MEETING FINAL DOCUMENT Rome, 19-24 march 2018   Introduction   The young person of today is met with a host of external and internal challenges and opportunities, many of which are specific to their individual contexts and some of which are shared across continent...
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Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018

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Message of the Holy Father Francis for Lent 2018, 06.02.2018 The following is the Message of the Holy Father for Lent 2018 on the theme: “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24: 12). Message of the Holy Father “Because of the increase of iniquity, the love of many will grow cold” (Mt 24: 12) Dear Brothers and Sisters, Once again, the Pasch of th...
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AMECEA Taking Small Christian Community Trainings to the Major seminaries

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Christ The King Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Nyeri-Kenya becomes the second Seminary in AMECEA Region to benefit from the AMECEA training on small Christian Communities. Apostles of Jesus Major Seminary in the Archdiocese of Nairobi was the first to receive the training which is part of AMECEA’s initiative to expand the program of train personnel to run Small Christian Communities (SCCs) i...
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KENYA: Missio Germany Researcher jets in to learn about Small Christian Communities

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Missio Aachen German Theological Researcher Miriam Leidinger is currently in Kenya to find out how Africa especially the Kenyan Church has been able to grow strong in faith from the Small Christian Communities (SCC’s). Speaking during an interview with Waumini Communications, at the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) – General Secretariat in Nairobi, Leidinger said that she is meeting Pa...
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