{{The First Lady, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame will be the Guest of Honour at the Mushaka Parish’s 50-year jubilee, to be celebrated in Rusizi District on August 4th, 2013.}}
Over 6,000 people are expected to attend the celebrations including Catholic church leaders, government ministers, senators, MPs and Mushaka community members.
On this day, Ildephonse Maniragaba will also be ordained as a new priest.
Mushaka Parish has since 1963, constructed schools, health facilities and supported vulnerable families.
To build on Rwanda’s national unity and reconciliation program, Mushaka Parish introduced a unique approach to helping Rwandans recover from the consequences of the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Since 2009, 140 Genocide survivors and perpetrators have completed 6-month sessions where they are taught how to live together fearlessly and heal their broken spirits, using biblical principles.
Genocide perpetrators who participate in this program are temporarily banned from church activities such as receiving eucharist and getting married, until they complete the sessions.
Today, 10 Mushaka community members are being re-integrated back into the church after successfully completing the 6 month session.
To date Mushaka Diocese has 59,912 church members and is one of 14 parishes that make up the Catholic Diocese of Cyangugu.
The Diocese is led by Monsignor Jean Damascene Bimenyimana.
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