Year: 2023

The upcoming Addis Ababa Continental Synod Meeting will reflect and engage in discernment over the working Document for the Continental Stage. Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA – AMECEA Online, Nairobi. The upcoming Continental Synod Meeting slated for next 1 to 6 March in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is set to engage delegates in reflection from the local context of Africa on the working ...

The issues of segregation and marginalization that got the likes of Zvarevashe into trouble continued in some form among the black brothers “A Mission Divided” review by Dominic Tomuseni SJ In reaction to Francis Rea’s statement that “Missionaries will be judged, ‘but it is only in the kingdom of heaven that the verdicts are published,’” Mhoze Chikowero insists that we ...

I wonder why the ruling party chooses to retain the word ‘Front’ in its title? It was part of the title chosen by their predecessors in government when, in the early 1960s, they chose a military title for theirs. Then it was a ‘front’ against any black advancement and the Zambezi was often invoked as a frontier with chaos ‘to ...

Celebrating the day with multitudes of sisters and some male consecrated persons, Bishop Rudolf Nyandoro delivered a spirited homily urging the clergy and religious that a self-less life does not mean neglecting self-care, but also warned them against the enemies of religious life.  The bishop’s homily at the Day of Consecrated Persons highlighted the need for the religious and priests ...

‘Follow me!’ You would need to be full of confidence, perhaps like St Paul, to say that to another! I once committed myself to another’s lead on a mountain side when we were lost. But what happens when someone you trust lets your down? I had trust, appreciation and admiration for the first leader of this country for twenty years ...

In his prayer intention video for February, Pope Francis asks parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open to all, no one excluded. Parishes are not exclusive clubs In the video, which begins with an image of the outside of a beautiful but empty parish church, followed by that of the same church ...

There was a clip on the TV last night showing a Taliban leader in Afghanistanlistening to a question of Lyse Doucet, the BBC reporter, about the role ofwomen in delivering aid to the starving people of the country. His eyes werefull of scorn for everything the woman in front of him represented. He waslistening but not listening. It was obvious ...

 Preaching at a confirmation mass at Our Lady of the Wayside parish,  the Archbishop of Harare, His Grace Robert Ndlovu said  all Christians are called to bear witness to the good news and that the call is not only for priests and the religious.  In what he called a narrow understanding of discipleship, His Grace said by the virtue of ...

There are many things that thrill us. One is obviously football. Another ismusic. Watching and listening to Orchestra Kinshasa immediately tells youwhat a lift if gives people. They have taken to classical music and instrumentsand adapted them to be their own. ‘With the harp I will solve my problem’(Psalm 49:4). It has been known since ancient times that music can ...