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LENTEN EFFORT 2026: VISIT TO ORPHANAGES<\/u><\/p>\n

On April 2nd<\/sup>, 2026, about a <\/strong>H<\/strong>undred <\/strong>S<\/strong>tudent and <\/strong>T<\/strong>eacher <\/strong>R<\/strong>epresentatives from the Jean-Marie de la Mennais School Complex in Bunia visited <\/strong>T<\/strong>wo <\/strong>O<\/strong>rphanages: St Kizito (run by the Sisters of Maternal Charity) and St Nicolas (run by the Sisters of Mary of Ingelmunster) to deliver the <\/strong>V<\/strong>arious Lenten <\/strong>C<\/strong>ollections (<\/strong>M<\/strong>oney, <\/strong>C<\/strong>lothes, <\/strong>S<\/strong>hoes, <\/strong>O<\/strong>il, <\/strong>S<\/strong>oap, <\/strong>R<\/strong>ice, etc.)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Pope Francis said in his 2025 Lenten message: \u201cDuring <\/em>that<\/em> Lenten <\/em>S<\/em>eason, God asks us to examine whether, in <\/em>O<\/em>ur Lives, in <\/em>O<\/em>ur Families, in the Places where we are\u2026 we are capable of Walking with Others, of Listening, of Overcoming the Temptation to become Entrenched in <\/em>O<\/em>ur Self-Referentiality and to be concerned only with <\/em>O<\/em>ur Own Needs. Let us ask <\/em>O<\/em>urselves before the Lord if we are capable of Working Together\u2026 in <\/em>S<\/em>ervice to the Kingdom of God; if we have an <\/em>A<\/em>ttitude of Welcome, with concrete Actions toward those who are near us and those who are far away\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The Jean-Marie de la Mennais School Complex has clearly understood that Message from Pope Francis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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THE FUNERAL OF BROTHER ANIUWE DENGBANDA<\/u><\/p>\n

Deceased on the 1st<\/strong> May 2026 in Isiro, Brother Aniuwe Dengbanda was buried in the Brothers’ Cemetery at the FIC Junior Seminary in Dungu <\/strong>that<\/strong> Monday, May 4<\/strong>th<\/sup><\/strong>, 2026, in the presence of<\/strong> a Crowd that came to unite with the Brothers and Members of his Family in their Grief.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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You would find the Life Story of Brother Aniuwe Dengbanda on the page of Deceased Brothers in 2026 : https:\/\/www.lamennais.org\/frere-aniuwe-dengbanda\/<\/a><\/p>\n

News compiled by Brother Roger MIKANIPALE, Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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