WHAT ARE YOU?

By Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin


 WEDNESDAY WORKOUT


A Midweek Spiritual Workout with 
Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin

WHAT ARE YOU?






St. Thomas Aquinas said...

"The things that we love

Tell us

What we are.”

On this SPIRITUAL WORKOUT WEDNESDAY, think about what you love. What does that tell you about what you are? Is that what you want to be?

 

Fr. Marino H. Msigala, OFM Capuchin was born in Kibakwe, Mpwapwa, Dodama Tanzania, Africa, on January 23, 1978. He was ordained to the Ministerial Priesthood on July 12, 2012, by Archbishop Gervas John M. Nyaisonga. Following his service as Pastor in his home country of Tanzania, Father was commissioned to the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Augustine in Pittsburgh, PA, where he was assigned studies and pastoral duty at Immaculate Conception Church in Dudley, PA. After he completed his Master's Degree at Villanova University, Father was reassigned to serve as chaplain and pastoral care at West Penn Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. He completed his ministry there and returned to Tanzania on May 7, 2024.

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