As the 17th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa, (ACWECA) progresses, inputs from speakers and partners are shedding clearer light on the direction the Association is to take in the next three years. One key input that encompassed all the three was the keynote address of H. E.
The existence and the works of the religious rely entirely on solidarity. This is the force that drives the religious life and keeps its fire burning. A threat to solidarity among the religious is definitely a threat to their existence. This was said by Sr. Romina Nyemera, OLGC, the current facilitator of the development and
Sr. Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, PhD, the Interim Director of Catholic Sisters Program an initiative of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation (CNHF) has told the religious sisters in Africa to look deeply and ask themselves what their congregations and conferences would look like in 2030 owing to the reality of declining number of religious vocations in
The Holy Father Pope Francis has asked the members of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) to deepen the bonds of Friendship and communion among themselves so that they may offer a more convincing witness to society and the Church, and a united apostolate to the poor, the sick and
The 17th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa, (ACWECA) has commenced at the Tanzania Episcopal Conference – Kurasini Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Plenary Assembly that runs from 26th August to 2nd September 2017 was officially opened on Sunday 27th with a holy Mass led by
A Religious Sister from the Congregation of Servants of the Blessed Virgin Mary Sisters, Sr. Agnes Mlenga, SBVM from Malawi on Monday September 5, passed on at a Sabbatical Centre run by the Association of Sisterhood of Kenya-AOSK. Sr. Agnes collapsed and in her bathroom and was pronounced dead at the hospital where she was
His Eminence João Cardinal Bráz de Aviz, Prefect of the Congregation for Institute of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life has challenged the Religious Women to be very wary of the idolatry of money which he said is very real. Speaking during his homily when he led mass for more than 150 religious women
This year marks 43 years since the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa (ACWECA) was founded. It was in September 1974 that the first Conference of the AMECEA Sisters, as they were then called took place. The Conference ran from 8th -13th September, with 24 participants from Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda and
The Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and Central Africa, (ACWECA) is set to hold its 17th Plenary Assembly at Tanzania Episcopal Conference’s Kurasini Centre in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Based on the theme: Revitalize Our Solidarity for Deeper Evangelisation in Today’s Complex Reality within the Region, the one week deliberations is to run from
ACWECA’s Chapter celebration training module one has come to an end with a call to participants to go with an open mind and heart to enable the Holy Spirit to guide and lead them in fruitful chapter celebration. The call was made by the Secretary General of the Association of Consecrated Women in Eastern and