KENYA: AMECEA Concludes the Workshop on Strategic Pastoral Plan

The AMECEA Workshop
on Strategic Pastoral Planning was concluded on the 23rd October
2013 with the promise of making the first draft of the plan available by the
end of the month.

Bishop Mulenga From Zambia giving a contribution
In his
concluding remarks at the end of the workshop, the AMECEA Secretary General Fr.
Ferdinand Lugonzo as he was commending the role played by
the participants said that the objectives set at the beginning of the workshop
were all met. “Our main objective of the workshop was to collect information
from across the region through all of you present here so that the strategic
plan reflects the face of AMECEA. All of us have done a great job,” he said.
“This is a
strategic plan made by AMECEA for AMECEA; there was no expert from outside
AMECEA who was involved. We have borrowed a lot and based so much from the
expertise of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa and through the Vice
Chancellor Msgr. Pius Rutechura and all the CUEA Team, thank you for giving
back and for leading this process,” he said.
Workshop Participants
He also thanked
the steering committee which for over a period of one month has committed
itself to bring the work to completion adding that the work of the committee is
not yet over until the time when the final document will be presented to the
AMECEA Plenary in Malawi next year.
Not forgetting
the partners who have supported the initiative from the beginning of the plan
Fr. Lugonzo thanked CRS Regional office for support the initiatives and even
giving its personnel to help realize the idea. “We could not do this alone and
therefore we have partners who accompanied us and they are waiting to see what
we have collected from this workshop and they are still making their
contributions in terms on monetary contributions, technical advice and even the
promise and commitment that they are ready to walk with us up to the
implementation stage. On behalf of all the partners including those who are
here with us today Mr. Patrick Markey and Fritz Zuger from USCCB, thank you for
your support,” he said.
Bishop Pagani of Mongochi was among participants
After all done
well the draft is expected to be tabled to the AMECEA Executive Board sometimes
in March next year for adoption. The document will be presented to the Plenary
of AMECEA and likely be approved for Implementation from the year 2014 to the
next ten years.
Source:
AMECEA Social Communications

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