Morogoro, Tanzania – August 2023 - It was a moment of joy and blessing in Morogoro, Tanzania, when 19 novices from Kenya, Tanzania and South Sudan made their First Profession on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Sixteen chose the clerical life and the other three to be brothers. The main celebrant at the Mass was AFE Provincial, Fr George Tharaniyil, and the homily was delivered by the newly appointed Superior of the new Tanzania Province, Fr Elimilus Salema. In his homily, Fr Salema urged the newly professed to continue to respond willingly to their call and urged parents to support their children with prayer, so that they may live out their commitment to Jesus and to the Mission entrusted to them. After their first profession, the newly professed moved to Moshi, Tanzania, to begin their philosophical studies.