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Theological Accompaniment of the Laity in Africa – From the Perspective of Small Christian Communities (SCCs)

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By Joseph G. Healey A Book Review of Agbonkhianmeghe E. Orobator, (ed.), The Church We Want: African Catholics Look to Vatican III. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2016. Nairobi: Acton Publishers, 2016 by Léo Lushombo in the March, 2018 issue of the important American theological journal Theological Studies has this very challenging statement: If the model or paradigm of the future is that of Small ...
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Tanzania: Young People Actively Participate in Small Christian Communities Workshop in Dar es Salaam

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“Action Plans” and “Implementation Steps” were the highlights of a "One-day Small Christian Communities (SCCs) Pastoral Solutions Workshop" at Immaculate Conception Parish, Mavurunza in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Saturday, 1 September, 2018. Eighty-two lay people from 54 SCCs in the parish participated in a lively workshop facilitated in Swahili language by Sister Rita Ishengoma STH, and Father ...
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Young People Actively Participate in SCCs Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

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“Action Plans” and “Implementation Steps” were the highlights of a "One-day Small Christian Communities (SCCs) Pastoral Solutions Workshop" in Swahili at Immaculate Conception Parish, Mavurunza in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on Saturday, 1 September, 2018. 82 lay people from the 54 SCCs in the parish participated in the lively workshop (not a seminar) facilitated by Sister Rita Ishengoma, STH and Fat...
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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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TANZANIA: Arusha Hosts Fourth Annual Meeting of Network Pastoral Africa

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Focusing on the encyclical “Laudato Si’” of Pope Francis and its implications for the work of the Pastoral Institutes in Africa, the fourth annual meeting of Network Pastoral Africa is scheduled to take place at the Lumen Christi Institute in Arusha, Tanzania, from 3rd to 6th February, 2017. Among the topics to be discussed during the Arusha meeting includes an African Reading of Laudato Si, Ec...
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TANZANIA: Pastoral Network in Africa – 4th Meeting on ‘Laudato SI’ held in Arusha

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Over the past five years the Catholic Church in Africa established “Networking between Pastoral Institutes.” The aim of the workshop was to provide an African context for reflection on pastoral theology and a forum for an international African exchange of pastoral ministry. At this fora, representatives of leading pastoral institutes share their experiences to strengthen and inspire one another. ...
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