Years of Priestly FormationFrom a Jesuit Mission Farm to Zimbabwe’s National Seminary CHISHAWASHA, 25 KM EAST OF HARARE —For nine decades, Chishawasha has played a central role in the preparation of Catholic priests in Zimbabwe. What began on a large farm acquired by Jesuit missionary Father Francis Richartz, SJ, in 1892 has developed into the country’s national seminary and an ...
About 63 Form 1 students from the Northern classes of Loyola Jesuit Secondary School gathered at Mt. Carmel in Kasungu for a recollection under the theme “Our Own Road to Emmaus.” The recollection offered the new students an opportunity to pause from their usual school routine and reflect on their faith, relationships and personal growth. A key focus was the ...
Members of the Ignatian Youth Network, the Catholic Youth Network for Environmental Sustainability in Africa (CYNESA) Zimbabwe, and Silveira House on Saturday collaborated to plant trees, pick litter and establish gardens at Silveira House and Chichester House in Chishawasha. The environmental action, held under the theme “Living Waters, Rivers of Justice, Streams of Hope,” brought together young people from Catholic ...
Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP) Archdiocese of Harare will on 26 September 2026 host a Universities Training workshop aimed at strengthening youth leadership and advocacy for social cohesion, guided by Catholic Social Teaching (CST). The half-day training will run from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Jubile Hall, Archdiocese of Harare Administration Offices. It will bring together Catholic ...
The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) in Zambia has its roots in a Jesuit vision of bringing faith into closer engagement with the social, economic and political realities facing ordinary people. At the centre of this history is the late Fr. Peter Henriot, SJ, who became the Centre’s long-serving Director and played a significant role in shaping its mission ...
Leadership at Loyola Jesuit Secondary School is being understood not simply as a position to hold, but as an invitation to serve. The school’s newly elected Students’ Council has completed a leadership formation programme under the theme “Creating Positive Change Through Responsible Leadership,” bringing together reflection, practical leadership skills, prayer, fellowship and recreation. Officially opening the formation programme, Head Teacher ...
There is a quiet but radical movement taking shape within the Catholic Church in Zimbabwe, and, fittingly, it begins with water. As the global Church enters the Season of Creation, observed from 1 September, the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to 4 October, the Feast of St Francis of Assisi, young Catholics in Zimbabwe are refusing ...
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