AMECEA Commission for Priestly Formation in Seminaries held an inaugural meeting on Tuesday 3rd, March at Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College in Nairobi. The Commission was constituted by the AMECEA 18th Plenary Assembly which was held in Malawi in 2014 to oversee all matters pertaining to Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College and offer advisory assistance to member conferences on matters pertaining to priestly formation in seminaries.
Speaking to AMECEA Online News, Fr. Ferdinand Lugonzo, Secretary General of AMECEA said that the Tuesday meeting focused on defining terms of references and addressing the emerging issues at Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College. Among the main issues that were discussed included the question of staffing, urgent repairs of the structures and financial sustainability of the College.
The meeting which was chaired by the Commission’s Chairman H.E. John Cardinal Njue was attended by Most Rev. Jude Thadaeus Ruwa’ichi, O.F.M. Cap., Archbishop of Mwanza, Tanzania and Rt. Rev. Benjamin Phiri, Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata Diocese, Zambia.
The Commission has scheduled subsequent meetings to be held annually in June. The first annual ordinary meeting will take place in June 2015.
Blessed Bakanja AMECEA College (BBAC) was founded in 1998 as AMECEA Regional Theological Seminary.
By Pamela Adinda, AMECEA Online News