Tag: Africa
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Founding a Benedictine monastery near Nairobi
As mentioned in my last post, early October found me in Nairobi for a second time in three years, teaching monastic art as part of an educational program for cloistered nuns from all over Kenya and about five other African countries. During this time, Sr. Lucy Njeri invited me to visit Our Lady Queen of…
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This is the night!
It is 10:00pm. Here in Kabuga, Rwanda, the Easter Vigil has ended. The people rise from their pews, gather their belongings and begin heading toward the exit. The retinue of liturgical ministers has disappeared into the sacristy. Suddenly, a man runs up the steps of the sanctuary and lights his taper candle with the Paschal…
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Palm Sunday and the light of Christ
The part of Rwanda I am currently in has a large population of Congolese immigrants. Several Rwandans have told me that their celebrations are quite different from the Rwandans’. They call the mass the “Congolese Mass,” which got me excited and prompted me to clarify if they meant the Congolese/Zaire Rite.