EDITORIAL
This issue of our newsletter appeared much later than usual
and this was as a result of managerial changes in the IMCS-Pax Romana
Coordination Office. After the Pan African Assembly which was held in October
2006 in Rwanda, which led to the election of the new management team (Maurice
and Aaron) and the choice of two chaplains (Fr. Masawe and Fr. Moses).
Maurice from
Rwanda
joined the IMCS-Africa team based in
Nairobi
in February 2007. Father Etienne (Outgoing chaplain) and Jules (Outgoing
coordinator) are doing their part in transmitting the experience gained in view
of continuity of administrative management.
The year 2007 is a transition period, but it’s also full
of training activities for students and official visits with national movements
in
Congo-Brazzaville
,
Mali
, DR Congo,
Senegal
and
Togo
. Three training sessions on the Door to Door strategy were accomplished from
January to April 2007 at a national level. The Rwandan session was facilitated
by Maurice; those of
Mali
, and DR Congo (
South Kivu
province) were facilitated by Jules. We have news from the national movements
such as National gathering of NMCS Zimbabwe during the Easter conference on the
theme “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me…”
Luke 4: 18, 19 which came at the right time during the political
tribulations in
Zimbabwe
. IMCS Sudan has launched their publication (Christ ambassadors) during Easter.
Consultation meetings were held with the church notably the Secretariat of the
Episcopal conference of
Kenya
and that with AMECEA on familiarizing new team members with the spirit of
collaboration. Maurice, the new team member shared in this issue on his
experience after four months in the office and Fr. Etienne shares his life
experiences in the youth service as a Pan African chaplain.
2007 is also a year of our International Team renewal by
election and approval of the new Chaplain. IMCS Pax Romana family worldwide will
gather at
Kuala Lumpur
in
Malaysia
from 24th June to 8th July to celebrate its achievements
for youth capacity building but also to reflect on the way forward to meet the
challenges of the time.
Wishing you
all, an enjoyable reading and just together make way for a peaceful world, by
each one of us engaging in his level according to his capacities to put together
our knowledge and wisdom in the service of the weak and less privileged in the
society.
EDITOR
Pan African
Coordination Team