Fresh News from the Worldwide Network of the Xaverian Missionaries – 11.08.2024
13 Young Missionaries Take Their Final Vows as Xaverian Missionaries
INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGATE, MEXICO CITY: PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS
On Sunday, November 3rd, 2024, at 12:00, in the chapel of the International Theologate, Mexico City, our confreres Yulianus Agung, Vinsensius Rusae, David Alejandro Figueroa Rodríguez and Mali Yedrianus will make their Perpetual Profession.
ST. FRANCIS XAVIER PARISH, MALIGAYA, MANILA, THE PHILIPPINES: PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS
On Tuesday, November 5th, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., our confreres Friwandi Nainggolan, Martinus Zalukhu Yunis, Richard Niyukuri, Kong Shaofeng-Simon and Aubin Nzambimana will make their Perpetual Profession in the Church of St. Francis Xavier Parish, Maligaya, Manila, the Philippines.
ST GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI SHRINE, MOTHER HOUSE, PARMA – ITALY: PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS
On Saturday, November 9th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., our confreres Francis Richard Chidiebere, Frédéric Mutonde, Yohanes Nicholindo Putra Geli Gowin, and Valerius Jan Nahak will make their perpetual profession at St Guido Maria Conforti Shrine, Mother House, Parma, Italy.
“In my meanness, I pray the Lord that the observance of our Constitutions may never relax and the mutual charity, which must hold together the members [of our society], may never languish. […] Let us never forget that our sanctification depends on the faithful and constant observance of our Constitutions, for there is no other way we could fulfill God’s will, who in His infinite love called us to the glory of the apostolate. In the last day, He will not ask us whether we have accomplished great deeds, or have made the world talk about us; He will rather ask whether we made His will in the state and condition of life in which He placed us…” (Circular Letter n. 08, paragraph 6. Parma, August 15th, 1931)
THE RICHNESS OF THE MOZAMBICAN PEOPLE
Mozambique is among the last 20 countries on the United Nations Human Development Index, and around two-thirds of its 33 million inhabitants live below the poverty line. This dramatic situation disheartens the hopes of the many young Mozambicans, which is counterbalanced by the territory’s enormous wealth of natural resources. Mozambique is the third largest holder of proven natural gas reserves in Africa after Nigeria and Algeria, testifying to the contradictions of a country where riches do not benefit the population. Rather, paradoxically, the riches become a source of further suffering and instability. This is the case in the northern province of Cape Delgado, since 2017, at the mercy of jihadist violence that has displaced hundreds of thousands.
But Mozambique today risks sliding into a deeper spiral of crisis. At least 11 people were killed and 50 injured in the riots after the disputed elections on 9 October, which, despite the aspirations of Mozambique’s many young people for change, saw victory awarded to the Frelimo party, which has been in power for 49 years, amid allegations of fraud by the opposition and international observers.
The bishops of Mozambique also condemned the violence – including the killings of Elvino Dias and Paulo Guambe, a lawyer and politician from the opposition Podemos party – observing that “young people are a wealth of the country; renewing their commitment to a more democratic, inclusive, just and fraternal society, in which all should live in peace, with dignity and a future”. (Osservatore Romano, 29.10.2024, Valerio Palombaro)
