Little Brothers and Sisters of Africa

Life and Activity

 

As creatures and children of God, happy to depend absolutely on him, the Little Brothers and Sisters seek prayer to see his face and know his will, along with his graces to put it into practice. 
  
The daily schedule of the community envisions at least 250 minutes of prayer, distributed between night and day to scan the rhythm of daily life, leaving to each one the possibility to have further space of intimacy with the Father, by means of the Son, in the Holy Spirit. 
  
The spiritual life brings forth the brotherly communion and activity: the time for study, for work, and for rest in a healthy balance. 
  
The study is first of all addressed to the Word of God, which is the basis of initial and ongoing formation, and illuminates the reality and the way to tackle it with wisdom. 
  
The work includes manual labour for the necessity of both the community and the poor, the human promotion (family counseling, kindergartens, no cost or low cost secondary schools, computer classes etc.), and especially the evangelisation (in parishes, in basic communities, at school, through books, radio and internet, in “weeks to wake up” at remote villages). 
  
The holidays and two communal recreations during the day are the occasion to let the joy of being brothers and sisters to boom and to share faith and life in love.

  Daily commitments

  • STUDY. The itinerary of personal growth hand in hand with the elder brothers and with the whole community necessary to prevent love from becoming an empty word and to allow it to mature to perfection.  

  • PRAYER. The contact with God, the deepest desire of the human heart, must be practised intentionally and carefully, at both a personal and commun level so that it can bring forth fruit for eternal life.  

  • WORK. A value not to waste in a world of leisure, the commitment and the effort to realize something that may be necessary or useful to others, it becomes richer in a sense if it is shared and realized with others, according to the will of the Father. 

 

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NATIONAL ANTHEM

FREE ENGLISH TRANSLATION

1. God Bless Africa

Bless its leaders

Let Wisdom Unity and

Peace be the shields of

Africa and its people

2.CHORUS:    

Bless Africa

Bless Africa

Bless us the children of Africa.