Rwanda – Strenna Festival 2025 "Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people"
Kigali, Rwanda – January 2025 – On 1 January, the members of the Salesian Family from the Africa Great Lakes Vice-Province (AGL), celebrated the feast of Strenna 2025 by the Vicar of the Rector Major, Fr Stefano Martoglio on the theme "Anchored in hope, pilgrims with young people". The Mass was presided over by the Superior of the AGL Vice-Province, Fr Gabriel Ngendakuriyo. The event took place in the Salesian work of Gatenga, with the presentation of Strenna 2025 by Fr Henri Bakishimira, SDB. At the end of the Mass, the festive program continued with lunch, songs, dances, and the presentation of the groups of the Salesian Family that work in the AGL Vice-Province. Fr Gabriel Ngendakuriyo delivered the closing speech and imparted a blessing to the participants.