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Orientation Council meeting and welcoming of the new Provincial Superior of the MCCJ
On Saturday 23rd November 2019, the Orientation Council of the Missionary Centre LAUDATO SI (CMLS) met in its ordinary session. This session was extended to the Executive Coordination (EC) to review the progress of the Centre. The following points were placed on the agenda: 1. State and assessment of the Centre's activities The members of the Board discussed issues relating to administrative, technical and financial management during its first year of existence as well as lessons learned, challenges encountered and future prospects....
The 2nd Colloque of the Missionary Center Laudato Si: A significant step in the promotion of ecological pastoral care and citizenship within the grassroots communities in the DRC
Setting the context for the activity Under the High Patronage of His Eminence Bishop Fridolin Cardinal AMBONGO, Metropolitan Archbishop of Kinshasa, the Missionary Center "Laudato Si" organized, following its launching symposium held under the theme "Together for the safeguarding of our Common House" in August 2018, its 2nd Symposium from 26th to 28th September 2019 under the theme: "Pastoral care and ecological citizen: the challenge of education in integral ecology advocated by the Encyclical "LAUDATO...
Youth Parish Week
The Youth Commission of the Parish of St. John Paul II in collaboration with the Missionary Center "Laudato Si" organized a Youth Parish Week, SPJ in short, from July 15th to 21st 2019. The central theme of this event was: « Young, Discover your Identité ». A theme chosen by the Archdiocese of Kinshasa for young people throughout this pastoral year 2018-2019. The objective of the week was, on the one hand, to support young people through different formation courses, games and...
Sensitization of the children of the groups Army of the Little Angels (APA) and Kizito - Annuarite (KA) of the Parish of Saint Jean Paul II on the protection of the environment and the safeguarding
On the occasion of the International Day of Threatened Species, celebrated on May 11th of each year, the Missionary Center LAUDATO Si organized on Sunday 12th May 2019 a day of formation and animation for the benefit of children of the APA and KA groups of the Parish of Saint John Paul II, of the Commune of Limete in Kinshasa, which is the pilot Parish in the execution of the Center's activities. This activity was attended by about 100 children aged 6-17 years as well as the leaders of these groups. The...
Women as actors in the protection of the environment and ecological citizen in the light of the Encyclical Laudato Si'
On the occasion of the closing of the month of March 2019 organized by the Catholic women of the Parish of Saint John Paul II, in collaboration with the Missionary Center "LAUDATO SI" on Environmental Protection and Ecological Citizen, several interventions were developed jointly in relation to the international theme "Think fairly, build intelligently, innovate for change" and that of the LINDONGE Center "Catholic Christian Women in the present context of our country". This activity was attended by the...
Prevention of renal disease through maintenance of a healthy environment
The medical team of the Pediatric Nephrology Department of the University Clinics of Kinshasa organized, on 30th March 2019, in collaboration with the Missionary Center on Environmental Protection and Ecological Citizen "LAUDATO SI", an awareness activity on kidney diseases in children. This activity was attended by about a hundred parents of students from a few schools in the city of Kinshasa, close to the Center at 7th Street, Q. Industriel, Commune of Limete. Many people mistakenly believe that...
Commitment for an ecological citizen: the CM LS is developing a network of operational partners
The Missionary Center Laudato Si is committed to developing solidarity and partnerships with local civil society organizations to promote environmental protection and ecological citizen in a holistic way. It is in this context that the center hosted, on 29 March 2019 at its compound the organization "COUNTERPART INTERNATIONAL", an NGO working for the promotion of democracy and peace in the Democratic Republic of Congo, as part of an awareness-raising activity for about a hundred students of the AFRIKA School Complex and SAINT...
Visit of the Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries to the Missionary Center "Laudato Si" on the protection of the environment and ecological citizen
The LAUDATO SI Center was honoured by the visit of the Superior General of the Comboni Missionaries, on the occasion of his visit to Kinshasa. This event was attended by the Reverend Father Provincial of the Comboni Missionaries of the Heart of Jesus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, President of the Orientation Council ; members of the Executive Coordination and some lay people. In his presentation, the Director of the Center, Mrs NKOY MPUTU BOOTO Odile, presented the mission and identity of the LAUDATO SI Center. The content of the...