The Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura is helping some of its beneficiaries who lost everything when torrential rains swept away their belongings. The rains lashed suburbs of Bujumbura on the night between 9 and 10 February. They left many victims in their wake, who were offered shelter in a
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Cameroonian Jesuit writes book about AIDS in Africa
Cameroonian Jesuit Harris Cleaver Tombi SJ has written a book in French about AIDS in Africa. The book, Prévenir le VIH/Sida en Afrique subsaharienne – Pour un engagement responsable du malade (Preventing HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa – towards a responsible commitment of people with HIV) has been published by the
Togo: 100 youth attend peer education workshop
Euloge Viho, Centre Espérance Loyola Nearly 100 teenagers have attended a four-day workshop in peer education organised by the Centre Espérance Loyola (CEL – Loyola Hope Centre) in Lomé. The young people, aged between 14 and 19 years, were chosen from vocational and high schools in the neighbourhoods of Agoè-Nord
West Africa: Jesuits plan future of AIDS ministry
Fr Philippe Habada SJ Jesuits from West Africa analysing the AIDS ministry of their province underlined capacity-building and enhancing knowledge about HIV as main elements of their future plans. Four out of six members of the AIDS committee of the Jesuit West African Province (AOC) – Fr Bernard Hounnougbo SJ,
Burkina Faso: New centre for AIDS association
There were a dozen or so people, mostly women and children, crammed into the rundown room in Pissy, a neighbourhood of Ouagadougou. They were in a poor state; the room didn’t even have a door or windows to keep out bad weather. They desperately needed help, but their families had
Jésus nous montre comment aimer…
Notre réflexion pour le troisième semaine de Carême vient de Sœur Alison Munro OP, directrice du Bureau d’action contre le SIDA de la Conférence épiscopale catholique d’Afrique Australe. La lecture du troisièmeDimanche de Carême, prise de l’Évangile, de Jean 4, 5-42, se focalise sur la relation entre Jésus et la
Jesus shows us how to love
Our reflection for the third week of Lent (23 – 29 March) is written by Sr Alison Munro OP, director of the AIDS Office of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC). The Gospel on Sunday, 23 March, of John 4:5-42 focuses on the relationship of Jesus and the Samaritan
AJAN Lenten Reflections 2014
Ash Wednesday First week of Lent, 9 – 15 March 2014 Second week of Lent, 16 – 22 March 2014 Third week of Lent, 23 – 29 March 2014 Fourth week of Lent, 30 March – 5 April 2014 Fifth week of Lent, 6 – 12 April 2014 Palm Sunday
Non à la stigmatisation et oui à l’amour sans limites : la transfiguration de Jésus comme appel au dépassement de soi
Notre réflexion pour le deuxième semaine de Carême vient du Père Jacquineau Azetsop SJ du Cameroun. Il réfléchit sur la deuxième lecture (2 Tm 1, 8b-10) et l’Évangile (Mt 17, 1-9) du deuxième Dimanche de Carême, le 16 mars. Timothée était le représentant de Paul à Éphèse. C’était un jeune
No to stigmatization and yes to love beyond boundaries: the transfiguration of Jesus as a call to self-transcendence
Our reflection for the second week of Lent, 16 – 22 March, comes from Fr Jacquineau Azetsop SJ from Cameroon. He reflects on the second reading (2 Tm 1:8b-10) and Gospel (Mt 17:1-9) of the second Sunday of Lent, 16 March. Timothy is the representative of Paul at Ephesus. He
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