OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE NEW NOVITIATE HOUSE KABWE – ZAMBIA

25TH JULY 2018: THE FEAST OF ST. JAMES, THE APOSTLE.

We are gathered together this afternoon to mark the official opening of the New SVD Novitiate House here in Kabwe, Zambia. It is the fourth existing Novitiate House in AFRAM. The three already existing ones are in Luanda – Angola (6 novices),Bandundu – D. R. Congo (9 novices) and Nkwatia-Kwahu – Ghana (13 novice); and this New Novitiate will also have 6 novices. That brings the total number of SVD novices in AFRAM for the 2018/2019 formation year to 34.

1.Joue

“A thousand miles of a journey start with one step”

I am Tovonoely Jean Joseph Hery Joue, from The Archdiocese of Antananarivo in Madagarikana (Madagascar). I was born on the 3^rd of January. I joined the Divine Word Missionaries on the 22^nd of September 2013. After completing philosophy, I was sent to Kenya to learn English for 10 months in preparation for my novitiate in Zambia. I arrived in Zambia on the 10^th of June 2018 and started novitiate on 25^th July 2018.

 

2. Benedict

I am Benedict Musyoki Mwainzia. I come from Machakos Diocese in Kenya. I did my philosophical and religious studies at Consolata Institute of Philosophy in Nairobi and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy on the 5^th of May 2017. I am now in Zambia for novitiate from 25^th of July 2018 to 25^th of July 2019.

 

3. Rolland

I am Rolland Andriamampionona, from The Diocese of Antsiranana in Madagascar. I did my philosophy in Fianarathoa in Madagascar and completed in 2017. Afterwards I was sent to Kenya to learn English. I comleted the English course in 2018. Currently I am in the novitiate in Zambia.

 

4. Franco

I am Franco TOMBO. I come from Madagascar. I was borne on 19th of December 1991 in Ambanja diocese. I have four brothers and two sisters; I am the third child in our family. In addition, I had done philosophy in Madagascar before I started my noviciate program with four others fraters on 25th of July 2018 in ZAMBIA (Kabwe).

 

5. Adrian

I am Adrian Mutandwa, from St DominicsMubaira in the Archdiocese of Harare in Zimbabwe. I was born on the 7^th of August 1993 in Harare. I joined the Society of the Divine Word on the 11^th of September 2014 and started my formation in Ndolwane, Zimbabwe. I studied philosophy, religious studies and psycho-spirituality at St Bonaventure University College in Lusaka, Zambia. I completed my studies in May 2018. Currently I am in the Novitiate in Kabwe, Zambia. We started the novitiate program on 25^th July 2018.