EMMANUEL HOUSE: January 2013

Participants of the Regional Assembly 2012

The last week of the year 2012 was very busy for the Augustinians of the Assomption of East Africa Region. On the 27 and 28 December, around 33 religious from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya came togeher to discuss their life and mission for the next two years. The discussions were centered on four majour points which are at the same time real challenges for the Region: self-reliance, parishes and new foundations, formation and accompagnment, lay assumptionnists. We pray that all what have been discussed may bear fruit that will extend the Kingdom of God in this Region and the congregation at large.

On suturday 29 december, we were very happy and feel encouraged as three brothers (Ignace Matongwa, John Kiarie and Alexis Valyamugheni) accepted to be
full-fledged members of the Congregation of the Augustinians of the Assumption. "Yes, this is what they wanted from the beginning and that is what all of us want: to have people who are ready and willing to live in apostolic community and, in the spirit of Saint Augustine, to receive their brothers as gifts from God, to abide in deep solidarity with all their brothers in the congregation, and indeed by the power of Christ, with all their brothers and sisters in the Church.
Yes, we want to see many other people ready and willing, faithful to Father d`Alzon and to the orientation of the Church, out of love for Jesus Christ, to work for the coming of the Kingdom of God and of man; who are willing to embrace the great causes of God and of Man, who are prepared to go wherever God is threatened in man and man threatened as image of God.
The Mass was presided over by Fr Simon Njuguna, Regional Superior, accompanied by many other priests, religious, brothers and sisters, as well as friends and relative.

May God grant them His grace and may He complete in them what He has begun through Jesus Christ, our Lord.