Fr. Benoit Bigard (former novice-master and incoming provincial) and a recently professed brother in Togo

6 new brothers in Togo

On Saturday, August 19, in Sokode, Togo, the outgoing novice-master and incoming provincial of the Province of Europe, Fr. Benoit Bigard, received the first vows of six new members: Augustin Yamba, Christian Aziamale, Dominic Mbaeze, Noël Tomfeï, Pascal Gabiam et Rodrigue Ouedraogo, in the Assumptionist parish of Our Lady of the Assumption in the Komah district.

6 new brothers in Vietnam

Three days later, on August 22, six Vietnamese brothers make their first vows in the presence of Br. Didier Rémiot, assistant general and·general treasurer at the novitiate in Bà Ria: Antoine Trịnh Tiền Giang, Paul Trịnh Ngọc Lâm, Paul Hoàng Kim Khoa, Pierre Trần Văn Thành, Pierre Nguyễn Đình Thống and Jean-Baptiste Trần Văn Việt.

brothers in Vietnam making first vows

2 new brothers in Juvisy (France)

Finally, Brothers Pierre Nguyễn Hoàng Phúc and Vincent Vũ Quang Thịnh will profess their first vows this coming September 10 at the church of Notre Dame France.

20 novices in the Province of Europe

Let us also entrust to God twenty young men who will be entering the novitiate this year: 6 at Bà Ria (Vietnam), 4 others at Juvisy (France) and 10 at Sokode (Togo) with their new novice-master, Fr. Boniface Muhindo Mutahi, who just returned from an assignment in Madagascar and who had been novice-master previously in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Fr. Boniface Muhindo Mutahi