A 27th graduation at St. Benedict Secondary School at Hanga was held ceremoniously at the school grounds on the 17th of October, 2015. St. Benedict Secondary school has two campuses: the girls campus at Hanga and the boys at Namilola about 3 kilometers west of Hanga village. The ceremony was held at the girls campus. Of the graduates there 73 girls and 27 boys.

The guest of honor was supposed to be the Ruvuma Regional Education Officer, but in turn he assigned our own Fr. Ansgar Kaissile, OSB, to represent him at the graduation. Uniquely at this ceremony the parents made an impromptu collection/donations to support the school in many of its projects.

Congratulations to the students who graduated. We wish them good preparation for the National Examinations to be held in November and successful life hereafter.


Some photos of the graduating students and parents during the collection of donations to support the school financially.

Graduating class

Mayor of Hanga village, Gaudensia Ngonyani, delivering speech

A representative parent delivering a speech

Parents donating for the school

Parents donating for the school

Hanga village mayor holding a box leading the congregation for donations for the school

Fr. Deagratias Sikazwe, Ordained for Hanga Abbey

Hanga Abbey has a religious foundation, priory, in Katibunga, diocese of Mpika in Zambia. This August the monks of Hanga Abbey were happy to have a new priest, Fr. Deogratias Sikazwe, OSB, a native of Zambia. Fr. Sikazwe was ordained at Katibunga monastery on August 20th by bishop Ignas Chama of Kasama diocese. Fr. Deogratias studied his philosophy and theology at Peramiho seminay school of theology. Having been ordained at his native country he came back to Hanga in Tanzania to celebrate a thanksgiving mass with the monks and parishioners at Hanga village. We give congratulations to Fr. Sikazwe and thank God with him for his vocation.

Ordination day of Fr. Deogratias in Katibunga.

  


Fr. Deogratias Sikazwe, OSB. at Hanga Abbey.