St Thomas Aquinas nyabiosi k catholic church

25/05/2026

Have a blessed day and enjoy your week
Blessings

24/05/2026

Bishop with his young brother (abamwabo)
Blessed Sunday brethrens 🙏 🙏 ✨
Happy pentacostal day

19/05/2026

O Holy Mother of God, Queen of Rosary, you are my refuge. Lead me to your Son, Jesus, where I may find peace and serenity all the days of my life. Amen.

19/05/2026

SAD NEWS:
A Catholic nun serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was tragically killed during a brutal attack on a Catholic mission hospital in North Kivu Province.

Sister Marie-Sylvie Kavuke Vakatsuraki lost her life on October 19 after militants linked to the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an extremist rebel group associated with the Islamic State, attacked Maboya village. During the assault, six patients at the hospital were also killed.

The attackers reportedly looted medicines and medical supplies before setting the hospital on fire. Several people connected to the mission, including two religious sisters, were reported missing and are feared to have been abducted.

Sister Marie-Sylvie was not only a devoted religious sister but also a medical doctor who dedicated her life to caring for the sick, the poor, and the suffering. She belonged to the Congregation of the Little Sisters of the Presentation of Our Lady at the Temple.

Bishop Melchisédec Sikuli Paluku of Butembo-Beni expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy, condemning the violence and honoring Sister Marie-Sylvie’s sacrifice. “May the soul of our dear Sister Doctor Marie-Sylvie, who died while serving her brothers and sisters, rest in peace through the mercy of God,” he said.

The bishop also mourned the destruction of the Catholic medical facility and offered prayers for the victims’ families, the local community, and the congregation grieving this painful loss.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo has continued to suffer repeated attacks from the Allied Democratic Forces, with many Christians losing their lives in ongoing violence. Yet despite persecution and suffering, the faith of the Church in the region remains unshaken.

May Sister Marie-Sylvie Kavuke Vakatsuraki and all the victims rest in the eternal peace of Christ.

17/05/2026

TODAY’S REFLECTION

The first reading describes how the apostles, together with Mary, the Mother of Jesus and other women are in the upper room, devoting themselves to prayer. They find their hope and consolation in being together and praying in the absence of their Master and Lord. Jesus passionately prays to his Father before his passion and death. His prayer is not so much for himself but for the disciples the Father has given him. He entrusts his disciples to the father saying, “For they are yours; all mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.” St Peter in the second reading tells us that sharing in the sufferings of Christ is cause for rejoicing as it will lead to sharing in the glory of Christ. If we are subjected to reproaches for the sake of the name of Christ, it means that the spirit of glory and of God rests upon us. Being followers of Christ is not our choice, but it is God’s providential grace. We are God’s adopted children through the sufferings and death of Christ. We share in the sufferings of Christ, but destined to rejoice also in his glory. Lord, grant that we may find our hope and joy in living as a true community of faith and prayer.

14/05/2026

Blessed day

11/05/2026