Fr. Fredrick Elima Wafula reminds priest to go as missionary

Fr. Fredrick Elima Wafula, the Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, urged Fr. Don Bosco Onyalla to embrace a missionary identity during his perpetual profession on September 27. The ceremony took place at St. Austin’s Parish in the Archdiocese of Nairobi.

Fr. Elima Wafula told Fr. Onyalla that being a Spiritan requires being available for assignment to any location, including parishes, schools, or mission stations. He noted that these assignments might be to familiar places or to locations the priest has not imagined visiting.

While acknowledging Fr. Onyalla's background as a journalist and lecturer, Fr. Elima Wafula advised him to listen to his fellow priests, the community, and particularly the poor and those on the margins. He also reminded the newly professed priest that his vows apply to ordinary days of religious life, not just to the day of celebration.