Arusha

PASSIONIST COMMUNITY OF ARUSHA - ARUSHA PHILOSOPHICUM HOUSE UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MOTHER OF HOPE (MATER SPEI)

This is the second-stage house of formation after Veyula Formation House. The house is located in Njiro – about ten kilometers from Arusha town.

Currently, the house receives the candidates who have finished their form six secondary education or universities and colleges, who are aspiring to become Passionist religious brothers or priests, but who have finished their initial year of formation in Veyula - Dodoma.

The purposes of their stay in this house is primarily formation in the Passionist life while attending Philosophical courses at the Spiritan Missionary Seminary located in the same vicinity.

The candidates residing in this house are of the level of formation known as “Aspirants” (the first and second year of study) and “Postulants” (at least from the second semester of the second year of study until the end of their third year of study).

The period of residence in this house is not less than three years before one is allowed to continue with the next stage of formation.

The Rector of the House is Rev. Fr. Kilasara Engelbert Mosha C.P., who is assisted by Rev. Fr. Exupery Kilemi Lyimo C.P. and Br. Nestory Ng'oja C.P. who is in his Pastoral year.