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

FRANCOIS FRATERNITY 2019 - 2020

Love One Another As I Have Loved You

Br. Vincent de Paul KOUASSI

Animator - IVORY COAST

Our beloved fraternity is named after Venerable Bro Francois whose real name was Gabriel Rivat. He was born in 1808 at hamlet of Masonnetes. Which was part of the town of La Valla. In the department of Loire in France. This was during the turbulent times of the Napoleonic wars. While still a young boy, his Mother had consecrated him to the Virgin Mary at the shrine of Fourvier and entrust his religious formation to Father Champagnat.

She told Fr Champagnat “You may make him what ever you wish; he belongs to our lady: I have given and consecrated him to her”. Gabriel Rivat made an exceptional progress in the school of Champagnat and at the age of 12, he entered the institute of the little brothers of Mary, which had just been founded by Fr Champagnat.

He went to Marlhes to teach in the primary school there. When he was 17 years old, he was named principal of another school in the Ardeche, in Boulieu. At 19 years he was superior of the Mother house and the founders’ right-hand man. Accepting further responsibilities, he was elected the director general of the institute, as a successor to the founder whose life was slowly coming to an end and finally went to rest on the 6th of June 1840. Brother Francois’ life ambition was to follow the footsteps of Fr Champagnat, especially in his pursuit of sanctity in the Christian education of the youth.