Uvira Tag

Pfarrei Bon Pasteur in Kalundu in der Diözese Uvira
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Fr. Jean Marie Bisimwa • Since October 11, 2020, we Schoenstatt Fathers have been working as missionary priests in the Bon Pasteur parish in Kalundu in the diocese of Uvira. When we arrived in Uvira, we had neither a house nor an address. Sebastian Muyengo, the bishop of the diocese of Uvira, provided us with a house where we could live and fulfill our mission. — At that time, we Schoenstatt Fathers wanted to establish a first branch in the Democratic Republic of Congo to serveRead More
Uvira
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Father Jean Marie Bisimwa • The Schoenstatt Fathers have been living and working in Uvira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, for four years. 2020, the first year of the pandemic that largely spared Africa, was a fruitful year; in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where Schoenstatt has been growing for years and where several Schoenstatt Fathers come from, the first branch of the Schoenstatt Fathers was founded.In the meantime, a Shrine is being built and the work of the Fathers in the Bon PasteurRead More
Parroquia Buen Pastor
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Father Jean Marie Bisimwa Isaac • Father Jean Marie Bisimwa Isaac is the superior of the community of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Congo and the pastor of the parish of Bon Pasteur Kalundu. They are three Schoenstatt Fathers who have been working in this parish in eastern Congo for three years, taking care of the parishioners and the construction of the first Schoenstatt Shrine in this country. We asked: How is the construction of the Shrine being lived in the parish?  — The Schoenstatt Fathers arrivedRead More
Futuro Santuario de Uvira, Congo
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, Fr. Hermenegilde Coyitungiye • The walls are up and it is already recognizable as a Schoenstatt Shrine: In the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the diocese of Uvira (province of South Kivu), the first Schoenstatt Shrine is being built. — The Schoenstatt Movement spread from Burundi to the Democratic Republic of Congo through the Schoenstatt Fathers and students who found refuge in eastern Congo. The diocese of Uvira is the point of reference, since Bishop Jerome Gapangwa gave the official authorization for the Schoenstatt Movement thereRead More