Diaconal ordination for the doctrinaries Hervé, Dionise, Firmin, Cyprien and Edmond, Saturday 25 July in the diocese of Gitega, Burundi. The Congregation continues to grow in the small African country in the Great Lakes region.
Father Charles Bitariho, a doctrinarie priest, returned to the Father's house on July 21, into the Veroli nursing home, in the province of Frosinone, where he had been hospitalized due to illness. He was born in Burundi on August 9, [...]
On Saturday, June 27, 2026, the five Brothers Firmin Niyonkuru, Edmond Nshimirimana, Hervé Arakaza, Dionise Niragira, and Cyprien Hatungimana professed their perpetual vows in the Congregation of the Fathers of Christian Doctrine. In the parish of St. Augustine in Bikinga, [...]
On June 28, 2026, the thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Superior General, Father Sergio La Pegna, accompanied by the Secretary General of the Congregation, Father Dieudonné Nyamweru, and the delegate for Burundi, Father Fidèle Ntunzwenimana, celebrated the Eucharist [...]
Since the parish of Rugero was founded, we realized that Cesar de Bus, the patron saint, was little known, and that many parishioners even found his name difficult to pronounce. We therefore felt the urgency to make him known to [...]
p. Schadrack Matthieu Dunia, dc The celebration for the canonical erection of the new parish of Rugero, dedicated to Saint Cesar de Bus, on September 1, 2025, was presided over by Msgr. Joachim Ntahondereye, Bishop of Muyinga, with Father [...]
p. Fidèle Ntunzwenimana, dc The Congregation of Doctrinaries in Burundi has welcomed new apostle catechists: they are the professed Amos Ciza, Jean de Dieu Kwizera, Aimé Irambona and Mélance Nkunzimana. The Lectors were instituted last February 8th during the [...]
On Sunday, November 30, 2025, the doctrinaries community of Gitega began pastoral activity in the branch of Nyabibuye, in Burundi, which will soon become a parish. During the mass, Monsignor Bonaventura Nahimana, Archbishop of Gitega, introduced Father Gilbert as [...]
The novices with the bishop and Father Sergio Last August 30, in the year of the Jubilee of Hope, was a day of joy and celebration for the Congregation of the Fathers of Christian Doctrine in Gitega, Burundi. [...]
Priests during the celebration As of September 1, 2025, Rugero Hill in Kirundo (hills are administrative subdivisions of municipalities in Burundi, editor's note) has a new parish, dedicated to Saint Cesar de Bus and entrusted to the Doctrinaries. The [...]
