National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa has challenged Catholics in the country to spread the word of God stipulating that every one of them is a missionary through baptism. He made the remarks over the weekend at Fish Eagle Cottage in Salima during the 2017 Association of Catholic Journalists annual general […]
Bishop of Karonga Diocese His Lordship Right Reverend Martin Mtumbuka Saturday said that embracing catholic social teachings would help catholic journalists in the country to fulfil their mission of reporting the truth. He said this during the annual general meeting of the Association of Catholic Journalists (ACJ) held at Fish Eagle Cottage in Salima. “Catholic […]
This year’s Easter celebration was marked by the birth of four new parishes in Mzuzu Diocese of the Catholic Church, a development which is aimed at improving service delivery, it was announced on Sunday. The letter from the Bishop of Mzuzu Diocese, John Ryan, which was read in all Catholic Churches within the diocese on […]
Archbishop Thomas Msusa of Blantyre Arch-Diocese has urged Catholics and Malawians to commemorate the 25 years of the issuance of the hard hitting pastoral letter which brought political change in Malawi by reflecting on whether it achieved its intended purpose. Msusa said this at Ndata in Thyolo during the memorial service of former president Bingu […]
Catholic Women in the Archdiocese of Blantyre have been urged to be effective agents of evangelisation in homes and workplaces. Archbishop of Blantyre, Thomas Luke Msusa said this at the end of a Leadership training workshop organised for women by the Pastoral Department of the Archdiocese. The workshop was held at Nantipwili Pastoral Centre from […]
The Secretary General for the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), Reverend Father Henry Saindi has expressed the need for responsible parenthood and proper guidance especially to the youths as a way of controlling population which is fast growing at an alarming rate. Fr. Saindi was speaking Catholic Secretariat in Lilongwe when he opened a two-day […]
Archbishop Thomas Luke Msusa has called upon Catholic Christians to develop a spirit of self reliance in running the church’s institutions especially the seminaries. The Archbishop made the call during his special visit to Pius XII Minor Seminary at Nguludi in Chiradzulu on Saturday. Msusa said some institutions like seminaries need a lot of money to […]
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) through its relief and development arm, Catholic Development Commission in Malawi (CADECOM) has embarked on food distribution exercise in all the eight dioceses in the country. His Holiness Pope Francis donated $500 000 (about 365 Million Malawi Kwacha) to the hunger stricken families in Malawi who were affected by the dry spell. […]
First president of Malawi’s multi-party democracy Bakili Muluzi on Sunday mourned the death of Fr. Patrick O’Malley, a Catholic priest who played a significant role in the development of multiparty democracy in Malawi. O’Malley, an Irish Catholic humanitarian priest, who served in Malawi during his active priesthood for a long time, died in Ireland at […]
Dedza Catholic Diocese with assistance from Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church has embarked on relief maize to 16,000 hunger- stricken families in Ntcheu. Speaking Monday at Sharp Valley in Ntcheu when he launched the distribution exercise, Bishop of Dedza Diocese, Emmanuel Kanyama said the Catholic Church believes in doing what it preaches, hence […]
Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), the supreme council of the influential Catholic Church has said Pope Francis was giving his personal opinion when he said the church should consider ordaining married men – under very specific circumstances – to address the shortage of Catholic priests. Father Henry Saindi General Secretary for Episcopal Secretary of Malawi […]
Seminarians at St. Peter’s Major Seminary, a Theological College of the Catholic Church in Malawi have been urged to build the Church and at the same time respond with urgency and passion to the call for universal mission within Seminary, pastoral experiences and in future as priests. Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the […]
Catholics in Malawi and around the world trooped to churches on Ash Wednesday, marking the beginning of the 40-day Lenten season. Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) secretary general Father Henry Saindi said Lent starts on Wednesday 1 March and end on Thursday 13 April. He said as the priest dabs a person’s forehead with ash, is […]
The Catholic Education Commission (CEC) of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) in partnership with the Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) on Monday, February 27, 2017, launched a three-year project dubbed ‘Hope for Youth’ with funding from the European Union (EU). The project which is aimed at empowerment of women and vulnerable groups through […]
The Citizen’s March for Life and Family was a success. I participated in the Lilongwe march. Thanks to you the churches who led us throughout the country on this historic walk for our values. There is no denying that this was the biggest march in Malawi yet and also the most peaceful. It was truly […]
The Catholic Diocese of Mzuzu has embarked on a project to develop a strategic plan which will help in the smooth running of the Diocese. The idea comes in after Bishop John Ryan was ordained as the New Bishop of the Diocese following the Death of his predecessor late Bishop Joseph Mkasa Zuza. Confirming the […]
The Social Communications and Research Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) last week Saturday met executive members of the Association of Catholic Journalists (ACJ) in Blantyre with an aim of strengthening the association which has been dormant for some time. ECM team, comprised the national communication secretary; Fr. Godino Phokoso, Communications Office; Prince […]
The Catholic Women Organization (CWO) in the Archdiocese of Blantyre have partnered with National Bank of Malawi in a tree planting project dubbed ‘Go Green campaign’. According to this partnership the bank will support the women with 3.5 million Kwacha to plant trees in all the forty one Parishes of the Archdiocese. The project was […]