{"id":107757,"date":"2025-02-03T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?p=107757"},"modified":"2025-02-03T11:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T10:59:17","slug":"novitiate-in-nairobi-kenya-beginning-of-religious-life-and-habit-taking-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/novitiate-in-nairobi-kenya-beginning-of-religious-life-and-habit-taking-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Novitiate in Nairobi (Kenya): Beginning of religious life and habit taking ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107757?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"Download PDF\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-pdf-title\">PDF<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107757?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">PRINT<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-107744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-300x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-177x142.jpg 177w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-200x161.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-400x323.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-600x484.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-800x645.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-1200x968.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-1270x1024.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/77edd21f-3ad0-4a46-b3b9-765936dd2f25-1536x1239.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>As part of the celebration of the feast of Saint Mutien-Marie, on 30<sup>th<\/sup> November at 5.00 pm, the Novitiate in Nairobi was decked out for the occasion. With the presence of Brother Moses Abunya, Auxiliary Visitor of the Lwanga District of Africa, and several Brothers from the Scholasticate Community in Nairobi, <strong>the Novitiate Community in Nairobi (Kenya) celebrated the Eucharist to mark the beginning of religious life and the taking of the habit,<\/strong> presided over by Father Walter, a Salesian and one of the chaplains of the Community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The six new novices, coming from Ethiopia, Mozambique and Nigeria, received the habit of the Brothers of the Christian Schools<\/strong> and, as a symbol of the Institute&#8217;s commitment to accompanying the new novices, they also received the Rule and the star of faith from the hands of Brother Moses.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, the seven novices who had celebrated their initiation into religious life a year ago, received the Brothers&#8217; habit and reaffirmed their commitment and identity in the process of <strong>preparation for their first profession<\/strong>, which will take place in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-107748\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/25ac5551-c0a1-4c4e-b732-1c65b2ab6b30-1800x1013.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>After the Eucharistic celebration and the photo session, novices, scholastics, formators and invited Brothers shared a pleasant fraternal dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the Novitiate Community of Nairobi is made up of the novices: <strong>Getachew<\/strong>, <strong>Merga<\/strong> (Ethiopia); <strong>Ambrosio<\/strong>, <strong>Benedito<\/strong>, <strong>Delfino<\/strong>, <strong>Florencio<\/strong>, <strong>Honezimo<\/strong>, <strong>Jackson<\/strong>, <strong>Miguel<\/strong>, <strong>Neto<\/strong>, <strong>Pascoal<\/strong> (Mozambique); <strong>Jude<\/strong>, <strong>Richard<\/strong> (Nigeria); and their formators: Brothers <strong>Wole Olabanjo<\/strong> (Nigeria), <strong>Kassaye Antwan<\/strong>, Assistant Novice Master \u00a0(Ethiopia), <strong>Agust\u00edn Ranchal<\/strong>, Novice Master (Spain).<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;width:100%;\"><div class=\"fusion-separator-border sep-single sep-solid\" style=\"--awb-height:20px;--awb-amount:20px;border-color:#e0dede;border-top-width:1px;\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\"><p><em>* Source and photos: Brother Agust\u00edn Ranchal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":107752,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3367,3462],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-relaf-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107757"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107759,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107757\/revisions\/107759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}