ITAYesterday evening, 6 June 2012, at 7 p.m. (local time), our brother Disciple of the Divine Master has returned to the Father.
BRO. KINTOKI EMMANUEL ROBERT PEMBELE, 69 years, 46 of Pauline life, 42 of religious profession.
Bro. Pembele was born in Kinshasa (Congo) on 2 February 1943. After some time in the seminary, he crossed the threshold of the Congregation – the first Congolese – at Kinshasa on 4 July 1965, received by Fr. Giuliano Zoppi and by Fr. Raffaele Tonni. He came to Italy after some months, continuing his journey with the novitiate (1967-1969, Ostia), at the end of which he made his first religious profession on 8 September 1969; on that occasion he took as name of profession Robert. He continued his formation in Rome (1969-1971), to then return – after a brief stay in Alba and Paris – to his native land, in the community of
Kinshasa; during this time he carried out his apostolic tasks in the linotype, the offset and the printing press. He made his perpetual profession on 8 September 1974 in Rome.
