World’s best teacher recites
Prayer of St Francis before US Congress.
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| Brother Peter Tabichi Global Teacher Prize 2019 |
Brother Peter Tabichi, a Kenyan Franciscan, who in March
this year, won the 2019 Global Teacher Prize has, this week, met US President
Donald Trump. At a separate event, Brother Tabichi recited St Francis’ Peace
Prayer before a session of the US Congress, at the Capitol, Washington DC.
English Africa Service – Vatican City
The United States White House Press Secretary and
Communications Director, Stephanie Grisham, tweeted pictures of President Trump
with Brother Tabichi.
At the US Congress
Before the start of a session in Congress, Brother Tabichi
was introduced as the guest Chaplain and was then called upon to lead the house
in an opening prayer. Brother Tabichi then made the Sign of the Cross and
started the recitation of the Prayer. Towards the end of the Prayer, he added:
“We pray for peace in the world. We pray that our hands and
hearts be stretched out in compassion in the service of others. (Lord) You
remind us; whoever wants to be first must take the last place and be the
servant of everyone else. Lord, make us an instrument of your peace,” Brother
Tabachi prayed.
A humble Franciscan from rural Kenya
Brother Tabichi is a member of the Third Order Regular of St
Francis of Assisi (OSF), a religious institute with its Generalate in
Mountbellew, Ireland.
He is currently a teacher of Science at Kenya’s Keriko Mixed
Day Secondary School at Pwani village in Njoro, Nakuru County.
“A humble and joyful Franciscan Brother from rural Kenya,
echoed the universally known words of St. Francis of Assisi, blessing the
august gathering with the Peace Prayer of St. Francis,” said his religious
congregation.
“Brother Peter (Tabichi) stood before the assembly as a
remarkable story in his own right. Recently recognised as the Global Teacher of
the Year for 2019, he is a living witness to the power of education and the
inherent value and dignity of the teaching profession. Congratulations, Brother
Peter. This latest honour, coming in the bicentennial year of the Franciscan
Brothers of the Third Order Regular, underscores the value of your own and your
confreres’ calling, to a simple life marked by service, fraternity, and
prayer,” said the Franciscan Order.
Brother Tabichi set to address UN General Assembly
It was widely reported by the media, this week, that Brother
Tabichi would also address the United Nations General Assembly in New York. He
will use the occasion to prod the world’s decision-makers to encourage the
teaching of science in Africa.
Brother Tabichi, 36 years old, was in March, awarded the
Varkey Foundation Global Teacher Prize at a ceremony held in Dubai, United Arab
Emirates. Since his win, he has been travelling around the world and has
inspired many people.
The Peace Prayer of Saint Francis
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy.
O divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
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