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On Sunday, September 1, 2024, 4 new priests and 1 deacon were conferred sacred orders by Monsignor AMADE ALOMA Jean-Christophore, Bishop of the Diocese of Kalemie-Kirungu. This priestly ordination took place in the precincts of Christ the King Cathedral, in Kalemie, Tanganyika province.

At the end of his letter, he blessed all the heads of establishments as well as all the teachers.

On the morning of this Sunday, September 1, 2024, it was at the Saint Alphonse parish of Matete that Father Jean-Marie Konde was invited to commune with the faithful. A mass concelebrated by the parish priest Father Maurice D'Oliveira, it was said in the Zairian rite.

On Sunday, August 25, 2024, Father Jean-Marie Konde was received at the parish of Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant de Lisieux for the celebration of his fifteenth birthday at the 11:00 a.m. mass, a parish to which he moved as vicar in 2013. During the mass, the celebrant emphasized the need to attach oneself to Christ who is the Word of eternal life.

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, the Saint Joseph de Matonge parish welcomed its former vicar in a double Eucharistic celebration. Father Gérard Luzayadio, parish priest, had mobilized everything so that the faithful of the 6:30 a.m. (Zairian rite) and 11:00 a.m. (Latin-French mass) masses would reserve a warm welcome for Father Jean-Marie at the masses that the honoree of the day had celebrated.

This Saturday, August 24, 2024, the retreat session of the diocesan clergy of Lisala ended. This dual activity had taken off since Sunday, August 18 at the Saints Peter and Paul Grand Seminary of Lisala with Bishop Donatien NSHOLE as facilitator-preacher. The local Ordinary, 72 priests and 3 deacons from all over the diocese attended this annual meeting.

This mass was celebrated on Wednesday, August 14, 2024, the feast of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, by Father Josué Maku and concelebrated by Fathers Nsinu, Ngali and Clémént of Rome Mbenza; Father Jean-Eder celebrated there as a deacon.

He was born in the Archdiocese of Kinshasa on November 22, 2020, a music school called Sainte Cécile. Under the supervision of Father Cola Lubamba, courses are organized in this school for a period of 9 months with two sessions per week.

Invited by Father Jean-Delly Bomongo, parish priest of the Parish of the Resurrection, Father Jean-Marie KONDE continued Eucharistic celebrations as part of his fifteen years of priesthood at the parish of La Résurrection de Lemba on Sunday August 11, 2024 where he had been Sunday vicar during the pastoral year 2014-2015 when he was in charge of the assistant diocesan treasurer.

After celebrating the office mass on August 1, 2024 at the parish of Saint Leopold, the anniversary of his priestly ordination, accompanied by his fellow student and parish priest Father François Lombi, Father Jean-Marie took communion with the faithful of the parish of Saint Thomas de Kisenso on Sunday, August 4, 2024, the feast day of his patron saint Jean-Marie Vianney.

On Sunday, July 28, 2024, Father was welcomed at the Bon Pasteur parish of Kisenso, which is his second parish of origin. There, on this 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time of Year B, he celebrated the Zairian rite at the 6:30 a.m. mass. In his homily, the father insisted on the love of God who remembers the misery of his people and on the attention that each member of the Church must have for his neighbor, especially the weakest. The faithful of the Bon Pasteur parish were joyful to see their son again, whom they knew as a theology seminarian.

On July 23, 2024, the Parish-Basilica of Sainte Anne de Poto-Poto, in the Archdiocese of Brazzaville, had totaled 80 years of existence. This event was celebrated this Sunday, July 28, 2024.