“Every two minutes of 20 minutes during meetings, we were required to maintain silence to invite the Holy Spirit to guide us,” said the Local Ordinary of Kenya’s Nyeri Archdiocese of Nyeri, who also serves as the Chairman of the Commission for Social Communications of the Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB).
He added, “We tried to listen to the Holy Spirit, and in our discussion, we agreed that in our journey to holiness, we should look and listen to each other, and above all, everyone to take responsibility in the Church.”
Archbishop Muheria who attended the assembly alongside Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde of Mombasa Archdiocese, the Chairman of KCCB said that the assembly also provided an opportunity to discuss the life of the Church in walking together akin to the two disciples on their way to Emmaus.
“Mostly, we discussed how to encourage the laypeople to take leadership positions in the Church and to use their God-given talents and gifts for the greater good of the Church,” he said about the meeting that had over 400 delegates in attendance.
“We also discussed that the Church should be more merciful to the vulnerable who are not taken care of because of the environment and also feeling weak,” he said, adding that the church should invite those seen to be weak to walk together “even if they are not fully participating in the sacramental life up to the time they will be graced to fully enter into the salvation life.”
In a video recording shared on WhatsApp on Tuesday, October 10, Archbishop Muheria who was speaking while in Rome said the conversations at the synod provided “good moments of sharing” and mutual understanding.
“We are going through a good moment. The good thing is the diversity we have seen from the Bishops and people from all over, the good moments of sharing, understanding different contexts, hearing the challenges of various places, as well as gifts that we have mutually,” he said.
The Kenyan member of Opus Dei, who was recently appointed Apostolic Administrator of Embu Diocese in Kenya described the assembly as “a very good learning process”.
Silas Mwale Isenjia is a Kenyan journalist with a great zeal and interest for Catholic Church related communication. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics, Media and Communication from Moi University in Kenya. Silas has vast experience in the Media production industry. He currently works as a Journalist for ACI Africa.
