105 new priests are ordered for France this yearincluding only one in Rennes, Éric Nziraguseswa, this Sunday afternoon, in Saint-Pierre Cathedral. They were three last year. Originally from Rwanda, Éric, 31, arrived in France in 2010 to train in lyrical singing. It is ultimately to God that he will devote his life.
Eric always wanted to be a priest. The first time he “felt the call”, he was eight years old. It was a Sunday, in Rwanda where he was born. He was at mass, with his parents and “There was something that gripped me and that feeling never left me. I felt a love from God for me. I felt loved so much, like no one had ever loved me on earth.”.
But besides the grace of God, Eric also received “un don”. He sings and wants to make a career as an opera singer. However, there is no training in Rwanda for opera. So Éric arrived in France in 2010, in Rennes, at the conservatory, where he devoted his life to singing. But One day the question arises of choosing between his career as an opera singer and his spiritual commitment. “I wouldn’t say that I sacrificed my career, but yes, it was a fight. I said to myself, I’m taking some time, I’m sitting down to really understand what that means. There was something like a click . And there, I understood that God wanted me to dedicate my life to him.”.
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This is what he will do publicly this Sunday afternoon, at 3 p.m., at Saint-Pierre Cathedral in Rennes. Then, it was in France that Eric chose to pursue his career as a priest, in a country where “there is also a need”. So, after the Notre-Dame-d’Alet parish in Saint-Malo, where he spent part of his training, it is in Fougères that he will begin his life as a priest in September.
13 other seminarians are currently preparing in Rennes to become priests.
