The retiring Bishop of Hwange, Bishop Emeritus Albert Serrano SMI urged the new Bishop of Hwange Diocese, His Grace Raphael Ncube, to be ‘bold like a prophet but gentle like a father’ as he takes over the reins. Bishop Serrano was speaking at the new Bishop’s episcopal ordination on Saturday the 30th of October, at Hwange Colliery Stadium, a celebration marked ...
Little Children of the Blessed Lady (LCBL) Sisters have been challenged to “go into uncharted waters” and not be comfortable in familiar territories of evangelisation and ministry. The challenge was posed by Fr Fidelis Mukonori SJ, during his presentation at the recentlyconcluded celebrations of the 59th Anniversary of the death of Archbishop Aston Chichester SJ. Archbishop Aston Ignatius Chichester SJ, who was ...
The 5th of September 2019 at Mutemwa Leprosy Centre in Mutoko, Zimbabwe, marked the solemn commencement of the cause for the beatification of the the Servant of God, John Randall Bradburne. He was a Third Order Tertiary of the Franciscan Order who was killed on the 5th of September 1977 during the armed struggle for the independence of Zimbabwe. John ...
Covid-19’s effects are being felt world over. It has affected trade and big companies and one can wonder, how much effect it had on a household with 4 unemployed adults residing in Mbare, Harare. Petronella Pakamisa (55), is happy that even though COVID-19 hit hard, she has managed to continue her small business of cooking and selling fries and chicken, ...
By Kudakwashe Matambo Leaders of various academic and non-governmental institutions attending the National Conference on Human Trafficking 2019 committed to ‘working together’ with government departments ‘to fight trafficking in persons (TIP).’ The key resolution that the delegates made is to do more research and collaboration, which is critical in fighting this ‘heinous crime on earth’ which has affected hundreds of ...
By Tanaka Urayai St Peters Claver Catholic Church in Mbare along Rakajani Street can easily be mistaken for a commercial organization as each morning over fifty men and women in branded work-suits assemble religiously to receive their orders before being carried off by 15 branded trucks. At the same site, forty young people in branded t-shirts armed with clip-boards, questionnaires ...
By Fr Nobert Munekani SJ Let us continue to reflect on the feast of St. Ignatius the founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). St. Ignatius of Loyola was one of the brightest lights in the history of Christianity. He was born in 1491, and in his former life he was a Spanish knight from a Basque noble family. When ...
By Kudakwashe Matambo A big celebration occurred at St Peter’s Kubatana Industrial Technical College, formerly a Vocational Training Center in the high density suburb of Highfields. 147 students were awarded certificates for successfully completing short courses in cosmetology, professional cookery and industrial clothing technology on 5thJuly 2019. With many small enterprises in Zimbabwe facing a complexity of challenges, capital and ...
By Fr Lawrence Daka SJ The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops and the Religious and Clergy categorically demonstrated their resolve and commitment to addressing and preventing abuse of children and vulnerable adults and to creating a culture of safeguarding in the local Church by recently attending two workshops on Child Protection organized by the Zimbabwe-Mozambique Province Safeguarding Commission. The workshop facilitators were ...
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