{"id":5137,"date":"2015-03-13T07:54:45","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T04:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ajan.africa\/from-herds-boy-to-jesuit-deacon\/"},"modified":"2015-03-13T07:54:45","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T04:54:45","slug":"from-herds-boy-to-jesuit-deacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/from-herds-boy-to-jesuit-deacon\/","title":{"rendered":"From herds-boy to Jesuit deacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5136\" src=\"http:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ekeno-web.png\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" width=\"710\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ekeno-web.png 710w, https:\/\/ajan.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/ekeno-web-300x95.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Augostine Ekeno SJ, ex-assistant director of AJAN<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The dream that I wished to come true about 15 years ago came to realization on Valentine\u2019s Day this year. On 14 February, I and 17 other African Jesuits were ordained deacons, which is a significant step towards priesthood.<\/p>\n<p>The day marked an important stage of a dream that has preoccupied my mind as a herds-boy in the plains of northern Kenya. I used to dream of the day when I would become a \u2018shepherd\u2019 looking after God\u2019s people as a Jesuit priest.<\/p>\n<p>The journey I have taken so far is also thanks to the many wonderful people I encountered during my formation. One such \u2018family\u2019 for me has been the African Jesuit AIDS Network (AJAN). I did my regency (a practical placement that Jesuits in formation undertake between studies) at AJAN, serving as assistant director from 2009 to 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The exemplary servant leadership of the founding director, Fr Michael Czerny SJ, and his equally inspiring successor, Fr Paterne Mombe SJ, taught me how to be a good Jesuit. Their immeasurable commitment to those affected and infected by HIV\/AIDS reflects the kind of \u2018shepherd\u2019 that I dreamed of being as a herds-boy. I treasure the AJAN experience for infusing within me a great sense of care for those who are sick in our society.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ekeno will now go for further theology studies before being ordained to the priesthood. <\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Augostine Ekeno SJ, ex-assistant director of AJAN The dream that I wished to come true about 15 years ago came to realization on Valentine\u2019s Day this year. On 14 February, I and 17 other African Jesuits were ordained deacons, which is a significant step towards priesthood. The day marked an<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"sd-more sd-all-trans\" href=\"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/from-herds-boy-to-jesuit-deacon\/#more-5137\">consulte Mais informa\u00e7\u00e3o<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":155,"featured_media":5136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aids-in-africa-articles"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ajan.africa\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}