Following the profession last November of the ten novices who completed the novitiate journey of 2011-12, we have received a new group of nine novices from Africa and Papua New Guinea. The novices of 2013-14 are from Kenya, Sierra Leone and Zambia within Africa, as well as PNG.
Here we give you a first, brief introduction to the nine new arrivals:
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| Cephas BWALYA |
I am Cephas Bwalya from Kasama, a town in the northern part of Zambia. I was born in 1986 in Kasama and I came to know the Christian Brothers in 2009. My interest grew and I was accepted to do pre-novitiate at Moreau House in Mazabuka last year. Now I have been accepted for the two years of the novitiate, and so I am here in northern Ghana, at Tamale.
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| Desmond TABOEYA |
My name is Desmond. TABOEYA and I am from Papua New Guinea, just north of Australia. I’m happy to be in Tamale and believe it will be a home to me for the two years of my discerning process during novitiate. Meeting new friends among the other novices is a great blessing, as it`s knowing people from other parts of the world. May the spirit of brotherhood lead us through these two years of Novitiate?
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| Dominic Konkoro KARGBO |
I was born Dominic Konkoro Kargbo, in August, 1988, in a small village called Kamakobor in the Bombali District of Northern Province in Sierra Leone. I am Limba by tribe but am also fluent in Temne. I attended St. Augustine Senior Secondary Agricultural School. At present I am at Br. Paul Noonan Formation Centre, in Tamale, Ghana, for my two year novitiate programme. I came to know the Christian Brothers through Br. Solomon Jojo Karimu and Abu Steve Kargbo who is presently a novice in Lusaka, Zambia.
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| Emmanuel NONDE |
My name is Emmanuel Nonde from Zambia and I was born in 1989. I came to know about the Christian Brothers when I was young, during my kindergarten at St. Anne’s parish. The people who are in charge of the school are Dominican Sisters. I interacted with a good number of Christian Brothers who worked at this pre-school during my time. When I went to the secondary school I was privileged to be taught by the brothers. I did my pre-novitiate in the southern part of Zambia in Mazabuka. I am in Ghana (Tamale) doing my novitiate programme.
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Francis ToLiman
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I’m Francis ToLiman from Papua New Guinea (Oceania Province). I first came to know the Christian Brothers when I was in Secondary School in my home province, East New Britain. I was attracted to the Congregation through reading about the life of the Founder, Edmund Rice, and then getting to know the Brothers and learning about their various charisms and ministries, so I became a Candidate. After completing university studies, I was teaching Religious Education and Science in one of the prominent secondary schools, and then worked as a scientist in one of the largest gold mines located in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. After pondering about the life of a Christian Brother, I decided to take the next step into further discernment of Religious Life by coming to the Novitiate here in Tamale, Ghana. Through these coming two years of discernment, I pray that by the grace of God, I may find my true call and also become a good brother to all.
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| Lawrence AGALO |
I am Lawrence Agalo, 26 years of age, and am at Br.Paul Noonan Formation Centre, Tamale, where I am stepping into the novitiate programme to help me discern my vocation by further experiencing the life of Christian Brothers.
Born in1986, in Kisumu, Kenya, I attended both primary and secondary schools within the locality. In 2007 I enrolled for a two-year teaching course at International TTC, Nairobi. It’s at this college that I first came to know about the Christian Brothers through Br. Cole, the East Africa Vocation Director, and his team who came for vocation promotions.
In February, 2012, I began this journey as a postulant in Arusha, Tanzania. The programme ended well and I was accepted to proceed into novitiate training.Though I am only a few weeks old in Tamale, I am very enthused that I am settling in smoothly and hope sooner than later to adapt to the various unfamiliar things such as weather, important places in the town, culture and more.
With open mind and heart I’m looking forward to a successful exploration into finding new expressions of Edmund’s Charism. ‘N puhiya’ (‘Thank you’ in Dagbani, the local language).
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| Philip KWENA |
My name is Philip Kwena and I was born in 1987 into a family of ten children, nine boys and one girl. I completed my primary level of education in the year 2005 and my high school level in the year 2009. I came to know about Christian Brothers in the year 2010, through my neighbour who was a Seminarian at Consolata Seminary in Nairobi. I was attracted to them so much that in the 2011 I went for Come and See and I was accepted to join pre-novitiate in 2012 in Tanzania. After pre-novitiate I was accepted to join the Novitiate programme in Ghana. I am happy to be here in Ghana to continue with my discernment. May the almighty God be with me always..
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| Paul KAKULUNDA |
Paul Kakulunda is my name and I come from Zambia. I was born into a family of six children, two males and four females. By God’s grace I am the second born in the family. I grew up in the parish of Sancta Maria in Lukulu, where I met the Christian Brothers first, and later again at St Columba’s secondary school where I was educated. I did my pre-novitiate in 2012 at Mazabuka and am happy to be here in Tamale for novitiate.
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