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New Pictures from St. John Paul II Seminary

  • by Martin Rostan
  • 27 Feb, 2015

Josef Schwenzer sent new pictures from Mpanda Ndogo

Josef (Jupp) Schwenzer from Lorch, Germany, visited his Nursery/Kindergarten Project in Karema (Mpanda Diocese) in February 2017.
While in the region, he also stopped by the St. John Paul II Seminary and took the photos below. Thank you very much for the update, Josef Schwenzer!
Refectory, Feb 2015
Medical Station, Feb 2015
Generator House, Feb 2015
Teachers' Houses, Feb 2015
Teachers' Houses, Feb 2015
School Courtyard, Feb 2015
Administrative Building, Feb 2015
Library, Feb 2015
Sisters' House, Feb 2015
Dormitory, Feb 2015
Dormitory, Feb 2015
Dormitory, used as storage room, Feb 2015
by Martin Rostan 15 December 2021
Fr. Paschal provided these pictures showing the making of the benches for the chapel. It's just a good thing that the school meanwhile has electricity!
by Martin Rostan 26 July 2021
Fr. Paschal provided some pictures of the finished chapel, which is finally finished! The chapel will be the spiritual center of the seminary. But before that, it still has to be equipped with furniture.
by Martin Rostan 16 December 2020
Fr. Paschal Kipenye has provided new pictures showing that the chapel construction project is nearing completion!
by Martin Rostan 18 November 2020
On Nov 18 2020, seminary director Fr. Paschal Kipenye send the following pictures, showing the progress of the chapel building
by Martin Rostan 5 August 2020
School director Fr. Paschal informed us that the school opened again on June 29, 2020, and classrooms activites resumed on June 30. The seminary is taking precautions to deal with the Covid 19 challenges. 

Since the salaries had to be paid during the school closure, part of the funds for the construction projects were used for this purpose in agreement with Beckhoff. 
by Paschal Kipenye 20 May 2020
The following is an excerpt from the report that Seminary Director Fr Paschal Kipenye sent today:

Greetings from Mpandandogo. I would like to say thanks very much to the funds sent to the Seminary. I am happy to inform you that the works are in good progress.

It is very sad that up to the moment all school in Tanzania are closed! It is a very disturbing moment to the curriculum development as well as economic progress in national level up to an individual level.

As a Seminary, let me be open: we are facing a financial crisis! We have sent home almost all of our workers! The fact is almost 70% of our daily undertaking in the school depends on school fees! The school was closed in the beginning of the first quarter while the majority of the students were in the process of paying school fees; So you can imagine our situation.

We really appreciate what the company is doing for us, it is doing a lot! But in this particular situation may I appeal on the behalf of the community to beg for financial assistance to run the school; sincerely we are facing the problem of paying the salaries to our workers since last month! Indeed our workers are very understanding and they are coping to realize the situation, but I'm afraid we will lose the best workers as soon as they decide to go back to work in agriculture.

by Fr. Paschal Kipenye 9 March 2020
by Fr. Paschal Kipenye 9 September 2019
Wash Stations completed, Residential Houses near completion, Chapel makes progress
by Fr. Paschal Kipenye 23 August 2019
The Wash Stations get Roofs, Dry Well is filled with Rocks
by Fr. Paschal Kipenye 30 March 2019
Update on Status of Projects at Mpandandogo Seminary
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