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CMS Ireland
- Jul 28, 2018
Daraja - The journey so far
It's great to write the first blog from the Kuvuka Daraja team. We arrived in Kenya on Saturday night to spend two weeks with our...
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Gillian Maganda
- Jul 26, 2018
Can any good come from the GDPR?
Over this last year, there has been a fair amount of concern and fuss by the CMSI staff team and by other organisations in relation to...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 25, 2018
Twende Team go Maasai
On Saturday morning, Robert and David joined in the weekly spraying of the goats, an essential job to prevent ticks and disease. We also...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 25, 2018
South Sudan Church Leaders renew call for peace
“Peace is not an event, nor a document, but a process requiring commitment and sacrifice.” (SSCC 19th July 2018) A joint statement issued...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 24, 2018
Learning together
The seminar for lay readers, evangelists and clergy at Imberikai Training Centre was very well attended, with about 35 lay readers and 10...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 23, 2018
New life and hope in Bujumbura
Gaseyni Parish Early on Saturday morning, Dr McGlinchey and I went to Gaseyni Parish in the northern suburbs of Bujumbura. This had been...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 23, 2018
To Oltiasika and Imberikani
After being 'out of range' of reliable internet access for a week, Team Twende have sent some updates from their programme last week......
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 20, 2018
Two days of teaching in Bujumbura
Bujumbura Christian University Three years ago Bishop Eraste, bishop of Bujumbura, decided to use the old cathedral as a university. This...
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Jenny Smyth
- Jul 19, 2018
Sharing spadework and vision in Matana
We spent Tuesday evening in a lovely time of fellowship with the diocesan staff over a meal in Bishop Seth’s house. Mama Yvette had...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 18, 2018
Archbishop of Dublin inspired by unity at Burundi maize project
In a blog update from Burundi, the Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, has shared how he was inspired by a visit to a...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 18, 2018
Twende Team go to church
Sunday 15th Emmanuel Cathedral was the setting for two Sunday services. The English service was followed by one in Swahili. At both we...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 18, 2018
Makamba and Matana
Monday and Tuesday enabled us to experience something of the working of two dioceses in the Anglican Province of Burundi: Makamba and...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Coffee and context for Twende Team
Saturday 14th We were delighted to be invited to Ronnie and Maggie’s house at Isinya for coffee. Here, we heard the story behind the...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Warm Welcomes, Weddings and the World Cup
The Archbishop of Dublin, the Most Revd Dr Michael Jackson, CMSI's Mission Director, Jenny Smyth and former CMSI Trustee, Revd Dr Paddy...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 17, 2018
Twende Team go Pastoral
Friday 13th Despite the frustration of intermittent power cuts and temperamental keyboards, Lorna continued her work with the girls at...
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CMS Ireland
- Jul 16, 2018
Twende Team go their separate ways
Thursday 12th Bishop Gaddiel Lenini formally welcomed the team to the diocese and heard that our different skills would be put to use...
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