Since I announced that I was going back to Africa to serve at the SMA Seminary in Lomé, I received many comments. Some were very positive while others were reserved: “You are courageous to go back after 19 years of break with the African climate.” When the SMA General Council asked me for this service,…

“Even in their poverty, the Turkana people are friendly and welcoming.” The SMA international media Center had an opportunity to interview Fr. Ephraim Joseph Kway SMA, from the Catholic Diocese of Moshi in Tanzania. Fr. Ephraim is currently serving at St. Peter’s Parish in Lorgum in the Catholic Diocese of Lodwar and here is what…

Today, twelve years ago, I was ordained a priest and emotions are still fresh in my mind. It was the most important day of my life. I looked around my family and friends gathered for the occasion and some of them gave me an impression they were happier than me and wondered if this could…

“To be a missionary from the bottom of my heart” these words of Bishop Melchior de Marion Bresillac, the founder of the Society of African Missions, are grace given to me. After my priestly ordination in Bangui, the Central African Republic, I was appointed to Tanzania for my first mission. The beautiful country of very friendly…