The
‘Mémorial Kongolo’
at Gentinnes by Fr Fons Eppink mhm
The Mémorial Kongolo is a special place of remembrance for the numerous missionaries in the Belgian Congo (currently named Democratic Republic of Congo) who died during the turbulent years immediately following the country’s declaration of independence in June 1960. It is named after the 19 Spiritan missionaries
who were massacred in the town of Kongolo (S.E. Congo) on January 1st, 1962. Since a number of them were former pupils of the Spiritan run ‘apostolic school’ at Gentinnes in Belgium that location
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