The Update (Happy Easter)
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Date
2018-04
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
I
wish to send my Good Easter wishes to our Tangaza
family.
You
are a wonderful family of faith and
academics. I have observed this in the way you handle
one another,
the attendance to morning Mass, and
the
promptness you respond with when called to attend
to certain matters. In the just concluded conference
on the Muslim-Christian engagement for social
transformation in Africa, with specific emphasis
on the role of the academic institutions, which was
jointly mounted by Tangaza and Umma University,
we have committed to be true witnesses of our faith
through charity, omission of stereotypes, and seeking
the deeper levels of our mutual understanding.
The second level of engagement is through
academic pursuit of excellence in peace building
and outreach programmes. Among the international
participants were H.E. Bishop Miguel Ayuso, Secretary
of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious
Dialogue at the Vatican. He reiterated the responsibility
of
each
one
of
us
in
promote
the
mutual
respect
and understanding in the interreligious dialogue.
We had also representations from Iran and
Egypt, as well as the NCIC, Zfd, African Muslim Agency,
AGEH,
Comboni Missionaries, Missionaries for
Africa,
among others. We
thank them all for their support
and financial contribution towards the conference.
April 2018
Happy
Easter
In the Veritas Gaudium, a recent document
by Pope Francis (2017), the pontiff reiterates that for
an institution of higher learning to be functional, “the
academic community, all the people, either as individuals……..
are
each according
to his or her own
status,
co-responsible
for the common good and must
strive
to work for the same community’s
goals”
(11,
2).
Therefore,
we are called to be strategic partners in pursuit
of knowledge
and
excellency
in mind
and spirit.
We are heading towards the end of our semester.
I wish all students success in their examination. Examinations
are opportunities where we provide the proof
that
we have benefited from instruction, research, and
outreach. We should not be afraid of them. I also call
on you to be good ambassadors of our esteemed institutions
by living the mission, vision, and core values on
which
our life revolves in our scholarship, and ministry.
This
is what we are called to be in all our life situations.
Finally, as we continue in our pursuit of the
Charter, I call on all of you to keep praying so that the
few issues to be resolved at the government policy level,
which
look
very
promising, may go through for us.
May
God bless you and keep you on the track of achieving
your dreams.
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Easter, A Summer to Remember, Witness of communion, An encounter to cherish