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Item Tangaza Vision ( The New Vision)(Tangaza University College, 2002-05) Tangaza University CollegeEditorial hat goes around comes around. It is always nice to meet with friends but • difficult and painful to part. I guess this is the feeling for most of us here in • Tangaza these days. We are coming to the new vision and the end of the age of a well-rounded and self-enclosed system. Within every system and its meta-narra tive, everyone and everything has its fixed place and defined role. There are those who belong at the centre; they embody most fully the ideals of the system and share its aspirations. It is they who deter mine the way forward and decide what is central and what is peripheral. They tell us who belongs to which level in the social, po- litical and ethnic hierarchy. They are the guardians of the status quo. Tangaza Col lege is a radical questioning of this system. Women and men are walking and working together; colour is a thing of the past. In theology the viewpoint of the outsider is becoming normative. It is now 15 years since Tangaza College came into being. Time has just come and gone. A lot has been achieved in these years of the college's existence, but as the eye al ways seeks to see further than before, the vision of Tangaza has yet to reach its peak. The magnifying glass proves to us that a lot more lies ahead of this college. ~----- --- --- -- -- -- There is no doubt that the college is go ing through a big transition period. A lot of changes have taken place within a short pe riod of time: the changing of the affiliation programme from the Roman Urbaniana University to the Catholic University Of Eastern Africa, the coming of the new Prin cipal, the new building, the increasing num ber of students and faculties yet to be introduced. Of course we have every rea son to rejoice over all this. However as with any other human institution, a lot of ques tions might be ringing in some people's minds, questions relating to the original vi sion of the college preparing young reli gious for their future ministries. How is it going to be under the new administration? Is Tangaza becoming a private university? And many more questions of this kind. As we both welcome and say goodbye to some of our great lecturers and to the Principal, we remember that we all have a role to play in the new Tangaza. Tangaza Vi sion gives you some new insights about the future of this great college. May God's blessings shower upon you all, especially during this coming long-term break.Item Tangaza Update( Feb 2009) A fresh Start, Milestones and challenges(Tangaza University College, 2009-02) Tangaza University CollegeThe Second semester is off to a good beginning and already we have been back in classes for a month. How quickly time is passing! This semester finds the College with the Principal and Deputy Principal Academics one and the same person due to the departure of Rev. Tim R.ond for health reasons (prior to conclusion of his contract). Given the distribution among ·senior management and the Institutes and School of Theology of a variety of responsibilities in the docket of the P/DPA, the semester is moving along smoothly. On December 18, 2008 we ended the year with the first graduation from Tangaza College of fourteen students who participated in the DePaul programme, School for New Learning.The President of DePaul University was present for the commencement as well as a number of administrators and staff along with the Administration of Tangaza College. We look forward to an on-going partnership with DePaul. As the new year, 2009, got under way we held our first solo School of Theology Graduation with one hundred and one students completing their course of studies at Tangaza College. Our Guest of Honor for the occasion was Fr. John Maviiri, Rector of CUEA. Unfortunately, Fr. Ambrose Mutinda, our Dean of Theology was taken ill and has been out of the College thus far, second semester. As of this writing he is hospitalized, as has been so, for some weeks but, we are encouraged by his progress slow though it has been.We continue to pray for him that in good time he will regain his health. Currently we have 1,206 students at Tangaza College. We welcomed 53 students who are new to the College this second semester. You are each most welcome! Next week February 16th to 20th is already our Mid-Term Break it is my hope and prayer that you can each catch your breath a bit while tackling term papers, Long Essays and in some cases make up classes. May your week strike a good balance of some relaxation and that of catching up a bit on school related projects.Item Tangaza Update(A Word of Farewell)(Tangaza University College, 2008-12) Tangaza University CollegeOnce again we come to Advent, a time to start afresh. For me this year there is an additional dimension as I prepare to leave the college after eleven and a half years. I arrived in August I 997, having previously spent 2 years working in the parish of "Immaculate" in Kitale. I am grateful for my long experience in Tangaza from which I hope I have learned a lot. We often hear it said, and indeed I think it is true, that "Tangaza is unique." One of several things which makes Tangaza special is the central importance of a ministerial dimension in all our courses. I earnestly hope that this will never be forgotten. Ministry means service and the Tangaza community reaches out to give service in many ways. I think it is also important to recognise that many people over the years have given immense service to the college. The college has depended on the generosity of many people who one way or another give "a little bit extra." The little bit extra is of time, of talents, of skills, of energy, of dedication, of knowledge. This applies to religious and lay people, administration, supportive staff and teaching staff. This is a tradition which we here now have inherited and I believe it is one we must nurture and pass on. I am happy as I finish my term in the College to see that it is thriving and enthusiastically embracing new challenges and new opportunities in the future. As well as a commitment to service, we need to preserve our tradition of academic excellence and integrity. We owe it to our forebears in the College and we owe it to those who will come after us. I hope that the new liturgical year, beginning with the season of Advent will be a time of blessings and thanks giving for all members of the college and for their families and friends. Let our celebration of the Incarnation increase our commitment to the task which our college motto gives us: Tangaza fumbo la imani. Fr. Tim Redmond, SPS.