{"id":24349,"date":"2019-12-09T10:21:15","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T09:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/?p=24349"},"modified":"2019-12-10T10:07:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-10T09:07:15","slug":"50-years-of-the-congregation-in-drc-congo-a-beautiful-festival-two-brothers-commit-themselves-for-life-and-a-statue-of-father-de-la-mennais","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/en\/50-years-of-the-congregation-in-drc-congo-a-beautiful-festival-two-brothers-commit-themselves-for-life-and-a-statue-of-father-de-la-mennais\/","title":{"rendered":"50 YEARS OF THE CONGREGATION IN DRC CONGO. A beautiful festival, two Brothers commit themselves for life and a statue of  Father de la Mennais"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>His Grace Archbishop Richard Domba presided over the celebration of the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. Beautiful liturgical garments were made for this anniversary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>What a feast! On 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0 November, St John Paul II District celebrated at Dungu the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the arrival of the Brothers of Christian Instruction in the DRC\u00a0 Congo.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24261\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-1024x626.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-1024x626.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-scaled-600x367.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-768x470.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-1536x939.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-2048x1252.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0626-260x159.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Mass of Thanksgiving during which two Brothers Justin LOKANA and Bruno DJUKALEMA pronounced their perpetual religious Vows was presided at the Cathedral by His Grace Richard DOMBA, the Archbishop of Dungu-Doruma<\/strong>, in the presence of \u00a0Brothers Herv\u00e9 ZAMOR, Superior General of the Brothers, Jean-Paul PEUZE, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Assistant, Mario HOULE, Provincial of Canada-USA-Mexico, Brothers of St John Paul II District \u2013 Congo DRC \u2013 Rwanda and hundreds of invited guests.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24276\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-scaled-600x387.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-1536x990.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-2048x1320.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN08451-260x168.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 to 22<sup>nd<\/sup> \u00a0November sporting, cultural and spiritual activities were organised and held at \u00a0Dungu.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24282\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-1024x898.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-scaled-600x526.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-1536x1346.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-2048x1795.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0932-260x228.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A monument, a set of three characters in honour of Jean-Marie de la Mennais,<\/strong> surrounded by a Brother and a young man was blessed.<\/p>\n<p>All these events were organised by a Bicentenary team chaired by Brother Pascal MBOLINGABA, the Visitor.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24267\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24267\" class=\"wp-image-24267 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0733-e1575968912367-1024x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"389\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The celebrants surrounded by the new professed Brothers and the Bros Peter KAZEKULYA, Provincial of Uganda-South Sudan, Jean-Paul PEUZE, 1<sup>st<\/sup> Assistant, Herv\u00e9 ZAMOR, Superior General, Pascal MBOLINGABA, Visitor of Congo DRC Rwanda, Mario HOULE, Provincial Canada-USA-Mexico<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn this year 2019 which marks the bicentenary of our Congregation, how not to live in thanksgiving and joy today\u201d, commented Bro. Herv\u00e9 Zamor, Superior General, when we celebrate the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the presence of the Brothers of Christian Instruction in the Democratic Republic of Congo, when we welcome the perpetual Vows of our <strong>two Brothers Justin LOKANA and Bruno DJUKALEMA <\/strong>and when we commemorate our Institute founded by Jean-Marie de la Mennais and Gabriel Deshayes, two hundred years ago.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24264\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24264\" class=\"wp-image-24264 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-1024x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-1024x720.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-scaled-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-768x540.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-1536x1080.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-2048x1440.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0657-260x183.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bro Herv\u00e9 ZAMOR receives the vows.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>1969 \u2013 2019, it\u2019s been 50 years!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>50 years ago when four Brothers of Christian Instruction, Raymond Hamelin, Richard Doyle, Albert Simard and Jean-Claude Hould \u2013 the latter is currently a priest and is with us for this commemoration-, arrived in the beautiful and great country of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The grain of wheat thrown into the ground by these four valiant pioneers has sprouted, grown and brought forth beautiful fruits and promises many more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24273\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24273\" class=\"wp-image-24273 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-1024x757.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-1024x757.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-scaled-600x444.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-1536x1136.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-2048x1515.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0808-260x192.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24273\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>The Bros Andr\u00e9 BILODEAU, Mario HOULE, Ga\u00e9tan ARSENEAULT in the company of two Congolese guests.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The golden jubilee we are celebrating today is the fruit of an uninterrupted chain of good and faithful workers who have managed to pass the shovel, the machete, the wheelbarrow to the rhythm of dedication, forgetfulness of self, passion, humility and a sense of responsibility in order to carry out the mission entrusted to them<strong>: to instruct, educate and evangelise in one act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24300\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"412\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Capture.jpg 412w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Capture-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Capture-260x346.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 412px) 100vw, 412px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24288\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24288\" class=\"wp-image-24288 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-1024x580.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-1024x580.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-scaled-600x340.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-1536x870.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-2048x1160.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0971-260x147.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24288\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Bro. Ga\u00e9tan Arseneault taking part in the 50<sup>th<\/sup> dance.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>For our Congregation, this golden jubilee is above all <strong>an<\/strong> <strong>act of remembrance, gratitude and thanksgiving<\/strong> for the 50 years that Brothers have given their best to make Jesus Christ known and loved; have endeavoured to educate the Congolese man in his totality and have endeavoured to offer a quality education to the children and young people of the DRC!<\/p>\n<p>This golden jubilee also intends to celebrate today those humble workers, Mennaisian Brothers and Laity, who aim, in the classroom, on the sports field, in the lesson of catechesis or mathematics, in the animation of groups of young people, in a time of recollection, in a theatrical performance, a single objective: <strong>to make the students entrusted to them, not scientists, but saints.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-24291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-1024x653.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-1024x653.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-600x383.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353-260x166.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_112416353.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24270\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24270\" class=\"wp-image-24270 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-scaled-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0771-260x195.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Young Brothers of St John Paul II District, DRC Congo -Rwanda.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This golden jubilee finally aims at opening a window on the future. Young Congolese hear the Lord\u2019s call to dedicate their lives to the service of this beautiful and noble mission: to proclaim Jesus Christ through education. The new wine is there! The new wineskins are also there. New ardour, new methods, new expressions!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24285\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24285\" class=\"wp-image-24285 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-922x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"955\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-922x1024.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-scaled-600x666.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-270x300.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-768x853.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-1383x1536.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-1844x2048.jpg 1844w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSCN0950-260x289.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-24285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Beautiful clothes were made for the birthday!<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Now, time has come for our DRC Brothers to rise and go to mission. Life belongs to those who dare to set out for the cause of God alone.<\/strong> Fruitfulness gives an appointment to those who leave everything and go to proclaim Jesus Christ to children and young people, following the example of our first missionary Brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONGRATULATIONS TO ST JOHN PAUL II DISTRICT FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL FESTIVAL!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-24295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie-260x347.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/IMG_20191122_114005811-Copie.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>F. Mario HOULE, Provincial Canada-USA-Mexique partage sa Lettre aux Fr\u00e8res et \u00e0 la Famille Mennaisienne consacr\u00e9e au 50\u00e8me anniversaire des FIC au Congo RDC.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/12-December-Letter-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24344 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-600x768.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-800x1024.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-768x983.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec-260x333.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/lettre-Mario-dec.jpg 837w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Grace Archbishop Richard Domba presided over the celebration of the 50th anniversary. Beautiful liturgical garments were made for this anniversary. What a feast! On 23rd\u00a0 November, St John Paul II District celebrated at Dungu the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the Brothers of Christian Instruction in the DRC\u00a0 Congo. A Mass of Thanksgiving [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[104],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>50 YEARS OF THE CONGREGATION IN DRC CONGO. 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