Three Pauline Sisters Profess in a Colorful Ceremony
By Seed Reporter “Even in our nothingness, we are told to keep our hands off property as it has become a hindrance to our apostolate. As a religious person, when you gain more, it becomes difficult to shed it away” he said. Sr Mariuccia Pezzini, Delegate Superior of Pauline Sisters, Eastern Africa region and Nigeria led the Pauline’s delegation. Sr Mariuccia said that it was the second time they were having final professions in the parishes making it a beautiful experience for the Daughters of St Paul because people have had an opportunity to know more about them. “As it is the trend in the world now, more vocations are coming from Africa and Latin America and not Europe as before,” said Sr Mariuccia who has worked in Africa for the last 38 years. “As at this year, in the whole of Europe we have only two sisters making their profession while Africa has eleven. It’s a sign that the Church is growing more in Africa”, said Sr Mariuccia in an interview with The Seed. Bishop Wambua passed his condolence message to Sr Praxides and her family who lost their father two weeks before the ceremony. “We pray for his soul and thank him for offering his daughter to the Church to serve as a religious nun,” said Bishop Wambua. “We are living at a time when the secular media is anti-church and anti religion. As media experts, support the church with the modern means of social communications which is your apostolate in the Church”, he told the delegation of the Pauline Sisters present. “As people, we may not have much to give in terms of wealth, but you are giving the church the most precious gift that you own: your life. Give it fully! ” the Bishop advised the newly professed Sisters. In an interview with The Seed, the Bishop said that they have been having a good number of religious professions and ordinations in the diocese, adding that these were sign that they are flourishing with vocations. He gave credit to the families as they are the backbone, the spinal cord of the society. Without that they would be promulgating out of God’s plan. The bishop reminded the priests present that their core-business is to carry on the mission of Christ in the example St Paul. Bishop Norman King'oo blesses the newly professed sisters of the Daughters of St Paul in Kisoko parish, Bungoma diocese. Sr Metrine has been commissioned to work in Sudan, Sr Praxides to Kenya and Sr Janet to Tanzania. Pauline Sisters were founded in 1915 by Blessed James Alberione in Alba Italy and are now working in 52 countries in the World.
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une 22 was a big day for three Sisters from the congregation of the Daughters of St Paul as they took their Perpetual Profession. Srs Janet Joan Angala, Praxides Walumbe
both from Kisoko parish and Metrine Nafula Waliama from Kimwanga parish fully dedicated their lives to the Lord. The colorful event took place at St Mary Immaculate Catholic Church, Kisoko in Busia County, Western Kenya. Speaking while presiding over the event, Rt Rev Bishop Norman King’oo Wambua of the Catholic Diocese of Bungoma said the church needed parents with faith for it to survive. ‘Faith is passed on in a very special way through the family and that is why, the moment we forget to encourage the parents to live the faith, the church has no future,” said the Rt Bishop. The Bishop welcomed the young nuns to the Pauline family urging them to follow the footsteps of St Paul and be fired with the Spirit of St Paul. “You may be writing books, recording DVDs and God knows what else, but the Lord needs you to be with him. Set time for prayer as it will strengthen you,” he said.
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THE SEED - VOL 25, No. 7 JULY 2013
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