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| Conference of OCD Superiors in English-Speaking Africa |
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Curia OCD
Roma (01-03-2009).-
On February 17 - 18, 2009 the first meeting of OCD superiors from anglophone Africa took place. The Conferene was first planned at the beginning of July 2006 on the occasion of the Formation congress, held in Nairobi, Kenya from July 5 - 7. After the statutes had been drawn up, they were approved by the General Definitory May 5, 2008, ad experimentum, for three years. The tasks of the Conference, which are in line with our Constitutions, are detailed in the statutes. Among the more urgent matters are those concerning the formation of the formators, the specific doctrinal formation of our students at the end of intial formation and the attention to the ISRF (Institute for Spiritual and Religious Formation) in Nairobi, which was amalgamated with the Tangaza College, with which the Order has signed a renewable agreement on December 14, 2006 to sponsor it for three years.
At the first meeting the Conference was given the responsibility to govern for the triennium. The President is Fr. Francis ODIGWE, the Regional Vicar of Nigeria, Vice-President Fr. Isaac MPOKWE, Provicial Delegate of Malawi, Secretary and Treasurer Fr. Phillip THOMAS, Superior of our communty in Nairobi (Kenya). Two General Definitors representing Father General participated at the meeting, as did eight members of the Conference, representing three Provinces (Anglo-Irish, Washington and California-Arizona) and the Superiors of the five involved regions: Malawi, Tanzania, Nigeria, Kenya and Uganda. A Delegate from Rwanda and Burundi also took part as an observer, because of the interest of this region for Anglophone Africa.
Burundi and Rwanda share a geographical and cultural affinity. Moreover, on a social, economic and political level there are clear signs of an approchement between these two countries with the Anglophone East African countries. In 2007 the former became members of the East-African Community, an inter-governmental regional organization created in 1999 by Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. Since 2008 Rwanda has decided to adopt english as the official language for administration and teaching at all levels. We hope this new structure will work and will bear fruit and we hope it will help us in our efforts to implant Carmel in Africa.
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