{"id":103,"date":"2016-02-05T16:48:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T16:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/the-year-of-mercy-catholic-university\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:31","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:31","slug":"the-year-of-mercy-catholic-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2016\/02\/05\/the-year-of-mercy-catholic-university\/","title":{"rendered":"AMECEA: ‘Celebrating the Year of Mercy’: CUEA puts emphasize on the Sacrament of Reconciliation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Logo of the Jubilee of Mercy<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

\nYou can only
\ngive what you have, says Rev. Dr. Charles Kyallo the Chaplain at Catholic
\nUniversity of Eastern Africa CUEA. <\/p>\n

Speaking to AMECEA Online News<\/i> in his office
\nat the University\u2019s main campus in Langata, Fr. Kyallo said that it is
\nimportant to first tap the Mercy of God and then go out and distribute it to
\nothers.<\/div>\n

\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe main
\nchannel and avenue through which one taps the Mercy of God is through the
\nSacrament of Reconciliation. By going to Confession, one embraces God\u2019s mercy
\nand therefore, he\/she can go out there and experience God\u2019s Mercy with others,\u201d
\nsays Fr. Kyallo. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cWe at the
\nCatholic University are emphasizing on the need to go for Confessions as
\nfrequently as possible in order to benefit from this Extraordinary Jubilee of
\nMercy.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nCUEA
\nlaunched Year of Mercy on 10th December 2015, with the unveiling of
\na special banner showing the Mercy of Jesus towards a sinner and the verse
\n\u201cblessed are the merciful for they shall receive Mercy\u201d Mat. 7:7.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFr. Kyallo
\nexplained that by emphasizing on the Sacrament of Confession, the University
\nhas scheduled that Monday at three o\u2019clock for priest to be available for
\nconfession. \u201cWe have over 100 priests in the University and therefore we have
\nput up a roster for that purpose of listening to confessions.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nTo encourage
\nmore people to go for confessions, the University has invested in a good
\nconfessional and the priest on duty has to sit in the confessional way ahead of
\ntime such that neither he nor those going for confession see each other. \u201cThis
\nis important because we have come to realize that people often shy away from
\nconfessing to someone they are acquainted,\u201d Fr. Kyallo explained.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe
\nconfessional is where the hurt and the oppressed come to meet the soul of
\nChrist and that environment in which this happens need to be conducive for
\nopenness in order for one to receive the outpouring of God\u2019s mercy,\u201d he added.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe prayer
\nfor the Year of Mercy by Pope Francis have also been adequately distributed at
\nthe University and are collectively recited five times daily during the five
\ndaily Eucharistic Celebrations at the University. Holy Trinity University
\nChapel usually has three masses daily; at 7 am, noon and at 5 pm. While St.
\nBakhita Hostel for women religious students and St. Clare Hostel for lay female
\nstudents both have daily Eucharistic celebrations at 6.45 pm.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe
\nuniversity plans to erect a 16 ft. statue of the Divine Mercy in our compound.
\nLast year during the Year of Faith the University erected a grotto of Our Lady
\nwhose foundation was blessed by the Apostolic Nuncio to Kenya Most Rev. Charles
\nDaniel Balvo, and unveiled by Rt. Rev. Paul Kariuki Njiru, Bishop of Embu
\nDiocese.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cTo mark the
\nYear of Mercy, on the Divine Mercy Sunday, which is the Second Sunday after
\nEaster, the University will unveil the statue of Divine Mercy led by the Bishop
\nof Lodwar Diocese Rt. Rev. Dominic Kimengich,\u201d Fr. Kyallo said adding that these
\nactivities are the \u201cExternal manifestations of our internal convictions. We
\nwant everyone entering this university to notice that it is a Catholic
\nInstitution not just by name.\u201d<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBy Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News<\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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