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EAST AFRICA PROVINCE: History of the Province

  

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"Go into the whole world, and make disciples of all people..." (Mt. 28:20) 

 

 

 

History of the East African Province of the Fransalians

 

On 1st June 1988, four Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales landed in Dar es Salaam, the working capital of Tanzania, to take up their new mission in the dark continent of Africa. They hardly knew anything of the language, culture, people, history or geography of East Africa. However, this beginning of a new mission from a state of nothingness, simplicity, and poverty was heading for a great success. It was a major mission 'offshoot' of the Congregation from its Indian mission which was established in 1845. After sixteen years of committed service in the field of evangelization, education and promotion of religious life, we are thankful to God who has always been blessing through the intercession of St. Francis de Sales and Fr. Mermier. The number of confreres has grown to 40, besides 3 novices and around 130 minor seminarians and aspirants (in India and Tanzania). The growth was phenomenal. We are well represented in the three regions (States) in Tanzania and in one State in Kenya and we have already been invited by many local ordinaries from Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda, but due to the paucity of confreres, we find it hard to respond to them positively, immediately and actively.

 

The well-to-do, educated and modern urban citizens; and poverty-stricken, illiterate and old-fashioned rural folks are the two striking extremes of the East African society. The urban Africans are to be brought back to reli­gious awareness which they often leave to oblivion or take for granted as an aftermath of over-involvement in empty modernity that results in the deterioration of values, destructive guilt feeling and leads to suicide. The poor villagers need food and water, at least a hut to live in and minimum literacy. The Fransalians offer to work for the Kingdom of God amid these two categories of people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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