Dennis Owuoche - AJAN

“It is accomplished”

Our reflection for Good Friday is written by Masy Razafindradama from the Centre Social Arrupe in Madagascar. On Good Friday, we reach the culmination of our progress towards Easter. After a long journey of 40 days of fasting, abstinence and prayer, we witness the passion of Jesus Christ, our Saviour.

Your king is coming to you, humble…

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)

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

Social Media: Great power needs great responsibility

4 March 2017 – Every time we have open sessions with youth, we get asked questions like: “We’ve just read online that some prophet has cured AIDS and even eradicated HIV in a person. Does this mean we now have a way around the virus and AIDS?”… Read on

Challenges for people living with HIV in DRC

4 March 2017 – The year 2016 was full of chronic challenges for people living with HIV in Kisangani, in Congo’s Eastern Province. It would be wonderful if these problems could be assuaged in 2017. Chief among these is a deficit in AIDS awareness outside urban areas, where there are

New JESAM President

4 March 2017 – Fr Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator SJ has been appointed President of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (JESAM). Fr Bator knows AJAN well. He previously served on the board of the AJAN Director, co-edited a book published in 2012 by AJAN and Paulines Publications, and has

Treat everyone as a human being

4 March 2017 – People never ever lose their humanity. Even when they are seriously ill, they remain human beings, with a special gift to share with others. Pope Francis underscored the inalienable dignity and uniqueness of each one of us in his annual message for the World Day of

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