“What you have done to the least of my brothers and sisters, You have done unto me…” (Matthew 25:40) These words uttered by Jesus Christ came to life in the month of August after an initiative of 54 young people of the Zimbabwe Young Christian Students (ZYCS) who had quite
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THE IGNATIAN WEEK EXPERIENCE WITH AFRICAN JESUIT AIDS NETWORK (AJAN) AT THE INSTITUT DE THÉOLOGIE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JÉSUS (ITCJ)
At the beginning of the community’s holiday this August 2022, the community of the Institute of Theology of the Society of Jesus (ITCJ), organized a session on the Ignatian week in which the Jesuit scholastics of the first and second year of theology took part. The session was oriented on AJAN,
AHAPPY TRAINING OF TRAINERS AT THE INSTITUT DE THEOLOGIE DE LA COMPAGNIE DE JESUS (ITCJ), IVORY COAST
During the 2022 Ignatian week, at the Institut de Théologie de la Compagnie de Jésus (ITCJ), AJAN was invited to take students through a one-week workshop on AJAN HIV and AIDS Prevention Program for the Youth (AHAPPY) that was led by Fr. Ismael Matambura SJ, AJAN director, Mrs. Pascalia Sergon
AJAN’S 20 Years Anniversary Celebration at St. Teresa Parish, Rumbek, South Sudan
Children and youth came together after Sunday Mass on 24th July 2022 to celebrate AJAN’s 20 years anniversary and one year of peace in the Lakes State. AJAN’s 20 years is a celebration of life. The many beneficiaries of AJAN who are still alive will continue to be a living
AJAN Celebrates International Youth Day 2022
Since being endorsed by the General Assembly in 1999, 12 August has been marked as International Youth Day to acknowledge and amplify the importance of youth participation in current affairs. African Jesuits AIDS Network walks together with the youth towards enabling them to fulfill their potential. This year’s theme is
SAINT IGNATIUS CELEBRATION IN KISANGANI, AS MAISHA CENTER IN DRC MARKS 20 YEARS ANNIVERSARY
As everywhere in the world, where there is a presence of a certain Ignatian family or at least a Jesuit, the day of July 31 (on the feast of St. Ignatius of Loyola) was dedicated to the closing of the Ignatian Jubilee Year opened on May 21, 2021 In Kisangani,
Celebration of the Close of the IGNATIAN Year 2022
In our July Newsletter issue we celebrate the 500th anniversary of the wounding of St. Ignatius at the battle of Pamplona. The month of July is a special one for us AJAN as a Network. It marks the closure of the Ignatian Year: 500th anniversary of the conversion of St
Celebration of AJAN 20TH Anniversary at ABE Center in Burkina Faso
The celebration of AJAN 20th anniversary in Burkina Faso was held on Sunday July 24, 2022, at the headquarters of ABE. The event was marked by the attendance of about fifty people who were there to celebrate the achievements of AJAN and ABE over the 20 years. Present at the
JESUIT NOVICES AND NOVICES OF MERE LAURA MISSIONARIES IN THE DRC CONGO UNDERTAKE AHAPPY TRAINING OF TRAINERS
African Jesuit AIDS Network, (AJAN) undertook the AHAPPY training of trainers (AHAPPY TOT) for the Novices, in the Noviciat-Notre Dame de la Compagnie de Jésus at Kinkeso/Inkisi- located in the Catholic Diocese of Kisantu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1st to the 5th of August 2022. 2nd
SITUATION OF AJAN, 20 YEARS SUMMARY BY FR ISMAEL MATAMBURA, AJAN DIRECTOR
“Jesuit Apostolate of Care, Compassion and Protection” It is since June 21, 2002 that the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) was created by the Jesuit Conference of Africa and Madagascar, then JESAM, directed at the time by Father Valerian Shirima, SJ. It is therefore in a context of serious health
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