President Joyce Banda and former president Bakili Muluzi Saturday morning joined St Montfort parishioners popularly known as Catholic Institute (C.I) in the opening of the K240 million new church whose construction started in 2002. The opening of the church also includes the 100th anniversary of the parish and is celebrating the feast of St Louise […]
President Joyce Banda has said Malawians should desist from castigating each other and instead, learn to appreciate what others do in order to move the country to greater heights. “We must transform ourselves, our lives. We must change our mindset and learn to appreciate what others are doing,” urged Banda on Saturday when she attended head of […]
Vice-President Khumbo Kachali has asked the clergy to be praying for the nation as the country prepares for the forthcoming tripartite elections slated for May 20, 2014. Kachali asked the clergy on Saturday during silver jubilee celebration for Father(Fr) Eugene Ngoma of Saint Peters Cathedral of the Mzuzu Diocese. He reiterated that Government is committed […]
The Zomba Catholic Diocese will this Sunday host commemoration activities for this year’s 47th World Communications Day which has been scheduled for the Zomba Cathedral Parish. According to the Reverend Father Steven Likhutcha, who is the secretary to the Bishop of the Zomba Catholic Diocese, the event will attract some high profile guests including government officials. He […]
Bishop Martin Mtumbuka of the Catholic Diocese of Karonga in Malawi’s northern region lakeshore district has rubbished speculations that his diocese is seeking financial favours from the Joyce Banda’s Peoples Party (PP) led government to establish itself. President Banda has publicly been speaking in favour of His Grace Mtumbuka whose consecration on November 20, 2010 was […]
Publishers and other customers who do business with Montfort Media Limited in the Malawi’s eastern district of Balaka are now assured of higher quality of their publications following a donation of the state-of-the-art printing machine which the publishing house has received from Italy. Speaking during the official ceremony of unveiling the 5-colour machine held at […]
St Pius Catholic Parish under the Blantyre Archdiocese on Sunday held a record breaking Paper Sunday when it realized about K2.27million. The collection surpassed the church’s target of K1.8 million by 26 percent, according to Oswald Mumba, Chairperson of the Parish’s fundraising committee. During the previous Paper Sunday (2013 first-quarter) held in April, the Parish collected over K1.8 million also surpassing […]
Thousands of Roman Catholic mourners gathered at Limbe Cathedral cemetery in Blantyre Archdiocese on Saturday to pay their last respect to the late Reverend FR Papius Mangwiyo. He was laid to rest after succumbing to hypertension at Mulanje Mission Hospital on July 11, 2013. At exactly 1:00pm, the body of the late Mangwiyo, who until […]
Head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis has appointed His Grace Tarcisius Gervasio Ziyaye as archbishop of Lilongwe Dioence in Malawi’s capital. According to the Apostolic Nunciature (Vatican embassy) in Lilongwe, Ziyaye has since been transferred from Archiepiscopal See of Blantyre. He succeeds Archbishop Remi Joseph Gustave Sainte-Marie, whose resignation from the pastoral care of […]
St. John’s Nursing College, a Roman Catholic owned nursing training institution in Mzuzu, has announced plans to start offering a degree programme of State Registered Nurses. The college’s principal Lilly Elizabeth Thindwa made the announcement during graduation ceremony of 29 students who were awarded with Technician Diplomas in Nursing and Midwifery on Saturday. She explained that currently […]
Catholic Church ‘s Archdiocese of Blantyre has issued a statement urging members of the church in the archdiocese to raise K123 million to pay off a loan by Montfort Press, the oldest printing and publishing establishments in the country which was run by the church and was shut down because it was posting losses for […]
Thousands of weeping mourners took part in an emotional funeral Mass of late Brother Vincent Chunga of the Marist Brothers at Zomba Cathedral on Thursday morning who until his death was headmaster at Zomba Catholic Secondary Scholl (Box 2). Vicar General of Zomba Diocese, Rev. Fr. Henry Kaleso In his homily said Christians should always be aware […]
The Roman Catholic Church in Malawi and the Marist Brothers announce the death of Zomba Catholic Secondary School – well known as ‘Box 2 ‘ -was on Wednesday hit by sad news of the death of its headmaster Brother Vincent Chunga. Catholic church and Marists Brothers confirmed to Nyasa Times about the death. Brother Nicholas […]
Thousands of mourners gathered at Limbe Cathedral cemetery in Blantyre Archdiocese on Tuesday to pay their last respect to the late Monsignor Stephen Saulosi Nkata, who was laid to rest after battling with cancer since August, 2010. At exactly 2:24pm, the body of the late Nkata, who was the oldest Catholic priest in Malawi, was […]
Hundreds of Catholic, Anglican faithfuls joined the walking pilgrimage of the annual “Way of the Cross” Good Friday procession starting in different church stations across the country, the day Jesus Christ was crucified and nailed on the cross. The day is part of Easter celebrations when Christians celebrate the death and resurrection of Jesus. In Blantyre, […]
The Vice President Right Khumbo Kachali on Thusrday night attended a Passover Commemoration Mass at St Patricks Catholic Church in Area 18, Lilongwe. The Vice President was welcomed at the Church by Parish Priest Fr John Makola, First Vice Chairperson for the Parish Executive Mrs Eva Chafulumira, Chairman of the Liturgy Mr Rodrick Banda and […]
Malawi’s former First Lady Calista Mutharika broke into tears during a memorial mass for late President Bingu wa Mutharika at Holy Ghost Parish in Ndirande, Blantyre as she narrated how her late husband’s treasured gold rosary got stolen immediately after his death. Callista, who was guest of honor at the event, spoke for the first […]
The Catholic church in Malawi and President Dr Joyce Banda on Wednesday swiftly welcomed the election of Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio as the new Pope. The 76-year-old, who will be known as Pope Francis, was elected pontiff on the fifth ballot on Wednesday in the papal conclave in Rome. President Banda offered her “warm […]