We Don’t Send Invitations to Ourselves
We Don’t Send Invitations to Ourselves
Author Country :Tanzania
Genre Type :True Story
Location :Musoma, Tanzania
Year of Publication :NULL/
Publication :NULL
Sub Theme :Community, Evangelized by the People, Family, Joy/Celebration/
Author Name :Father Joseph Healey, M.M./
Author City :Musoma
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One month our St. Jude Thaddeus Small Christian Community (SCC) in Musoma,
Tanzania started planning a big celebration. Special invitations were sent out
to priests, Sisters and lay leaders of the other SCCs. The day before the feast
I mentioned to one of the leaders Semphroza Chacha that I hadn’t received an
invitation. She answered with a big smile: "You can’t get an invitation.
You’re a member of our SCC. We don’t send invitations to ourselves." Suddenly
I realized that I really belonged. I was truly part of this SCC — a communion
of extended families in the same neighborhood. The SCC members had evangelized
me.