The Lord, whom the Father has sent into the world, has established on march
19th, 2015, five ministers among his faithful of Nairobi to unite
them together in one body. Two of them, Deacon Jacob WELIKHA BARASA and Deacon
Jean-Marie MUTULIRANO have been ordained priest and Jerome MASUMBUKO, Valentin
NKWER and Richard LUSENGE have been ordained Deacons. These priests are, from
now on, able, by the sacred power of orders, to offer sacrifice and to forgive
sins. No doubt of it, since they are connected with the Episcopal order, they
share the authority by which Christ builds up, sanctifies and rules his Body.
All their acts will be made in the person of Christ the Head of the whole body,
the Church. Belonging to the same community Katua, the ordination of the two
Deacons to priesthood looked really like the birth of twins in the family. Not
only their community but the whole outstation of Katua was so glad for giving
birth to two priests at once. Since Jacob was ordained Deacon, he has been in
charge of Postulants and Aspirants. As he has exercised these responsibilities
very well, he will continue the same. Father Jean-Marie MUTULIRANO is and
remains treasurer of his community Katua. Saying that, we are meaning that both
of the two priests will continue living together until they receive their new
appointment.
The deacons will be serving in three areas according to the Roman Catholic
Church. First of all, they are the ordinary ministers of the proclamation of
the Gospel. They will secondly be serving in liturgical ministry, by putting
into practice all what a deacon is called to do in his ministry. They will be
also involved in serving the poor and marginalized by working with parishioners
to help them become more involved in the ministry of charity. The three
Deacons, outlined above, will be respectively keeping their responsibilities as
treasures for Djiru Parish (Kenya), Digodigo Parish (Tanzania) and Kijenge
Parish (Tanzania) until they get each one a new appointment.
The mass started at 10 am. It
was presided over by the bishop David KAMAU, auxiliary Bishop of Nairobi. In
his homely, the Bishop invited the ordinand to be the joy and the blessing for
the Church. He requested them to keep the Word of God in their love and to stay
always with Jesus Christ in prayer.
When the mass ended, everybody
was welcome to share a fraternal lunch in the parish compound. Fruitful
ministry to these new ministers!
Br. KATEMBO TSONGO Dieudonne
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