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Crónicas de las ComunidadesENERO38MARZODelegación de TanzaniaIN this way, after the celebration of Christmas on25 th December, came the time of welcoming theNew Year 2013, which ecclesiastically begins alwayswith the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. New Yearwith new things as it is always the expectation ofhuman being. The Delegation of Tanzania started theNew Year with a real new vitality.It was a joy for the Augustinians in Tanzaniabecause Fr Efrem Msigala OSA, one of the membersof the Delegation, was appointed Vicar of theArchdiocese of Mwanza for Religious Life on the15 th of January 2013. On the Day of ConsecratedLife, February 2, 2013, in the Solemn Mass whichwas presided over by His Excellency Jude ThaddaeusRuwa’ichi OFM Cap , the Archbishop of Mwanza, Fr.Efrem took an oath.In this period the Delegation of Tanzania witnessedthe birth of the new Parish in Dar Es Salaam withthe name St. Ambrose Parish Tagaste. The Parishwas established on the 13 th January 2013 by HisEminency Polycarp Cardinal Pengo, the Archbishop ofDar Es Salaam. This new Parish of Tagaste is thefifth parish to be administered by the Augustiniansin Tanzania. Fr. Athanas Zengo, OSA was appointedfirst Parish Priest and Fr. Thobias Amuko, OSA wasappointed Assistant Parish Priest by The MostReverend Fr. Provincial and his Council andpresented to the said bishop. This parish is very closeto the now in construction St. Augustine SecondarySchool.St. Augustine Secondary School is now on its lastphase of construction though there have beensome delays due to many factors. Now they are busyfinishing the walk ways and fixing the electricapparatus and then to finish the last paintingprocess. We hope that it will be completed soon.This year the amount of rainfall has been remarkableand making the external works even morecomplicated but everything was under control.The brothers of the community of Mahanje went onwell with their daily activities of formation andparish. They have been busy with their pastoralactivities in the outstations of Mahanje itself,Madaba, Kifaguro, Mkongotema, Rutukila andNdelenyuma. It was also the time to receive newaspirants who normally begin their one year courseevery year in January.At the same time it has been busy in organizing ourland in Madaba for agricultural activities and theconstruction of a farm house which now hasBendición de la nueva Parroquia de San Ambrosio en Tagasteadvanced much. This year about twenty acres havebeen cultivated maize and sunflower as part of thedelegation program to produce for its own food andfor sale. We hope that with the good rain theharvest will be good this year. From the month ofJune we expect to start a modern animal husbandryin the same land since it is big enough. We hope tomake this area of Madaba part of the delegationplan to move towards self-sufficient at least withthe products which we can produce.Taking into consideration the growth the town ofMadaba and the future prospects with respect to themining of iron and uranium, we hope that it will bethe role of the Augustinian to work in thoserealities. In fact we are trying to get some supportfrom IQUITANZ to establish an education centre inMadaba to provide a quality supplementaryeducation for the marginalized of this area especiallythe girls.The community has been working to finish thechurch building of Madaba which is now in the laststages and we believe it will be completed soon withthe help of the Province and contribution of thefaithful.The formation community of Morogoro had theirusual timetable. In January and February there werethe semester examinations and the beginning ofthe second semester. The students concentrated wellin their studies and everyone succeeded in hissemester examinations. The brothers went on withtheir pastoral activities in the outstations of Kilakaleand Bwawani. The Holy Cross of the Year of Faith2012/2013 in the Diocese of Morogoro was firstreceived at Bwawani, an Outstation of ChalinzeParish which is administered by the brothers of thecommunity of Morogoro. The cross of the Dioceseinitiated a cross for each parish which will remain ineach small Christian community and after certainperiod had to be transferred to other communitiesthrough a procession and prayer.