KENYA: “Religious Vocation Calls us to be Better Persons,” Kenyan Prelate at Solemn Profession

Bishop Mark Kadima Wamukoya of the Diocese of Bungoma urged religious men and women, priests, and bishops to use their ministry to become better people rather than allowing their service to cause personal decline. Speaking during the solemn profession of Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla as a member of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit (Spiritans) on September 27, Kadima said that experience, education, formation, spirituality, and friendships should shape consecrated persons to be better than they were at the start of their vocation.

The bishop delivered the homily at St. Austin’s Msongari Parish in the Archdiocese of Nairobi. He cautioned against the tendency for some clergy to be viewed as good at the beginning of their mission but worsened by years of ministry. He noted that a man of God is someone who follows Christ closely and possesses the ability to correct mistakes and grow even when tasks are difficult.