The commemoration of fra Vjeko began on Tuesday, at 8 AM, with the Holy Mass in the Kivumu church which was built by him and in which he was put to his final rest. The Bosnian Provincial, fra Lovro Gavran, celebrated the Mass together with fra Tomo Anđić, fra Ilija Krezo, and myself. The church was very crowded...

During the past few days Croatian has been the ‘local’ language in our friary in Kivumu. Fra Lovro Gavran, the Provincial of the Bosnian Franciscan Province (called ‘Bosna Srebrena’ in Croatian), fra Tomo Anđić, the Guardian of the Podsused Franciscan Monastery (Zagreb, Croatia), and fra Ilija Krezo, another member of the Province...

Oh, events like these always make me happy, because it is incredible to see how this village has developed during the past few years. I remember the first week of school several years ago. Back then, no one noticed that something important was going on. Twenty-something enthusiastic or curious individuals would come to school...

As part of our visit, we were able to offer our time and English teaching skills to 30 teachers from the CFJ and surrounding primary schools. We encouraged the teachers to immerse themselves in English through a series of lessons that included songs, chants, communicative games, reading, writing and, of course...

With the lack of consistently available power we turned our attention to a new project of installing a school wide audio system for music and announcements. The project called for a centralized audio solution that broadcast sound to self-powered speakers in each classroom. After another trip to Kigali and significant help from Salomon...