30 Nov 2017 0 Comment

SESSION SUR LA RÉSILIENCE (Bangui, 7-17 Novembre 2017)

L’expérience de guerre et de troubles peut amener les sentiments forts comme la colère, la tristesse, le deuil et la frayeur. En plus de poser des difficultés pour voir la plénitude de la vie que Jésus est venu nous apporter, ces...
22 Jul 2017 9,247 Comments

PASTORAL COUNSELING SKILLS

How can we be effective people who are helping others? Do we have the qualities or potentials to help others? And who are we to counsel others? It is with these 3 fundamental questions that Ms Iganasia Mbata, a psychologist, counselor and...
15 Jul 2017 0 Comment

CARRYING A TREASURE IN EARTHEN VESSELS

Under the general theme “Graceful Transition” Fr James Kulwa Shimbala (SMA) took us through several topics: ADDICTION AWARENESS PREVENTION; SIGNATURE STRENGTHS; AND GRIEF, LOSS AND STRESS MANAGEMENT. This helped us to once more become...
14 Jul 2017 0 Comment

CHALLENGES OF FAITH IN AFRICA

On Friday 14th July 2O17, as we continue to soar together, Fr. James Shimbala (SMA) lead us into fruitful discussion on “challenges of faith in Africa”. The day was introduced by identifying and discussing major challenges of the faith...
8 Jul 2017 0 Comment

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

From the 24th to 25th July 2017, we were blessed with a rare opportunity of receiving a short but rich and empowering session on financial management from an experienced man, Mr Philip Mbati, who works for Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA)....
6 Jul 2017 0 Comment

On the Care of Our Common Good

  On Monday and Tuesday, July 3 and 4 respectively, we spent time with the Encyclical Letter of the Holy Father Francis, “Laudato Sί”, subtitled “On the care for our common Home”. Fr. Gerard M. Nnamunga CSSP led us through...
1 Jul 2017 0 Comment

The Retreat

Using the document "Evangeli Gaudium" as the main focus of the content for the inputs in our retreat, the retreat director, Fr Gerard, accompanied us through 7 days of spiritual journey to rediscover and renew our appreciation of the Joy...
25 Jun 2017 0 Comment

Scripture and Mission

The next input, after THEORY U, of the ICOF “Life Renewal Program 2017” was on “SCRIPTURE AND MISSION”. In Fr. Rosario, sma, expertise style, the participants were taken through the Scriptures and were shown how NATURE GIVES...
18 Jun 2017 1 Comment

“Together we soar” (Exploring the Theory U)

When successful leaders manage to operate with heightened level of energy and a sure sense of future possibility, it is because they develop a capacity to come nearer to that source, where they experience the future as if it were "wanting...