Info September 2018

The AMECEA launches the Second Edition of the
Small Christian Community Training Handbook
ARevised Second Edition of
the book “Strengthening the
Growth of Small Christian
Communities in Africa, a Training
Handbook for Facilitators”
has been published by the
AMECEA (Association of
Member Episcopal Conferences
in Eastern Africa). It
is sold as an electronic book
by the Daughters of St. Paul.
Speaking during the launch,
on Friday, September 14,
2018, Rev. Fr. Joseph G.
Healey, MM, who is among
the six editors of the book
said that the new edition
has two new chapters, namely
Facilitation Skills and
Leadership Skills. He explained
that back in 1973,
the AMECEA had a great
dream of making Small Christian
Communities (SCCs) a
key Pastoral Priority in
Eastern Africa.
However, it became apparent that
they needed a literature; printed
material and online materials to
make this dream a reality especially
on the grassroots, on the ground. It
was upon this realization that in
2017, six individuals comprising of
two lay people (man and woman), a
nun and four priests produced the
Training handbook.
“Our dream continues because we
said we had to expand and develop
the ideas in this facilitator’s handbook,
so Alphonse Omolo in particular
developed two new modules.
So from a book of 80 pages of last
year in the first edition, we
have a 128 pages’ book in
this second edition,” Fr.
Healey explained adding
that the second part of the
dream is to share this with
the whole of Africa and so
far they have in process a
French translation of the
Second Revised Edition and
are also considering Swahili
translation in the near future.
According to Rev. Fr. Emmanuel
Chimombo, AMECEA
Pastoral Coordinator, the
added topics have been experimented
during the last training
conducted by AMECEA
for the South Sudanese Refugees
living in the settlement
camps in Northern Uganda.
“We observed an overwhelming positive
response because the two new
topics presented a complete process,
answering (Continued on page 35)
L’AMECEA lance la deuxième édition
du petit manuel de formation de la
communauté chrétienne
Une 2 e édition révisée du manuel «Renforcer la croissance
des petites communautés chrétiennes en Afrique,
un manuel de formation pour les animateurs » a
été publiée par l'AMECEA (Association des conférences
épiscopales membres en Afrique orientale).
S'exprimant lors du lancement, le 14 septembre 2018,
le Révérend Joseph G. Healey, MM, qui fait partie des
six éditeurs du livre, a déclaré que (Suite à la page 35)
O AMECEA lança a segunda edição
do pequeno manual de treinamento
da comunidade cristã
Uma segunda edição revista do manual "fortalecimento
do crescimento das pequenas comunidades
cristãs em África, um manual de treinamento para
animadores" foi publicado pela AMECEA (Associação
de conferências Episcopal na África Oriental).
Falando no lançamento, em 14 de setembro de 2018,
Rev. Joseph G. Healey, mm, que é um dos seis editores
do livro, disse que a nova (Continuaçao na página 35)
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