Mission: Tanzania!

We were trying to think about ways that our Mount visitors could “really” see the people and their lives in Tanzania. Fr. Yohana and I came up with the idea of visiting the sick.

On Tuesday, June 4 we departed early in the morning (5:00 a.m.) for the Serengeti National Park.

Students from Mount St. Mary University toured the new Resurrection Secondary School and witnessed the Sacraments of Baptism and 1st Communion at Buhemba Parish.

Last year I began planning for a service trip for faculty and students from Mount St. Mary’s University to the Resurrection parish and schools in Buhemba.

While Fr. Toby Collins, CR was visiting Morogoro, Tanzania, he spent time learning about the many vocation stories of the Resurrectionist priests, brothers and seminarians. Today we hear from Emmanuel. 

While Fr. Toby Collins, CR was visiting Morogoro, Tanzania, he spent time learning about the many vocation stories of the Resurrectionist seminarians. Today we hear from Pedro.

The Formation House in Morogoro is about seven or eight years old, but there are many things that need repair.

Near the middle of April and through the beginning of May we were visited by seven young men who are interested in joining our community.

In order for Fr. Toby to have the “full experience” in Tanzania, I invited him to the liturgy at Jordan University College when 5 of our theology seminarians received the Ministry of Lector and 2 of our theology seminarians received the Ministry of Acolyte.

Among many, one great contribution that Fr. Toby made was that he gave the input for the seminarians’ day of recollection which began Friday evening and concluded on Saturday afternoon.

The XXXIV General Chapter of the Congregation of the Resurrection passed a number of action resolutions when we met in Rome in July 2023. One called for the rector of the formation house in Morogoro to ask for one Resurrectionist from around the world to visit the seminary for two weeks each year.