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
LA VALLA FRATERNITY 2019 - 2020
The heart that knows no bounds
Br. Patrik BWALYA
Animator - ZAMBIALa Valla is a small village in the countryside of France. Marcellin Champagnat started his ministry in this village as an assistant parish priest on August 13th of the year 1816. The parish was located in the steep slopes of Mount Pilat down the river of Gier. Lavalla had a rural population of about 2,000 people whose means of sustenance was agriculture.
Marcellin Champagnat prayed and trusted in Divine providence and in the intervention of Mother Mary Our Good Mother. God answered his prayers by sending him two young men who served as the foundation members of his new society. The arrival of these two candidates (Jean M. Granjon and J.B Audras) gave rise to the acquisition of a small old house, which served as the community of the new members of the society.
Lavalla house was renovated on the 2nd of January 1817, the young men packed into their new abode. This marked the birth of the institute of the Little Brothers of Mary. The Marist brothers all over the world celebrate this occasion on the 2nd of January each year. The life of the first two Brothers was characterized by poverty and simplicity. Lavalla fraternity in MIC (Marist International Centre) brings to focus on the cradle of the institute. It reminds us of what we members should be: simple men imbued with the spirit of hard work, apostolic zeal and complete trust in Divine Providence and on Mary.
Presence, simplicity and love of work
Br. Andry NIAINA
3rd Year - MADAGASCARBr. David KALOMOO
3rd Year - DRCBr. Peter GEGE
1st Year - NIGERIABr. NDIM Gilbert
3rd Year - CAMEROONBr. Ignace MBARURAMYEBIKORIMANA
2nd Year - RWANDABr. Anderson KAFATSA
2nd Year - MALAWIBr. HABIB WIYSENYUY
4th - CAMEROONFr. Vito CHIBWEGU
3rd Year - ZAMBIABr. Bartholomew OBOH
1st Year - NIGERIABr. Victor OGUDA
4th Year - NIGERIABr. Yob MATTHIAS
4 th Year - MALAWIBr. Gideon BOROGO
2 nd Year - NIGERIABr. Franklin OKECHUKWU
2 nd Year - NIGERIABr. Innocencio AGOSTINHO
1 st Year - MOZAMBIQUEBr. Leonard BUHVEN
1 st Year - CAMEROON