AMECEA: Secretariat Bids Farewell to Fr. Jude Waweru, Coordinator of Justice and Peace Department
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| Fr. Jude Waweru, Outgoing Coordinator of AMECEA Justice & Peace |
AMECEA
Secretariat Staff members on 19th September 2014 bid farewell to their
colleague Rev. Fr. Jude James Waweru who worked as coordinator of AMECEA
Justice and peace department for the past ten years.
Secretariat Staff members on 19th September 2014 bid farewell to their
colleague Rev. Fr. Jude James Waweru who worked as coordinator of AMECEA
Justice and peace department for the past ten years.
Speaking
during the farewell ceremony held in his honor at the Secretariat premises in
Nairobi, the AMECEA Secretary General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo on behalf of the AMECEA
Chairman Most Rev. Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel and on his own behalf expressed
immense gratitude to Fr. Waweru for the services he delivered to the
secretariat.
during the farewell ceremony held in his honor at the Secretariat premises in
Nairobi, the AMECEA Secretary General Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo on behalf of the AMECEA
Chairman Most Rev. Berhaneyesus D. Souraphiel and on his own behalf expressed
immense gratitude to Fr. Waweru for the services he delivered to the
secretariat.
“All we are
doing today is to tell Fr. Jude thank you very much. AMECEA community shall
miss your experience, services, friendship, brotherhood and many other things
that have been mentioned about you,” Fr. Lugonzo said.
doing today is to tell Fr. Jude thank you very much. AMECEA community shall
miss your experience, services, friendship, brotherhood and many other things
that have been mentioned about you,” Fr. Lugonzo said.
Fr. Lugonzo
said that priests are mandated to serve wherever their Bishops wish them to
serve. He also thanked the archdiocese of Nairobi and by extension the Kenya
Conference of Catholic Bishops for letting Fr. Jude serve the Church in AMECEA
Region.
said that priests are mandated to serve wherever their Bishops wish them to
serve. He also thanked the archdiocese of Nairobi and by extension the Kenya
Conference of Catholic Bishops for letting Fr. Jude serve the Church in AMECEA
Region.
Also members
of staff expressed their gratitude to Waweru whom they described as a team
player, a friend and a keen listener whose presence at the secretariat will be
greatly missed.
of staff expressed their gratitude to Waweru whom they described as a team
player, a friend and a keen listener whose presence at the secretariat will be
greatly missed.
Fr. Waweru who
was appointed to work at the Secretariat in 2004 said that during his time at
AMECEA, he worked with various Bishops and three Secretaries General of AMECEA,
who included Msgr. Michael Ruwa from the Archdiocese of Mombasa, Kenya; Msgr.
Pius Rutechura, from the Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania (currently the Vice
Chancellor at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa) and then Fr. Ferdinand
Lugonzo from the Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya.
was appointed to work at the Secretariat in 2004 said that during his time at
AMECEA, he worked with various Bishops and three Secretaries General of AMECEA,
who included Msgr. Michael Ruwa from the Archdiocese of Mombasa, Kenya; Msgr.
Pius Rutechura, from the Diocese of Bukoba, Tanzania (currently the Vice
Chancellor at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa) and then Fr. Ferdinand
Lugonzo from the Diocese of Kakamega, Kenya.
He thanked
everybody whom he has worked with at the secretariat saying their contribution
towards the success of the department of Justice and Peace cannot go unnoticed.
everybody whom he has worked with at the secretariat saying their contribution
towards the success of the department of Justice and Peace cannot go unnoticed.
Fr. Waweru
recommitted himself to continue with the good work wherever he will be
appointed. “I believe that there is a lot of work in this vineyard of the Lord,
it is just a matter of where you are called to do that work,” he said.
recommitted himself to continue with the good work wherever he will be
appointed. “I believe that there is a lot of work in this vineyard of the Lord,
it is just a matter of where you are called to do that work,” he said.
Source: Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Social
Communications
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