MIC COMMUNITY LIFE AND CELEBRATIONS
A Religious Community is a place where conse-crated men or women live together to share life in love and more importantly to be witnesses of the gospel (Vita Consecrata no. 42). The life of a consecrated person is expressed in a Religious Community through the profession of the evangeli-cal counsels of Chastity, Poverty and Obedience.
PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL INSTITUTE
The Psycho-Spiritual Institute (PSI) was established in 2012 by the Lux Terra Leadership Foundation, in collaboration with Missio Aachen, with the aim of training and graduating experts in Psycho-Spiritual Therapy and Christian Counseling for English-Speaking African Countries. The emergence of the Institute is a response to what many have identified as an urgent need to offer professional
WHO IS SAINT MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT
Marcellin Champagnat was born at Le Rosey, a hamlet near St. Etienne in France, on 20th May, 1789. This was a fateful year because it was the year in which the French Revolution began. Marcellin grew up on a small farm where he lived with his parents, Mary and Jean Baptist, his 4 brothers, 4 sisters and aunt. As soon as he became of age he was sent to school.
MIC-A CENTRE OF WORSHIP
Praising God is contagious, especially for those of us who like to be affect-ed by him echoed Shelena Griffiths. Entering the Marist chapel on a Sunday morning for the first time, one would think it is one of the biggest parishes within Nairobi, it is really mesmerizing seeing how religious men and women as well as the lay faithful come to discover the presence of God.
GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATION
On Sunday 27th October 2019, the entire community of Marist International Centre (MIC) celebrated the Golden Jubilee of Religious life of Br. Spiridion NDANGA. The celebration began with Holy Mass at 10:00 am in the MIC Chapel. The mass was attended by many religious men and women in and around Karen, staff, lay people and students of MIUC and the Rwandan community in Nairobi.
LIVING A PLEASANT LIFE
Today, life seems to be good than before but with chal-lenges. These challenges made many people, old and young, to search for a better way of approaching it. This quest for new style of living puts us into a degree of personal freedom where each person seeks to define a style of life hoping to be a better person.
MIC AS A PROJECT
One of the documents from the 16th General Chapter (1967-1968) of the Marist Institute talks about ‘the inter-regional cooperation.’ The demands on the quality of formation in the seventies, as consequence of the aggiornamento launched by Vatican II, made Brothers and Superiors involved in formation much aware of the need for that inter-regional cooperation in order to better staff
DEVELOP A HABIT OF HAPPINESS
from Br. Mark Anokwuru, the superior
People are constantly sad and irritated. Some are not friendly sort of persons. Some are worriers. Some are always depressed. Some would wake up in the morning and find themselves sad. Why are these so? These are learned behaviors. They are habits we developed from our family backgrounds, from the society and from life experi-ences. The good news is that we can reprogram our computer or better put, we can do cognitive restructuring. Cognitive restructuring is a technique that can help people identify, challenge and alter stress-inducing thought patterns and beliefs. It is an anti-dote for depression.
Many people wait for their circumstances to be worked out before they decide to be happy. For example, I will be happy when I take the first position in class, when my enemies have apologized for their wrong doing etc. If we want to be happy, we need to make a decision to be happy right now. Listen! Happiness does not depend on our circumstances; it depends on our will. It is a choice that we make.
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We Must Love Them,
The popular saying has it that, “Where there is a will, there is a way.” St. Teresa of Calcutta said, “The first step to become holy is to will it.” Will that you will be happy and you will. If you want to live a happy life, learn to relax, learn to go with the flow instead of getting frustrated. Believe that God is in control and is the driver and not you. Be grateful for what you have.
Rather than complaining for what you don’t have. Always remember to do this: Count your blessings instead of your cross, Count your gains instead of your losses. Count your joys instead of your woes. Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smile instead of tears. Count your courage instead of your fears. Know that each day is full of surprises and incon-veniences. We must accept the fact that my plans are not always going to work out the way I scheduled them. Sometimes, everything can go wrong and when you have one of those days, which you can’t change, what will you do?
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