Dennis Owuoche, Author at AJAN

Resisting the temptation to seek self-interest

Our reflection for the first week of Lent (17-23 February 2013) is written by Danielle Vella, editor of the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). “Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, where for 40 days he was

Retour aux bases

Mais que la droiture soit comme un courant d’eau, et la justice comme un torrent qui jamais ne tarit. (Amos 5:24) Notre première réflexion pour ce mercredi des Cendres, le 13 février 2013, est écrit par le Père Michael J. Kelly SJ, un célèbre écrivain, conférencier et chercheur sur le

Back to basics

“But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.” (Amos 5:24) Our first reflection this Lent, for Ash Wednesday, 13 February 2013, is written by Fr Michael J. Kelly SJ, a well-known writer, speaker and researcher on HIV/AIDS. Originally from Ireland, he has lived and worked

TOGO – Centre Ésperance Loyola

Set up by the West African Jesuit Province in 2006, the Centre Ésperance Loyola (CEL – Loyola Hope Centre) is based in Agoè-Nyivé, a suburb of Lomé, and is run by Fr Bernard Hounnougbo SJ. The CEL, together with its sister centre the Loyola Educational Centre (CCL), works hard to

BURUNDI – SERVICE YEZU MWIZA

The Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM – ‘Good Jesus’ in Kirundi) accompanies some 4,000 people with HIV, orphans and vulnerable children, giving them the support needed to live life “to the full”. SYM is a project of the Jesuit Region of Rwanda-Burundi and is run by Fr Désiré Yamuremye SJ. From

ZAMBIA – CHIKUNI PARISH

The Chikuni home-based care (HBC) programme in southeast Zambia has been running since 2000, part of a Jesuit parish that serves 25,000 people living in 180 villages scattered in rural areas. In 2011, Chikuni HBC had more than 1,400 clients on ART. Chikuni Mission Hospital and the HBC team worked

MATERO PARISH

Since starting up in 1997, the home-based care programme run by St Mary’s Parish in Matero, outskirts of Lusaka, has tended to the needs of people with HIV, TB and AIDS, as well as orphans. There are some 60 caregivers, who identify people with HIV in need of support and

AJAN LENTEN REFLECTIONS

7 March 2013 – The African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN) is publishing weekly Lenten reflections, Journeying together towards Life to the full. Click here to read more…

Zimbabwe: Touching souls, healing lives

Time Baluwa, Programmes Coordinator, Jesuit AIDS Project, Zimbabwe “The workshop has made me come to terms with myself. I realised I had issues with the death of my mother and blamed God and my relatives for it. I know now that it’s me who has to change and be well

Why AJAN?

Kevin Kelly, a novice in the Jesuit Province of English Canada, explains why he welcomes the opportunity to do his “Long Experiment” at AJAN. Before entering the Society of Jesus, I studied physiology and virology and then worked for 12 years at Merck & Co, one of the largest companies

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