Dear Friends, Bishops Rotich urges Believers in Kenya to join Lay Groups to Enliven Faith, something that the Pax Romana ICMICA Council is currently reflecting on. NAIROBI, MAY 20, 2014 (CISA) -Retired Bishop of the military ordinariate Rt Rev Alfred Rotich has called upon faithful to join church lay organizations so as to strengthen their faith and service to God. “Our dear people who are not religious in the sense that you have not taken vows, ensure you join associations and the laity such as Catholic Men Associations (CMAs), Catholic Women Associations (CWAs). These associations truly reflect that you have known the formula that God has come to us, that God is Emmanuel,” Bishop Rotich said. The prelate added that Lay associations are important avenues for devotions since it ensured strengthening of the faith and urged believers who had not yet taken the initiative to consider joining the organizations for their own good. “Let us pray during this mass that the work that God has begun already in our hearts today may truly find a place in our society too and send a great statement to the whole world today that God is alive. He has given us life let us protect it through all means,” said Bishop Rotich during his homily when he presided a mass to officially open House of Charity children home on Sunday May 18 in Westlands, Nairobi. The home is to cater for abandoned children and is run and owned by the Poverelle sisters of Bergamo “I would like you to deepen you reflections on what it means to be christians…through activities of charity like we are doing today at the House of Charity children home, appreciating what is already being done we are serving the lord in our very own little ways,” said Bishop Rotich. The Poverelle Sisters opened the community in Nairobi, Kenya in September 1 1998 and has a total of 13 babies to date most of which survive on donations from well wishers. Poverelle Sisters were founded by Blessed Louis Maria Palazzolo together with a young woman, Teresa Gabrieli, in Italy in 1869. Originally it was referred congregation was called “Suore delle Poverelle” which means “Sisters of the Poor.” The community also adopts girls for discernment and the poor in need.
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 08:18:16 +0000
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