On October 13, 2012, as one of our many celebrations  commemorating  the 125^th Anniversary of St. Anne & St. Patrick Parish and Shrine, the parents and children in our Religious Education program in grades K-5 were invited to take part in a” Scavenger Hunt” on the Shrine Grounds.  Many of our children and their parents had never visited the Shrine grounds and we felt this was the perfect opportunity to “explore and discover” this very beautiful and holy place.

“El Camino de Santiago de Compostela”
The Way of Saint James

Once again, another year has begun by offering the first in a series of ‘conversations’ at the Assumptionist Center in Brighton, MA. Continuing the Center’s commitment to be a place where in word and action, “we can learn together and discuss what it means to be Church.”

This first conversation of the academic year focused on the pilgrimage of “El Camino de Santiago de Compostela” in Spain or “The Way of Saint James.” Following the Sunday’s liturgy, the community, residents and several guests gathered in the living room to hear this topic addressed by our resident  Nicholas Collura, who, this past summer, walked 650 miles of the Camino in 6 weeks, starting in the south central France to Compostela.

Nicholas, a student at BC, is pursuing a Master’s in Divinity.

Fr.Edmond Bamtupe Kisughu,53; Fr.Jean-Pierre Mumbere Ndulani,50, Fr.Anselme Kakule Wasukundi,41

Local Assumptionists from Democratic Republic of the Congo struggled this week to determine why three of their fellow countrymen, all Assumptionist priests, were kidnapped last Friday at home. One week after their kidnapping, the priests’ whereabouts were still unknown.

A Message from Fr. Dennis Gallagher

On Saturday afternoon we learned of the kidnapping of three of our Assumptionist priests in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Frs. Wasakudi Anselm, A.A., Jean Ndulandi, A.A., and Edmond Kisughu, A.A.
were reportedly  tied up and taken away by 10 armed gunmen from the parish house of Notre-Dame des Pauvres  around 9 p.m. on Friday evening. The parish is located 22 kilometers from Beni and 70 kilometers from the Episcopal see of Butembo. Bishop Melchisedec Sikuli Paluku issued the following statement: