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Embracing Mariannhill in East Africa, (THE BREEZE). It Is Through Providence That We, the Entire Fraternity of God Have Walked Into This Year MESSAGE FROM THE REGIONAL SUPERIOR Welcome to our magazine- Embracing Mariannhill in East Africa, (THE BREEZE). It is through providence that we, the entire fraternity of God have walked into this Year. Providence comes from God and all one needs to do is trustingly seeking Him and you shall find it. As we pause to reflect about our foundation in East Africa, it baths us with a river of joy and gladness in our achievements despite the journey‟s ups and downs. The panorama of our successes in the journey however, counts on everyone who has unstintingly supported us- the Missionaries of Mariannhill in East Africa with both prayers as well as material. My brothers and sisters, there was a Religious who celebrated his 11th anniversary of his vows and wrote to his classmate, “We have been faithful to all these years!” His classmate also wrote back, “no my friend I know you and you know me, we have not always been faithful. Many a times we have sinned and doubted. We have reached 11th anniversary not because we have been faithful to God but it is God who has been faithful to us. Like the latter religious, I have reached that conclusion that it is God who has been actually faithful to us to have enabled us reach this moment of our lives as a Region. The long travelled road since the foundation of Mariannhill Missionaries in East Africa requires us not to take it for granted but pause and see how God has remained faithful in fulfilling his Mission through us. There have been confreres, who have paid the cost of their lives, sacrificed their lives, have been misunderstood, rejected and battled alone yet they bore their cross constructively. Thanks to you all, those absent who worked tirelessly to make East Africa as it stands today as a Region. Fr. Robert Kaiza, CMM. 1 THE VISION STATEMENT We, the Missionaries of Mariannhill, Priests and Brothers of East Africa Region, impelled by the Spirit and Faithful to the mind of Christ, our leader and model, have committed ourselves to responding wholeheartedly to the “signs of our times” in our service to the Church. We are determined to live religious life first and before all, the prophetic life of Jesus Christ, his missionary attitudes and of the Gospel, the prophetic options and work of Abbot Francis and the identity and spirituality of the Mariannhill foundation. We are committed to encouraging openness and availability in redirecting our efforts to any and all ministries, pastoral and social wherever we are most needed and wherever we can contribute to the building of God‟s Kingdom. We feel challenged by the powerful invitation of God‟s word and by the urgency of the social teachings of the church. We strive to remain prophetic in the society as animated by the zeal, compassion, closeness to the people and the sense of risk of Abbot Francis. We however, remain open to the challenges of this world and especially of Africa and respond through creative evangelizing methods. We the Mariannhill East African Community commit ourselves to supporting and encouraging one another hence a home for all the confreres where gifts and talents of its members are harnessed for specific tasks. We also promote vocations wherever we are. The professed members are to live their prophetic and liminal role as role models for candidates, postulants, novices and the people with whom we live and interact with. This includes living the kind of simple lifestyle that is a fitting witness to and constantly renewing our commitment to proclaim Christ to all people. The realization of this Vision depends on our efforts to live within our means and explore and put in place financial structures that can make us independent and self-sufficient; and to this we also commit ourselves. 2 THE REGION‟S GENERAL GOVERNMENT From right: Fr. Kaiza, Fr. Abulala, Br. Yvon and Fr. Ivor. Some of the Confreres in the Region 3 The essence of the Congregation of Missionaries of Mariannhill commonly referred to as CMM would be an understatement without mentioning the vivacious charismatic figure and icon behind CMM‟s foundational existence and achievements. This is none other than a humble servant Abbot Francis Pfanner who spent part of his gifted life in African soil and remained selflessly devoted to do good by combining his missionary work with a deep reflected life of prayer. His motto as it was and still is “ORA ET LABORA” was his driving spirit. Ora: pray; since no man can ever achieve anything great for God and men if God does not feed his life. Labora: work: Indeed it is work which is the fruit of man‟s contact with God, in prayer. It is therefore the quintessence of Abbot Francis Pfanner‟s well celebrated life that later became the spirituality of the present Congregation of Missionaries of Mariannhill. His renowned life helps us to understand that life is given to us to work for the good of humankind and to make it an enabling environment that draws all nearer to each other in union with God as one great family. A global depiction of great works, selfless devotion, spirited motion and struggles of this humble instrumental servant of God further bequeathed the hearts of men and women who always wished to follow him. One can thus undoubtedly draw comparison from impeccable life of Abbot Francis to Prophet Zechariah in whom the people recognized the 4 greatness of God. “We want to follow you, since we have learnt that God is with you” (Zech. 8:23). This hence marked the foundation of both Sisters of Precious Blood commonly known as CPS and even Mariannhill Missionaries. This true legacy of complete submission and reliance to God as represented by Abbot Francis Pfanner sums up the Charism of a true spirit of faith and love that knows no limits, that seeks first the Kingdom of God and follows Christ as a true model and leader. The Mariannhill Missionaries are therefore a congregation of men who proclaim the word of God as revealed by Jesus Christ to all people. We touch and feel the world, live and work "in the world" but are not "of the world." We, the Brothers and Priests of Mariannhill, impelled by the spirit and faithful to the mind of Christ as our model and leader, have committed ourselves to responding whole-heartedly to the “signs of the times” in our service to the church. This we express through various ministries: PASTORAL AND OTHER MINISTRIES Fr. Ivor with catechumens in Juja Farm Parish 5 MINISTRY AMONG THE YOUTH Above is Br. Yvon giving a talk and Fr. Moris celebrating Mass with Youths gathered at our CPC’s students’ Complex. 6 Youths singing and dancing at our Multi-sports complex at CPC. PRISON MINISTRY 7 Ministers at Prison: Br. Njenga, sister, client and Br. Dennis FORMATION AND VOCATION ANIMATION MINISTRY This fundamental ministry is fully run as a team within the Region. We also partake in other ministries such as visiting the sick, catechetical instruction, social ministry, offering developmental workshops, counselling and even guiding people on retreat. Moreover, we also collaborate with other charity organizations and centres: Street Families, Projects dealing with HIV and AIDS, the sick (Cancer) children in Kenyatta National Hospital, Drug rehabilitation Centres, among others. 8 Apostolate by candidates in one of the Charity centres for the orphans Br. Benard Isanda giving a Developmental Workshop OTHER ACTIVITIES As part of our motto of Ora Et Labora, you also find us working on our farms, magazine (THE BREEZE) or news letter, attending to our diverse projects such as poultry- turkey, chicken and guinea fowl, bee keeping, fish faming, piggery, dairy faming, and rabbits. But our mission always remains the same: to Further the Establishment of the Kingdom of God. We at any second of our life try to renew the commitment to God and to the congregation as an invitation by God to live life to its fullest (Jn. 10:10) by our ability to give, grow and respond to the challenges of making the Gospel a reality in today‟s world. 9 THE BIRTH OF MARIANNHILL MISSIONARIES IN EAST AFRICA “It is a pity that I am no longer thirty years of age. If I were, I would go before you everywhere seeking new places and starting new mission stations.” These must have been the very inspirational words of Abbot Francis that inebriated the hearts of Mthatha Province and probably challenged their proclamation of Kingdom of God without limit. Indeed Mthatha Province marks the beginning of CMM in East Africa-Kenya. The spirit of God had its own course and mission and who would compel it! It all began in a small diocese of Mthatha in South Africa under the inspiration and guidance of the then provincial of Mariannhill Missionaries in the diocese Fr. Robert Deshaies CMM. However according to the chronicle of the Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood (CPS), already in 1897, Mariannhill sent some Trappist Monks to East Africa to start a mission in Neu-Koln, now Gare in what is now Tanzania. The chronicle further reveals that in 1901 and 1902, Abbot Francis and Br. Nivard Streicher paid them a visit in order to encourage them during their difficult time (five Trappists died within the first half year). In 1907, Abbot Obrecht of Mariannhill demanded the withdrawal of the Trappists from East Africa while CPS who had joined in 1898 however remained behind and hence enhanced the spirituality of Abbot Francis and Mariannhill in East Africa.
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