Prayers asked for Columban Fr Aminiasi Ravuwai

 

Fr Aminiasi Ravuwai

Today we Columbans received this email from our Superior General Fr Andrei Paz:

With a heavy heart, I write to request your prayers for our dear brother, Fr Aminiasi Ravuwai. Recently, Amini has been hospitalized in Lima, and after undergoing a series of tests, it has been confirmed that he has an inoperable tumor in his pancreas. He is experiencing significant pain, which has left him unable to travel for medical treatment outside of Peru. This news has deeply affected him and all of us who care for him.

In this difficult time, prayers are needed for Amini’s strength and peace, as well as for the grace to face the challenges ahead. I also ask for prayers for the Columbans in the Region of South America and for his family, who are dealing with this difficult news. The Columbans in Lima are deeply moved by his suffering, and his family is grappling with the emotional weight of this situation. Amini’s loved ones, both near and far, are struggling with the uncertainty of what lies ahead.

Please remember Amini in your Masses and prayers, asking for God's comfort and healing presence. Through our prayers and the intercession of St Columban and our Blessed Mother, the Immaculate Conception, may Amini experience the strength and peace that only God can provide. May he feel the solace of Christ’s love and the courage to persevere through this difficult journey. 

Thank you for your support and prayers for Amini, his family, and the Columbans in South America. In times like these, it is through God’s love and grace that we find hope and peace.

Father Amini with his family on his ordination day in Suva, 22 December 2020

You can read more about Father Amini here. He was a teacher before he joined the Columbans. He went to Peru as a priest in 2021 but had spent two years there on First Mission Assignment as a seminarian. He also spent a year in Manila for his Spiritual Year, the equivalent of a novitiate.

In the video Fr Frank Hoare, an Irish Columban who went to Fiji about 50 years ago, interviews Father Amini shortly after his ordination.