The 30th anniversary of Triest House
On Saturday, 11 March 2017 we celebrated the 30th anniversary of Triest House, an initiative for the care of disadvantaged people in the city of Ghent.
33 new novices from Africa
During an intimate ceremony at the International Novitiate of the Brothers of Charity in Nairobi, Kenya, 33 postulants received the religious habit from the hands of the Superior General, Bro. René Stockman, and were received as novices in the Congregation.
17 novices profess their vows in Tabaco, Philippines
At the International Novitiate in Tabaco, Philippines, 17 novices professed their first vows in the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity.
Fracarita Belgium’s 2017 South Campaign targets epilepsy in Africa
On Tuesday 24 January, the new South Campaign, Fracarita Belgium’s annual campaign within the apostolic works of the Brothers of Charity in Belgium, was launched at the Zoete Nood Gods Pyschiatric Centre in Lede. About 220 staff members from our schools and facilities attended and were inspired to develop the campaign for their own target groups.
Inauguration of the Aqua Lodge Hotel in Kigoma, Tanzania
In Kigoma, in the presence of Superior General and president of Fracarita International and Fracarita Belgium, Bro. René Stockman, the inauguration of the Aqua Lodge Hotel took place. Aqua Lodge is a small hotel with – for the time being – nine fully equipped rooms and a modern conference room, which the Brothers of Charity in Tanzania want to use to generate extra income to support their apostolic activities.
Go-ahead for Management of Boarding School in Shinyanga, Tanzania
On Tuesday, 17 January 2017, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Congregation of the Brothers of Charity and the local authorities in Shinyanga, Tanzania. This means that the Brothers of Charity got the go-ahead to take over the management of the Buhangija Special Education Boarding School.
Mount Tabor Day Centre Inaugurated
On Saturday, 14 January 2017 a new day centre for children with intellectual disability was inaugurated in Tabora, Tanzania.
Saint Peter’s School Inauguration in Simalia, India
In the presence of the children, the teachers, many parents and friends of the Brothers of Charity, the extension of the Saint Peter’s School was solemnly inaugurated and consecrated on Thursday, 22 December 2016.
Christmas Letter of Bro. René Stockman
On the occasion of Christmas and New Year, Bro. René Stockman has written his annual Christmas Letter. Read it here.
New Deus Caritas Est is now available
The latest issue of Deus Caritas Est, the congregational periodical of the Brothers of Charity, is out. Forty pages of information and reflections on spirituality and the apostolic works of the Brothers of Charity.