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Journalist quits his job to join priesthood

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Vincent Opiyo, a Kenyan sports journalist and a former employee of Nation Media Group (NMG), has heeded to the divine calling of being fishers of men by joining priesthood through the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), a Roman Catholic order.

Confirming his new self in his farewell article as NMG journalist Opiyo says: “My desire to be taken by the Jesuits was fulfilled when I received my admission letter to the novitiate in Arusha on March 30 after going through a year-long rigorous candidacy programme.”

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