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Fr Oscar Wermter SJ: We have to be very watchful to see if this Constitution will be honoured
The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace (CCJP – national office), Heads of Denominations (an inter-church body which includes ZCBC) and the Evangelical Alliance, all put out statements urging people to vote YES at he recent referendum for the Draft Constitution. The Zimbabwean Catholic Bishops (ZCBC) and the Bishops of Southern ...
St Stephens Dzivarasekwa welcomes new faithful
St Stephen’s Catholic Church Dzivaresekwa recently witnessed numerous catechumens drawn from Holy Name Parish (Mabelreign), St Ignatius Centre, St Augustine Centre and lastly, St. Stephen’s Church for the sacrament of confirmation by His Grace Robert Christopher Ndlovu of Harare. The church hall was filled to capacity, with the archbishop presiding ...
St Peter’s Mbare welcomes new parish priest
St Peter’s Mbare parish of the Roman Catholic Church welcomed their new parish priest Fr Ignatius Anoonekwa Tambudzai SJ through a liturgical celebration that was as colorful as it was emotional for Fr Tambudzai. Fr Tambudzai SJ was ordained a priest at St Peter’s Mbare on 23 July 2011. He replaces ...
Jescom is being restructured
Jesuit Communications, the media office of the Zimbabwean Jesuits, is being restructured. Fr Oskar Wermter SJ who has been in charge of it since it was started in 2003 is leaving. Fr Clyde Muropa SJ will take over as editor of Mukai – Vukani Jesuit Journal for Zimbabwe. Gift Mambipiri ...
Young Jesuit to lead St Peter’s Mbare parish
The transition from the old to the new generation of Zimbabwean Jesuits continues. Fr Ignatius Tambudzai SJ takes over as parish priest of St Peter’s Mbare, where Jesuits have been working since its beginning in about 1910. He replaces Fr Oskar Wermter SJ (71) who has been requested by the ...
Religious leaders encourage journalists to emulate late editor of The Standard
The journalism fraternity should keep late veteran journalist and former editor of The Standard Bornwell Chakaodza’s name alive and encourage future journalists to emulate him. This was the take-home message at a memorial service held beginning of May at his home in Bluffhill, Harare. “There are some names which should not be ...
Lenten lectures at Arrupe College in Harare (Mar 1-22)
Arrupe College and Jescom invite you to a series of Lenten lectures at Arrupe College in Harare (16 Link Road, Mt Pleasant) Dates: every Thursday Mar 1- 22 Time: 5.30 pm Hosts: Fr Lawrence Daka SJ (dean, Arrupe College) and Fr Oskar Wermter SJ (director of Jesuit Communications-Jescom and publisher of MUKAI/VUKANI, ...
Catholic justice leader fears priests could be targeted
According to Catholic News Service, the national director of Zimbabwe’s Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace said he fears that priests could be victimized after a recent commission statement urging political leaders to intervene to stop politically motivated skirmishes in the capital, Harare. Bishops and priests were targeted after the ...
Reflections on Mugabe and the Vatican
James Kirchick, who has reported from Zimbabwe, in a recent article entitled “Love the Sinner. Why is Robert Mugabe visiting the Vatican?” analyzes the uneasy relationship between the Vatican and Zimbabwe’s President. “Robert Mugabe has long been an admirer of the Catholic Church. Born at a Catholic mission station in ... Pentecostal and African Initiated Churches
RelZim.org articles about the Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe RelZim.org articles about the AIC in Zimbabwe Pentecostal Churches in Zimbabwe are almost always evangelical in character (and so are sometimes called “Evangelical Pentecostal Churches”). Accordingly, most churches of pentecostal character in Zimbabwe belong to the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe, founded in 1962. ...