Twelve novices begin novitiate in Save

On November 21, during the Eucharistic celebration of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary, the community of the international novitiate in Save, Rwanda, officially welcomed twelve novices: 3 from the Province of Madagascar and 9 from the Province of East Central Africa (5 from the Democratic Republic of Congo, 3 from the Central African Republic and 1 from Rwanda).

The young men who are embracing Marist consecrated life arrived at the novitiate in September 2023, after two years of formation in the postulancy in Mwanza, Tanzania, and Finaranantsoa, Madagascar. They joined ten other novices (2 from the Province of Magadascar and 8 from the Province of East Central Africa) who are continuing their formation in their second year of novitiate.

The novices are accompanied by four formators: Br. Théogène Kabalisa (Rwanda), Br. Louis de Gonzague Karambizi (Rwanda), Br. Jean Luc Randriatahina (Madagascar) and Br. Fabien Bulaimu Poyo (Master of Novices, Democratic Republic of Congo).