For Palm Sunday, our reflection is written by Br Alain Ragneneau, who lives in Kangemi, a poor neighbourhood outside Nairobi, Kenya, and who worked for many years with the parish AIDS programme there. Today Jesus is entering Jerusalem accompanying by rejoicing crowds. This beautiful Gospel passage (Mt 21; 1- 11)
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Life in the spirit
For the fifth week of Lent, our reflection is written by Fr Harris Cleaver Tombi SJ, project manager at the Good Samaritan University Hospital in Walia, N’Djaména, Chad. (SEE BELOW FOR FRENCH VERSION) We are now in the fifth Sunday of Lent. Easter is looming on the horizon, and our
Live as children of the light
The reflection for the fourth week of Lent is written by Ornela Emefa Pakou of the Centre Esperance Loyola (CEL) in Togo. We apologise that it is late, due to technical problems. (SEE BELOW FOR FRENCH VERSION) First reading, Isaiah 16:1,6-7… 10-13 – In the school of God, we learn to look
It all starts with a conversation
For the third Sunday of Lent, our reflection is presented by Time Baluwa, coordinator of Integral Youth Development, a program that forms part of the Youth Office of the Jesuit Province in Zimbabwe. Today’s reading is about one of the outstanding stories in the bible (Jn 4:5-42) What makes it
Joyful transformation in AIDS ministry
Our reflection for the second Sunday of Lent is written by Fr Kelly Michelo SJ, who used to run the Chikuni programme for people living with HIV in Zambia. As I come to reflect on this second week of Lent, it makes me wonder: what if Jesuits hadn’t taken the
Making choices with Christ
Our reflection for the first Sunday of Lent is written by Fr Fernando Azpiroz SJ from the Ricci Social Services Foundation in China, which includes services for people living with HIV. Every time we make choices in our lives and service to others, we are tested. From where do we
Come back to me with all your heart
Our reflection for Ash Wednesday is written by Sr Mary Owens, executive director of Nyumbani, Children of God Relief Institute, in Kenya. “Come back to me with all your heart… Turn to your God again, for he is all tenderness and compassion, slow to anger, rich in graciousness.” Joel
AJAN best practices
PDF Booklets on best practices In 2015, AJAN published three booklets on best practices that have developed over the years in Jesuit AIDS ministries that sought to respond to the needs of the hour. Each of the booklets deals with a specific topic, namely stigma, children and teenagers living with
The women of Kibera: witnesses of the Resurrection
Our reflection for Easter Sunday is written by Fr Paterne Mombe SJ, director of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). Some weeks ago, I met with some of the partners of AJAN at Guadalupe parish in Nairobi, to discuss the implementation of microfinance projects that promote the self-sufficiency of HIV-positive
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