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.Regular Articles 
MM 50 Years Ago(0)
In his Marist Third Order column, under the heading Off to a Flying Start, Fr Maurice Mulcahy, who was both editor of the MM and National Director of the Marist Third Order, wrote:
Some may prefer the old days when the clergy ran most things and the laity merely pointed out the mistakes they made, but the Third Order must now stand -- and move forward -- on its own feet.… More
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Abba Father — Who Are You? (1)
‘Dwelling in Unapproachable Light’
Eucharistic Prayer 2 is probably the one most commonly chosen and Eucharistic Prayer 4 used the least. It’s a shame really. There are so many Eucharistic Prayers available – all beautiful in their own way.
Let’s ponder the four words in the title above - a phrase from the Preface of Eucharistic Prayer 4: what do they suggest about the ‘Father most holy’?… More
February Crossword
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1 Hopes J ordered a carpenter! (6)
4 Screen moved for ritual burner! (6)
9 Jeans so suited for city in southern San Francisco! (3,4)
10 A Colorado ski resort with a type of poplar? (5)
11 “He shakes the ___ from its place and makes its pillars tremble.” Job 9:6 (5)
12 A foot digit covering marred elation!… More
Can You Bear It?
An English professor wrote the words ‘A woman without her man is nothing’ on the blackboard and directed the students to punctuate it correctly. The men wrote: ‘A woman, without her man, is nothing.’ The women wrote: ‘A woman: without her, man is nothing.’ Punctuation is everything!… More