Catholic Men Association(CMA)

Intro

Sacred Heart Catholic Men Association was revamped by Fr Henry Sunguti the Father-In-Charge at that time mid-2019

CMA is a lay non-profit making and non-political membership of baptized and devout male Christians of Roman Catholic church. CMA collaborates with the Archdiocese of Nairobi and participates in planned activities as well as making affiliation contributions. CMA has three sub-sets which handle different aspects of the group’s activities as follows;

Motto

English

Good Family>Good Church>Good Society

Kiswahili

Familia Takatifu>Kanisa Njema>Jamii Bora

The Core Values include;

• Humility
• Understanding
• Deep faith
• Fortitude
• Temperament
• Prayer

The group’s Patron Saint is St. Joseph the Spouse to Mary

He was a lover of the Youth and the Holy Family youth felt that he would relate so well with us and what we do. We did one of the annual walks, in his honor sometime back.

Membership

All catholic male above 18 years and not simultaneously members of the youth group

Objectives

To promote a cohesive Catholic family in which each member plays his rightful role in the common good emulating the Holy Family of St Joseph the Husband of Mary.
To live and propagate Catholic faith in fulfilling the baptismal promises as kings, prophets, and priests
To evangelize through role modeling in solidarity with fellow Catholic men
To inspire and contribute positively to social justice

a) Spiritual Activities

Liturgical/ Spiritual activities;
Opening reflections during CMA meetings
Animations during The Holy Mass in the Church
Spiritual talks from various resources
Retreats/pilgrimages for spiritual renewal
Novenas for Good Intentions
Bio-data registration of members and commissioning etc
Finance/Development activities

b) Financial Activities

Organize microfinance activities
Organize charity visits; visits to needy or the sick
Organize celebrations for CMA patron days, parish family days, archdiocesan Family days, CMA weddings days, Births and deaths
Draw calendar of events for CMA etc.

Benefits

CMA offers men the opportunity to participate in church activities hence grow spiritually, economically through the social development project (SDP) an initiative of the Cardinal popularly known as the microfinance where one can save and borrow at only 10% interest rate per annum and participates in each other’s social activities.

Sacred heart CMA meets every 2rd Sunday of the month after the 9.00am Mass i.e. at 11:00 AM. We welcome new members to join this vibrant group. The joining process is such that one goes through formation classes after which they are commissioned and thereafter they become a full member.