Kenneth Akua SM was ordained deacon by Bishop Thomas Burns SM in Rome on 3 November 2018. Kenneth, who is from Cameroon, is the first Marist seminarian to progress to the fourth year of theology studies in Rome. He has begun a License in Dogmatic Theology at the Gregorian University and is taking part in the Liturgy course offered by the Diocese of Rome for Presiders of Liturgy. His pastoral ministry is with the Sant’Egidio community where he assists people with disabilities. Kenneth will return to the District of Africa next year.

The photo below shows Bishop Burns in the middle, with Kenneth to his left as you look at the photo. On the bishop’s right is Fr John Larsen SM, the Superior General of the Society of Mary, and on Kenneth’s left is Fr Anthony Kennedy SM, Superior of the Marist Theologate in Rome.