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Perpetual vows and ordination to deaconate of Albert and Jean Paul
Thursday, January 8, 2015
This year the Christmas Holidays took a new meaning in our parishes of Nakwamekwi, in Turkana and of Amakuriat in West Pokot, in Kenya. On 26 December at Nakwamekwi was the venue for the perpetual vows of two of our scholastics: Jean Paul Bitia Mbowaka from Congo, who is completing his missionary service in Nakwamekwi, and Pius Albert J. Chilimba from the province of Malawi-Zambia who is serving in Amakuriat.
The parish church of Nakwamekwi was filled to capacity and the songs of joy and thanksgiving resounded throughout the celebration and prayed that, through the example of Jean Paul and Pius Albert, new missionary vocations may arise in Turkana district.
A few days later, on 1 January, 2015, it was our parish of Amakuriat to host the ordination to diaconate of Pius Albert and Jean Paul. The ordaining bishop was Mons. Damiano Guzzetti, bishop of Moroto in Karamoja. The beautiful outdoor celebration saw again a huge number of Christians in attendance together with many Comboni Missionaries from Kenya and Uganda, together again with Fr. Joseph Maina Mwariri.
The Christian community of Amakuriat then honoured them and celebrated the new deacons by conferring on them the symbols – according to the Pokot culture – of maturity and responsibility as man and elders of the community.
Comboni deacons, from left: Pius Albert Joseph Chilimba e Jean Paul Bitia Mbowaka.