A world made better together
Everyone, irrespective of class, colour, creed and ethnicity, recognising the goodness and beauty of creation and collaborating for the common good.
Education · Formation · Transformation
Knowledge in service of a better Africa.
Lumen Christi Institute offers holistic education, developmental and training programmes for renewal, progress and transformation.
AdmissionsAdmission to various courses has started. Contact the Director for programme information.
Lumen Christi Africa
A Fransalian response to the need for knowledgeable, competent and compassionate leadership in modern Africa.
Lumen Christi is the result of the Fransalian vision for modern Africa. More than twenty years of Fransalian presence on the continent inspired an institute equipped to respond to the needs of poor and marginalised groups.
Our programmes help each person become an effective agent of social transformation through the demanding process of self-transformation.
Read our story →Formation that transforms
Holistic education rooted in selfless love, justice, peace and reconciliation, directed toward renewal and progress.
Our courses
Formation for mind, heart and service.
Explore LCI’s academic, religious and pastoral programmes, developed for the realities of Church and society in Africa.
Three-year degree · 109 credits
Bachelor of Philosophy
Affiliated to DeSales University, Allentown, USA, combining systematic philosophy, African thought, religion and human sciences.
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Residential · Nine months
Formators’ Course
Spiritual, intellectual, pastoral and human formation for religious leaders.
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Catechists & laity
Catechetical Course
Sound doctrine, scripture and leadership for effective rural evangelisation.
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Pastoral Animation Centre
Pastoral Animation
Language, retreats, counselling, relationships and ministry renewal.
Course details →Our inspirations
Rooted in the Fransalian tradition.
The institute draws its spirit from lives devoted to knowledge, loving service and the formation of the human person.
St Francis de Sales
1567–1622 · Doctor of the Church and Patron of the Missionaries of St Francis de Sales.
Peter Marie Mermier
1790–1862 · Founder of the Missionaries of St Francis de Sales and Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod.
“Bloom where you are planted.”
St Francis de Sales