ACI Africa Editor Grateful to Reunite with Spiritans Over 20 Years after Painful Separation

Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla, the Editor-in-Chief of ACI Africa, will make his perpetual profession as a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) on Sunday, September 27. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish in the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

Fr. Onyalla began his formation with the Spiritans in 1993 but was dismissed from the congregation in 2002 while preparing for his perpetual profession. Following his dismissal, Bishop Caesar Mazzolari, then Bishop of the Diocese of Rumbek in South Sudan, assisted him through a period of discernment. This led to Fr. Onyalla being ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rumbek in March 2005.

In an interview with ACI Africa on September 25, Fr. Onyalla said he approaches his return to the missionary family with gratitude and peace. He noted that he could not have imagined returning to the congregation more than two decades after his initial journey ended. Fr. Onyalla holds a doctorate in media studies from Daystar University.