Investiture Ceremony of 2022-23 Novices

         On the 14th of July, 2022, six (6) young men officially began their Canonical year (Novitiate) in Kabwe. The investiture ceremony was led by the Director of Novices-Fr. George Clement Angmor, SVD in the Novitiate Chapel. Present was the outgoing novices (Cosmas Ombuna, Hanani Matiwaza, Busani Lunga, Augustine Dery and Samuel Appiah), Fr. Kangwa, SVD and Fr. Titus, SVD. The Lord called these youngmen from different parts of Africa: West Africa (Ghana)-Felix BANGFO & Derek Kwasi Senam NUTSHUGAH, (Togo) - Larios KUNAKEY, Central Africa (Congo)-Hirlain SAWANA & Henoch MAKIADI and Southern Africa-Oscar SAIMON. They answered the call, and beginning their novitiate, were given cassocks which tends to remind them to always be another Christ (alter Christus), to be a symbol of hope to the people they encounter. They were also encouraged to imitate the simplicity of Christ who called them, and to be knowledgeable about Christ. Additionally, they were given the constitution of the Society of Divine Word (SVD), to discern, clarify and mature their vocation in accord with the SVD spirituality.