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.Reflection – 3 
The Gift of a Child(Comments Off on The Gift of a Child)
December 1, 2018
In the chapel of the Retreat House at Manresa in Dublin there is a beautiful sculpture of the Madonna and Child. Mary is clasping the infant to her shoulder in a gentle embrace. As my Director pointed out, it is very unusual for the Child to be facing His mother, rather than looking out at us.… More
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Soul-Making
“Some say the world is a ‘vale of tears’, I say it is a place of soul-making.” John Keats
When we are young, much of life experience seems unplanned and random. Our dear little hearts are torn by both love and disappointment, one as painful as the other, and without warning, days open up under our feet, hurtling us into some new happening.… More