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Comboni missionaries begin renewal course in Rome
Friday, September 29, 2017
A Eucharistic celebration marked the beginning of the 18th edition of the Comboni Year of Ongoing Formation (ACFP) on September 21, 2017 in Rome. The ‘Comboni Year’ is a renewal course for missionaries that have done over ten years of missionary service. A group of twenty-three Comboni missionaries will take part this year in the course. The participants have worked in 13 countries of Africa, 4 countries of Latin-America, 1 country in Europe and 1 country in Asia. The renewal period of the 18th edition of the ACFP 2017/2018 will last for seven months, beginning this September.
The opening Eucharist for the ‘Comboni Year’ was presided by Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, the General Superior of the Comboni Missionaries, and took place in the main chapel of the General House in Rome on the feast of St. Matthew Apostle.
Fr. Tesfaye thanked each missionary for the service they have rendered to the people of God and to the Institute during their first missionary experience and encouraged them to take this time of rest and renewal as a moment of grace and ongoing formation before they continue their missionary work.
The opening Eucharist for the ‘Comboni Year’ was presided by Fr. Tesfaye Tadesse Gebresilasie, the General Superior of the Comboni Missionaries, and took place in the main chapel of the General House in Rome on the feast of St. Matthew Apostle. Fr. Tesfaye thanked each missionary for the service they have rendered to the people of God and to the Institute during their first missionary experience and encouraged them to take this time of rest and renewal as a moment of grace and ongoing formation before they continue their missionary work.
The Comboni Year “is a time of renewal, a unique opportunity for these missionaries to have some time to rest and to favour a profound encounter with God, with themselves, with St. Daniel Comboni and with one another. The expectation is that they will get both physically and spiritually renewed and ready to return to their missions for a better evangelising service”, says Fr. Siro Stocchetti, one of the coordinators of the course.
Many of these missionaries have been working in very difficult situations such as war and conflict zones, in extremely poor and often violent communities, with prisoners and in far-off and isolated communities. They often feel wearied and the need to rest and get refreshed.
List of participants in the Comboni Year of Ongoing Formation (ACFP 2017-2018): Bro. Adigbo Komlan Cyprien (MZ), Bro. Bertolo Roberto (ET), Fr. Bayo Mata Enrique (CN), Fr. Brisacani Giuseppe (RCA), Fr. Chwaliszewski Wojciech (C), Fr. Estacio Moises Dela Cruz (A), Fr. Grabmann Hubert Josef (KE), Fr. Hernandez Almaguer Marcial (T), Fr. Huruwella Moses Samuel (T), Fr. Jorge Miguel Pereira Brites (P), Fr. Mejia Gonzalez Jose Luis (MO), Fr. Oswal Baptist Abakar Abushaka (TCH), Fr. Panis Romulo Vela (A), Fr. Raimundo Nonato Rocha dos Santos (SS), Fr. Rangu Mogoro Norbert (CN), Fr. Shikolio John Webootsa (KE), Fr. Sito Atambise Ferdinand (PE), Fr. Sodokin Jacob (MO), Fr. Somanje John Paul (MZ), Fr. Sowah Ako Kossi (Lazare) (PO-C), Fr. Tabaranza Raul Baluma (A), Fr. Vizcarra Edgardo Alfonso (RSA). Coordinators of the course: Bro. Casas Rosell Guillermo, Fr. Sindjalim Essognimam Elias, Fr. Stocchetti Siro.
