Interview with Fr. Arsène Kapya
Etigu Kenneth, one of our editors, had an interview with Fr. Arsène Kapya . The interview aims at having a good knowledge of him. Etigu: Fr. Arsène would you introduce yourself to our readers? Fr. Ars è ne : At times it can seem easier to speak of others than of oneself… But I will try to say something about myself. I was born in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo. I come from a Christian (Catholic) family. I am a twin, and my twin brother (Rigobert) is a Jesuit priest. I started my missionary formation at La Ruzizi, (our formation house in Bukavu, in the Eastern part of the DRC), where I spent 3 years. I went to Kasama (Zambia) for my spiritual year. Then I was sent to Nyakato parish, Mwanza Archdiocese (Tanzania) for my two year pastoral experience. After my stage, I went to Toulouse for Theology. It is there that I took my missionary oath on the 9 th of December 1995 and became a missionary of Africa. I wa