The Vice Province of Nigeria gathered for her Annual Lenten Retreat from the March 21st to 25th 2023 at Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. This gathering welcomed the Superior General, Fr, Rogerio Gomes and Consultor General, Fr. Nicolas Ayouba visiting Nigeria for this retreat; alongside with a hundred and two confreres from twenty-six […]
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The Redemptorists in Zimbabwe have been running a programme called the Mavambo Children Vana (MCV). This project ran from 2015 to September, 2022, with funding from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This has been a massive programme, spearheaded by Brother Benjamin Posvo and his team at Mavambo […]
The first session of the Second Chapter of the Madagascar Vice-Province took place at the Tsimanarisoa Pascal Spiritual House, Antananarivo, from 24 to 27 January 2023. Fourteen capitulars were present, including Father Serafino Fiore, CSsR, Provincial of Naples, Mother Province of Madagascar. The representative of COREAM (Conference of Redemptorists of […]
On February 4, the Redemptorists of the Vice-Province of Luanda (Angola) celebrated with joy the priestly ordination of its 28-year-old confrere Aurelio Agostinho Gomes. This ordination had several meanings. Fr. Aurelio comes from the outskirts of the city of Soyo, in northern Angola, where Redemptorists are not present. The Missionaries […]
Cape Town takes its name from the nearby Cape of Good Hope. The confreres in Cape Town are anxious to share the spirit of the recent General Chapter, especially in terms of our Christian and Redemptorist hope. We have devised a “Lenten Novena” for the six Thursdays of Lent on […]
The 17th Chapter of the Vice-Province of Luanda was held at St Alphonsus Seminary (Studentate of Philosophy), in Huambo, from 23 to 27 January 2023, with the theme: “Redemptorist life and mission in Angola in the light of the 26th General Chapter”. In attendance were 23 capitulars (20 with voting […]
On Thursday 9 February 2023, the members of the Region of Zimbabwe met at Alphonsus House in Tafara, Harare, to pray and elect their new leadership for the quadrennium 2023-2026. The elections were conducted in the presence of the Provincial Superior of the London Province, Fr Richard REID, and his […]
On Saturday, 5 February 2023, the Redemptorist Region of Zimbabwe in Africa celebrated the ordination to the priesthood of Rev Deacon Kudakwashe Kariviro C.Ss.R. Many people from all walks of life graced the occasion. The Apostolic Nuncio to Zimbabwe, His Excellency Archbishop Paolo Rudelli, conferred the sacrament of Holy Orders […]
The Vice-Provincial chapter was held in the Vice-Province of West Africa from January 9 to 12, 2023 at Saint Gerard House in Ouagadougou. There were 7 ex-officio members, and 17 elected delegates and guests: Father Nicolas AYOUBA, General Councilor for Africa and Madagascar; Father Désiré ZANTE, Provincial of France; Father […]