The Newly Professed: from left to right. Brothers Hervé, Dominico Savio, Émilien, Victor and Éphrem
On Saturday, August 22nd, 2026, in the Parish of Saint-Paul Apostle of the Nations, in the Diocese of Dapaong (Togo), five Novices pronounced their First Vows.
Brothers Hervé Nanmangue DJANGBIEGOU and Victor Yendoubé YAMOULE are Togolese, from the Saint District-Paul from West Africa, and Brothers Dominico-Savio NISINGIZWE, Emilien NSANZUMUBYEYI and Ephrem UZAYISABA are Rwandans, from the Notre-Dame District of Kibeho.
At 9:00 a.m., the Eucharistic Celebration, presided over by Father Pascal DJIBONGUE, Parish Priest, brought together with the Future professed, Priests, Religious, Nuns, and Parents.
In his Homily, Father Pascal invited the Future Professed to be Free for themselves. and not to be at the Mercy of the Influences of this World; Free to Love and to Give of themselves; free to Bear Witness that God is their only Wealth and that his Call transforms their Life into a Great and Perpetual Act of Thanksgiving.
Dialogue between the Visitor Brother, Brother Wilfried FARA, and the Future Professed.
After a year of Novitiate, a time of Learning about Community life and Discovering and Rmbracing the Spirituality and Charism of the Brothers of Christian Instruction, Brothers Hervé Nanmangue DJANGBIEGOU, Victor Yendoubé YAMOULE, Dominico-Savio NISINGIZWE, Emilien NSANZUMUBYEYI, and Ephrem UZAYISABA freely chose to make their Profession in our Institute. They Committed themselves through the Vows of Obedience, Chastity, and Poverty before Brother Wilfried FARA, Visitor of the District of Saint Paul of West Africa, who received those Vows in the name of the Church and the Congregation.
Presentation of the Cassock and Crucifix by the Novice Master
Now FIC, the Newly Professed received from the Hands of Brother Joseph BELLANGER, Master of Novices, the Cassock and the Crucifix, Sign of their religious Consecration, as well as, from the Hands of the Brother Visitor, the Rule of Life, Charter of the Brothers of Christian Instruction.
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The Newly Professed with the Brother Visitor Overall photo
The Family Photo and the Fraternal Agape were the final Moments of this Day of Grace and Joy.
God alone in time!
God alone in eternity!
ENTRY INTO THE NOVICIATE
The day after the vows, on Sunday, August 23rd, five young Men from Congo and Rwanda entered the Novitiate. They are: Junior Amade FABRICE, Samuel Mgisa KPAWI and Placide Bilongo MBOMA from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Wellars HATANGIMBABAZI from Rwanda.
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Brother Wilfried FARA (Visitor of the Saint Paul District) presenting the crucifix to a Novice
Signature in the Novitiate Register
Brother Wilfried Fara, Visitor of the Saint Paul District of West Africa, personally Welcomed the young Men into the Congregation in the Presence of several Brothers and Sisters who came to support the young Novices. We wish them a Fruitful Year of Novitiate. May the Virgin Mary accompany and guide them on this Path they have chosen.
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The four novices, from left to right: Samuel, Wellars, Placide and Junior With the Master of Novices (Bro. Joseph BELLANGER) and his Assistant (Bro. Quenneth YANTICOA)
Article compiled by Brother Gilbert GBANYOBEDJOA (Aneho, Togo)