Johannesburg, 07 May, 2025 / 4:30 pm (ACI Africa).
The Communications Coordinator for the Leadership Conference of Consecrated Life in South Africa (LCCL-SA) has said the planned 2025 Symposium and 6th Annual General Meeting of the Conference of Major Superiors of Africa and Madagascar (COMSAM) is going to be a “moment of grace” for participants.
The May 23-30 event is set to bring together religious leaders from across Africa to reflect on the theme, “Hope, Synodality and the Empowerment of Consecrated Life in Africa.”
In a press release shared with ACI Africa on May 3, Fr. Vincent Klement, a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), says the symposium and the annual COMSAM meeting will grant those at the helm of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (ICLSAL) in Africa an opportunity “to witness their joy, their courage, and their deep commitment to the Gospel.”
“This is more than a meeting – it’s a moment of grace,” Fr. Klement says of the COMSAM Symposium and AGM that the Catholic Archdioceses of Johannesburg and Pretoria are set to host from May 23-30.
In the press release that members of the South African Conference of Catholic Bishops (SACBC) issued, details about the regional conference are shared, including the fact that the week-long event will offer ICLSAL leaders “space for dialogue, spiritual reflection, and collaborative action.”
