KCCB SEMINARIES ENDOWMENT FUND

PLEASE  HELP  EDUCATE  SEMINARIANS 

THE KENYA CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS ARE APPEALING under the project therein:

KCCB SEMINARIES ENDOWMENT FUND = a fund designed to ensure the long term sustainability of senior seminaries in Kenya 🇰🇪 where future priests are trained. They include 

1. St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary- Nairobi

2. St. Augustine's Seminary- Bungoma

3. St. Matthias Mulumba Seminary- Kapsabet

4. St. Mary's Seminary - Molo

The Catholic Bishops in Kenya are appealing to as many of the Christ faithful to make an annual contribution of at least Ksh.5000/=.

All the donations received will be invested and only the income from the investments will be used to run the seminaries.

The funding is necessary, for in Kenya, major seminaries have always relied on donor funding. This funding has diminished over the years and the Church in Kenya is now called upon to support the training of priests.

Any member of the faithful or any well-wisher is free to contribute.

CONTRIBUTIONs MADE IN FOLLOWING WAYs:

1. Paybill No.559980 ( A/c no is your National Identity Card ID no)

2. Cheque in favor of:  KCCB SEMINARIES ENDOWMENT FUND.

3. Direct transfers to: Caritas Microfinance Bank, A/c no 1003086000042

SWIFT CODE: CRMFKENA

FOR ANY QUERIES kindly contact:

1. Bishop Maurice Muhatia Makumba

0722654084 - Chairman Seminary Episcopal Commission

2. Fr. David N. Kiranga - Rector St. Augustine's Seminary - Mabanga 0723463060

3. Fr. John Lelei - Rector St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary - Nairobi 0722565454

PLEASE REGISTER IN ANY OF YOUR NEAREST PARISH...or Kindly Contact your Parish Priest on this project, OR, Kindly contact any Seminarian around your area for clarification. STILL YOU CAN CONTRIBUTE via details above WITHOUT REGISTERING.

PLEASE DON't CASH IN ANY AFOREMENTIONED OFFICES/ PERSONs.

Presented by: Seminarian Samuel Muhanji Nyonje ( 0708607911)

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CHRIST THE KING

Greetings all friends in the Lord Jesus Christ. Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King. This Solemnity marks the end of the Liturgical year C and the beginning of Year A. It also ushers in the new season of Advent which preprares for the incarnation of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Dear friends, have seen it worthy to share with you the teaching of Origen, a renounced figure in the Church in this Solemnity.

The kingdom of God, in the words of our Lord and Savior, does not come for all to see; nor shall they say: Behold, here it is, or behold, there it is, but the kingdom of God is within us, for the word of God is very near, in our mouth and in our heart. Thus it is clear that he who prays for the coming of God’s kingdom prays rightly to have it within himself, that there it may grow and bear fruit and become perfect. For God reigns in each of his holy ones. Anyone who is holy obeys the spiritual laws of God, who dwells in him as in a well-ordered city. The Father is present in the perfect soul, and with him Christ reigns, according to the words: We shall come to him and make our home with him.

Thus the kingdom of God within us, as we continue to make progress, will reach its highest point when the Apostle’s words are fulfilled, and Christ, having subjected all his enemies to himself, will hand over his kingdom to God the Father, that God may be all in all. Therefore, let us pray unceasingly with that disposition of soul which the Word may make divine, saying to our Father who is in heaven: Hallowed by thy name; thy kingdom come.

Note this too about the kingdom of God. It is not a sharing of justice with iniquity, nor a society of light with darkness, nor a meeting of Christ with Belial. The kingdom of God cannot exist alongside the reign of sin.

Therefore, if we wish God to reign in us, in no way should sin reign in our mortal body; rather we should mortify our members which are upon the earth and bear fruit in the Spirit. There should be in us a kind of spiritual paradise where God may walk and be our sole ruler with his Christ. In us the Lord will sit at the right hand of that spiritual power which we wish to receive. And he will sit there until all his enemies who are within us become his footstool, and every principality, power and virtue in us is cast out.

All this can happen in each one of us, and the last enemy, death, can be destroyed; then Christ will say in us: O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory? And so, what is corruptible in us must be clothed in holiness and incorruptibility;and what is mortal must be clothed, now that death has been conquered, in the Father’s immortality. Then God will reign in us, and we shall enjoy even now the blessings of rebirth and resurrection.

Wishing you God's blessings as you start new year and new season. 

I remain yours in Christ: Samuel Muhanji Nyonje 

CHRIST THE KING

Jesus answered, ‘My kingship is not of this world; if my kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from this world.’ Pilate said to him, ‘So you are a king?’ Jesus answered, ‘You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I have come into this world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth hears my voice,’” (John 18:36-37)

Today we celebrate the supreme authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ as King of the Universe. Today’s solemnity reminds us that his divine reign invites all mankind to “seek the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ.” 

The celebration was instituted in 1925 in the encyclical ~_Quas Primas~ _ by Pius XI. After the Second Vatican Council, it was placed on the last Sunday before the beginning of Advent. Wishing you a fruitful Sunday. 

Samuel Nyonje Muhanji: 0708607911

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TODAY' s GOSPEL

In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I greet you this morning.

Today's Gospel from Luke 18:35-43, I find the words of our Lord the epitome of my life.

The blind man in Jericho heard the crowd passing and asked what transpired...the moment he was told it's Jesus he believed even without seeing and called to him, " Jesus Son of David have mercy on me". 

He was blocked and mocked but still he insisted till Jesus turned and asked the same people who blocked him to bring him closer and his sight was restored.

I wonder here, who's around me...? Whom have I asked to call Jesus into my life? What blocks are there making it impossible to reach the Lord? 

Today I believe, Jesus whom I have called through my tears, agony, frustrations, praises, adoration has heard my prayer and I'm on my race moving to him.

"Lord Jesus, Son of God, have mercy on me...have mercy on my family, relatives, friends and all people whom I'll meet today"

*_~WISHING YOU A JOYFUL MONDAY*_~

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THERE IS CHANGE WHEN WE MEET JESUS

I greet you this morning in the name of Christ Jesus our Lord.

When you encounter Jesus there must be a

change in your life. Everything about Jesus spells change!!! From the day He was born things

changed, even the calendar changed!!! After

Jesus was born, people started talking about

years before Christ (BC) and years after Christ (AD) !!!

From the moment Jesus came, He changed

everything about the law of gravity and walked

on water!!! When you encounter Jesus, you go up and stay up and it’s possible to say I shall be

above only and never beneath(Deuteronomy

28:13)!!! 

Since Jesus came and turned water into

wine, it became clear that if you’re linked to

Jesus, you can never be ashamed!!!

It is in Jesus never to leave his children the same!!! That is why if anyone born of Christ, is a

new creation!!!

There's chance today when we celebrate the Holy Eucharist, he comes down in the simple species of bread and wine. Today, he won't leave me and you alone, he'll change us to higher level. 

Wishing you a CHANGE today.

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