Luanda, 20 July, 2024 / 8:00 pm (ACI Africa).
The 40th anniversary of the Movement for Fundamental Evangelization and Renewal of Life in the Spirit (MEFREVE) in Angola is an opportunity for members to give thanks to God for His graces and blessings over the last four decades, the National Chaplain has said.
Fr. Ézio Tinazzi, a member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin (OFM Cap.), founded MEFREVE in 1984 to foster evangelization at the grassroots. Represented in 15 Catholic Dioceses of Angola, the movement has more than thirty thousand members in the country’s 15 Provinces.
In his homily during the opening Mass of the Third MEFREVE Congress and the 40th Anniversary celebration, Fr. Afonso Patrice Fernandes exhorted the members to strive for holiness by living exemplary lives.
“This 40th anniversary is a moment of gratitude. It is a time to give thanks to the Lord for placing among us many servants, brothers, who have been giving their time, lives, and will to proclaim the Gospel, to find concrete ways to proclaim God's Word, and to let people know that he is with us,” Fr. Fernandes said during the Thursday, July 18 Eucharistic celebration at Panguila Spirituality Centre in Angola’s Catholic Diocese of Caxito.
This movement, he went on to say, “has endured disappointments throughout these 40 years, and we are here at this Eucharistic celebration to thank God for being faithful to His promises to us.”
