26 June 2015 – We pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ who died in Kigali on 15 June at the age of 86. As ecclesiastical assistant to the Christian Life Community (CLC) in Rwanda, he guided the community in its shared mission to reach out to people living with
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AJANews 141 – June 2015
In this issue of AJANews, we pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ who died in Kigali on 17 June at the age of 86. In a life lived purely at the service of others, one of the many roles Fr Jean Claude filled was that of ecclesiastical assistant
Zambia: Bring treatment closer to home
Dorothy takes three days to walk to and from the hospital that stocks the medication she needs to stay alive. Carrying food and blankets to see her through the unwelcome trip, the elderly Zambian woman takes days to recover when she returns home, nursing legs swollen from tramping through the
Central African Republic: Candlelight Memorial Day
Dominique Lare Kassoa SJ, coordinator of the Centre d’Information d’Education et d’Ecoute that forms part of the Catholic University Centre of the University of Bangui. On 30 May, the streets of Bangui saw a big march for victims of AIDS to mark Candlelight Memorial Day. Around 400 people attended the event in the
It is thanks to Fr Jean Claude that we are the community we are today
Pierre Dongier and Yvonne Umurungi of the Christian Life Community (CLC) in Rwanda – some members are pictured above – pay tribute to Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ. Fr Jean Claude spent more than 60 years in Africa. He was a tireless teacher and builder in Congo, where he first went
A life well lived and completely dedicated to God
Fr Marcel Uwineza SJ, Jesuit Regional House, Kigali, Rwanda Fr Jean Claude Michel SJ went about his work in Kigali conscientiously until 14 June 2015, when he felt very weak. The following day, the elderly Jesuit was hospitalized. In the evening he asked the members of his Jesuit community to
St Mary Mother of the Redeemer School, Matero
Matero Parish in Lusaka runs a community school for 250 orphans on its premises, offering daily meals and education free-of charge. The goal of St Mary Mother of the Redeemer School is to give “children who have been left behind” the chance to survive – more or less alone –
The struggle to be self-supporting
31 May 2015 – Forty-six-year-old Elizabeth Kasim from Kibera is a member of Mirror of Hope. She is single-handedly raising her two children plus the three children of her brother who died. She shares her story… Read more
Matching my perceptions to reality
31 May 2015 – When I rounded off my first studies as a Jesuit in Zimbabwe, my provincial asked me to go to AJAN. I had no particular expectations of the mission I had been asked to go for… Read more
I received things I will hold onto all my life
31 May 2015 – I came to Kenya with a limited understanding of the AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa. I shared in what I think is a common misconception, outside of Africa and AIDS-ridden areas of the world; that the great improvements in the medical field require less need for
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