CHILDREN'S CAMP

 “Children are great imitators. So, give them something great to imitate” so goes the ancient saying. Our students along with Fr. Maxwell Chacha, arranged a camp for the children of KPF, Magereza on December 30th Friday, 2022 in our Formation House campus. A few children...

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Reflection for Wednesday, 21 December 2022; Gospel: Luke 1:39-45

 Do the Good You can!As we continue preparing for the coming of the Emmanuel, God with us, the readings of today specially the Gospel pericope that the Mother Church presents us in this table of the word, it gives us a direction to irrigate our eagerness in waiting for...

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Reflection for Tuesday 20, December 2022; Is.7:10-14, Ps.24:1-6, Lk.1:26-38

 Lord, let your will be done!As we continue to await the nativity of Christ, there is no doubt that we have already passed through a lot of experiences in life. Some of them might have been great experiences that we wish could repeat themselves, yet some might have made...

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SNAPSHOTS

First Year Students of Theology 2022-2023Second Year Students of Theology 2022-2023Third Year Students of Theology 2022-2023Fourth Year Students of Theology 2022-2023Community 2022-2023&nb...

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Community Picnic

On December 9, 2022, the Martyrs of Barbastro Formation community went on a community picnic to Bagamoyo, a historic coastal town founded at the end of the 18th century, though it is an extension of a much older (8th century) Swahili settlement, Kaole. The German colonial administration...

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RENEWAL OF VOWS AND RECEPTION OF MINISTRIES

The Martyrs of Barbastro Formation community celebrated the anticipated Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret with invited guests from the neighbourhood on October 21st, 2022. The main celebrant was Rev. Fr. Joy Joseph Mampillikunnel CMF, Delegate Superior of the St. Charles Lwanga Independent...

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VISIT OF FR. GENERAL TO THE COMMUNITY

 On 20th September 2022, Br. Carlos Horacio Antonio Verga CMF, General Prefect of Youth and Vocations and Fr. Gabriel, Delegate Superior, Mother of Africa Independent Delegation, Angola paid a visit to the community. Rev. Br. Carlos engaged the students in a lively interactive session...

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Highlights of Annual Apostolate

 The Theology Students at Care Home run by the Missionaries of Charity Sisters, Hombolo, TanzaniaStudent at work at UPENDO HOUSE, run by Missionaries of Charity Brothers, DodomaStudents with the Choir of Missionaries of Charity Sisters, Hombo...

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ANNUAL APOSTOLATE

During the annual holidays period, students were assigned to a variety of missions for pastoral exposure. From September 1 to September 21, 2022, a group of five students visited the Missionaries of Charity in Dodoma, where the Missionaries of Charity Brothers and Sisters...

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Reflection for Monday 19 December 2022: 1st Reading Judges 13:2-7, 24-25a, Gospel LK 1:5-25

 The readings of today presents pious couples through whom we can say that God is in the process of preparing people for himself. From these couples we have Samson and John the Baptist who were really dedicated to the service of God. Both of them were consecrated to God and filled with the Holy Spirit and have brought many people to the true worship...

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Reflection for 14th December 2022; FIRST READING: ISAIAH 45:6-8, 18, GOSPEL: LUKE 7:19-23

 Today the prophet Isaiah reminds us of the totality of creation based on our prospect of faith. The creative act of God manifests the beauty of his will toward humanity. His wonderful creation gives an objective continuity of carrying the responsibility of taking care of his creation. Psalms 8:4, “when I see your heavens, the works of your fingers”....

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Reflection for Monday, December 5, 2022; 1st Reading: Isaiah 35:1-10, Gospel: Luke 5:17-26

 The Gospel of today captures some elements that are worth noting. Jesus is teaching and among the audience are pharisees and doctors of the law who had come from every village in Galilee. Some men come carrying a paralyzed man, the crowd make it impossible for them to reach Jesus and finally they succeed to lower him in front of him through the...

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Reflection for Friday 02 December 2022; 1st Reading: Is 29:17-24, Gospel: Mt 9;27-31

 Imagine someone who dreams to be a medical doctor but does not study at all! It is very clear that the dream might not be realized. So, whenever we aspire something, extra effort is needed. In today`s Gospel Matthew presents to us a scenario of two blind men who shout at top of their voices to Jesus asking for forgiveness. This explains how sicknesses...

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Reflection for Tuesday, 29 November 2022 1st Reading: Is 11:1-10; Gospel: LK 10:21-24)

 We began a new Liturgical Year and Season, that is (Advent), which is a time of celebrating the virtues of Hope, Love, Joy and Peace, it’s a time of watchfulness, it’s a time of mutual and self-reconciliation, it’s a time for inner preparation for the Nativity our Lord Jesus Christ, it’s a time as well to welcome in our hearts the one who comes...

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Reflections for Monday, 28 November 2022; 1st Reading: Isa 4:2-6; Gospel: Mt 8:5-11

 We are at the beginning of the liturgical year, and we have begun the season of advent where we are preparing ourselves for the nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we start this season, today the first reading from prophet Isaiah is full of hope and saint Luke the evangelist presents to us a centurion whose character have to be pondered. See...

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St. Claret Volleyball Tournament with a touch of Laudato Si

The St. Claret Volleyball Tournament kicked off officially on 5th November 2022 in the campus of Martyrs of Barbastro Formation House, Tungi, Morogoro. The theme of the tournament is: "Cooperation for the good of the ecosystem" To highlight the theme, a seedling was planted...

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Reflection for Tuesday, 15th November 2022; 1st Reading: Rev 3:1-6,14-22; Gospel: Lk 19:1-10

The spiritual reality which touches the truth of our Christians faith is that, daily in our lives, we are engaging ourselves in a search. We are people who are searching. We are people who are looking for the one who has already found us (cf. Jer 1:5). He is not far from us because in the history of our salvation, God always takes an initiative in...

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Reflection for Monday,14th November 2022, 1st Reading: Rev 1:1-4;2:1-5; Gospel: Lk 18:35-43

 Today we are presented with the character of a blind man who deep within his life needed the divine attention from Jesus.This man was rebuked but he never gave up he kept on shouting at the top of his voice so that Jesus could hear him. Similarly, the world today is filled with a lot of blindness. This blindness could be physical or spiritual....

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GLIMPSE OF PASTORAL ENGAGEMENTS

The Claretian Missionaries have been associated with the KPF, Mageresa, Morogoro since long time. We regularly offer Sunday Mass at the KPF Centre and engage the people in evangelization. The below given pictures provide a glimpse of our activities.Br. Edgar Cabral Vila Nova...

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Reflection for Friday 11, November 2022, 1st Reading: 2Jn 1:4-9; Gospel: Lk 17:26-37.

 The gospel tells us that we do not know when will God come to us or simply, we do not know when is the end of time or when are we going to die. We should always live our life to the fullest. The material possessions will not go with us when we die, but happiness will be always with us up to heaven. Happiness and contentment are the most significant...

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Who is a Claretian?

“A Son of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a man on fire with God’s love, who spreads its flames wherever he goes. He desires mightily and strives by all means possible to set everyone on fire with God’s love. Nothing daunts him: he delights in privations, welcomes work, embraces sacrifices, smiles at slander, rejoices in all the torments and sorrows...

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Mission

We, the members of Martyrs of Barbastro Seminary, being forged in the heart of Mary, as the Servants of the Word, desire and strive constantly for conformity with Christ, in pursuit of divine wisdom and fraternal communion with everyone through a life of daily martyrdom, in the style of St. Claret. &nb...

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Vision

 To form young men to burn with the fire of love so that we might send down holy, self-sacrificial missionaries for the people of God, to light a fire on the earth for the salvation of sou...

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Reflection for Monday 7th November 2022, 1st Reading: Tit 1:1-9, Gospel: Lk 17:1-6

In one day, a person can pray our father in a number of times. In our situation, as religious, it is normally more than three times, considering the morning prayer, evening prayer and in the eucharistic celebration. Do we live what we pray? In the fifth petition of Our Father we pray that our sins be forgiven as we forgive those who trespass against...

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WHO ARE THE CLARETIAN MARTYRS OF BARBASTRO?

 They are 51 Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians) killed in hatred of the faith in August 1936 during the Spanish Civil war. They all belonged to the Community of Barbastro. It was a large community, composed of 60 persons, dedicated to the formation...

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Reflection for Friday, 4 Nov 2022: 1st Reading: Phil. 3:17-4:1, Gospel: Lk. 16:1-9

 In the ancient animal kingdom, a sheep was passing and saw a lion crying inside a trap cage. He begged the sheep to save him with a promise not to eat him. After a persuasive argument the sheep opened the trap, however, the lion did not keep to its promise, it quickly grabbed the sheep to eat it. The sheep shouted out repeatedly of the promise...

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