30 June was a day of great joy for the Daughters of St. Paul of Lubumbashi. After several years of formation, four lay people–Micheline, Yvonne, Donald and Pierre–were welcomed into the Association of Pauline Cooperators: a great gift of the Lord to our Congregation and the whole Pauline Family, which is celebrating 2019 as a Vocation Year.
The Mass to solemnize the occasion was presided over by Fr. Blanchard Makanga Mfidja, SSP. Representatives of all the Institutes of the Pauline Family present in Lubumbashi participated in the event, along with relatives and friends of the new Cooperators and many members of the faithful. Recalling the directives of Fr. Alberione concerning this branch of the Pauline Family, Fr. Blanchard invited the Cooperators to strive for holiness, to spread the Word of God, to take an active role in the life of their parishes and to imitate Fr. Alberione, Maestra Thecla and Mother Scholastica, who dedicated their lives to disseminating the Word of God throughout the world–a mission in which these new members of the APC now share.
