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    The Update (Happy Easter)
    (Tangaza University College, 2018-04) Tangaza University College
    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.