Mission: Tanzania!

On May 1, 4 of our seminarians received the Ministry of Acolyte and 2 of our seminarians received the Ministry of Lector.

This year we decided that all the men in full-time ministry would set aside five days to meet for prayer, discussion and planning. We met in the middle, in Singida.

Kevin said that he just wanted to spend time with me and the men in the Mission to see how we lived. God bless Kevin Donelson!

As we gathered for Eucharist, I was informed that since I was the Superior of the Tanzanian Mission that I would be presiding in Swahili.

The tour of our potential new Resurrectionist parish continued with Fr. Marek as our guide. There is a small elementary school, but with the distances of travel, there is a residence for students to stay during the week days.

We ended the last Maasai blog when we were about to eat a good dinner of beef stroganoff!

We planned a community celebration for Easter Monday. It was really a great day!

We interrupt our visit to the Maasai so we can bring you Easter greetings from Tanzania! More on the Maasai visit will be coming in a few weeks.

Our Tanzanian Mission is exploring the possibility of opening a new parish in the Arusha Diocese, ministering to the Maasai.

Last summer I was at Kevin’s house for dinner, and I mentioned that it would be great if he were to come for a visit to Tanzania. A few months later, he informed me that he was coming for three weeks.

For the first time, I taught a class at Jordan University College, where our seminarians study Philosophy and Theology.

Everyone in the Formation House made Fr. Jim Donohue’s 70th birthday a very special day.