Students and lecturers of the Catholic University of eastern Africa (CUEA), recently made a historic tour to the roots of evangelization of the east coast of eastern Africa - to Mombasa and Malindi where they visted Fort Jesus and Vasco Da Gama Pillar respectively - concrete and living signs of the impact of the first missionaries from Europe to this coastal region of East Africa.
Fort Jesus is associated with the Agostinian Missionaries from Portugal who arrived in Mombasa in 1593, while St. Francis Xavior converted Vasco da Gama's house into a chapel that still stands, almost 517 years after Da Gama built it as a security fortress on his way to India. hurch celebrates this history and the universality of the Church that are characteristic of the Catholic Church, remarks Fr. Joseph Ekomwa, coordinator of the tour.
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