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Vapostori makeshift clinic in Domboshawa calls for more government action

May 15, 2012
Tragic reality continues to be the order of the day in Domboshawa, as members of Marange Apostolic church have developed a makeshift maternal “clinic” to help expecting mothers and cure disease. The clinic, situated just a few meters away from the main road linking Bindura and Harare, is surrounded by ...

AFM prophet: TB Joshua moves up expectations of the faithful

May 14, 2012
Bulawayo residents have reacted with anger over the scepticism of the Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) towards the upcoming visit to Zimbabwe of Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua.  An Apostolic Faith prophet, operating from Nkulumane, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that TB Joshua was definitely a threat to their trade. He said ...

Obituary: Fr James Berry, SJ (1932-2012)

May 11, 2012
reprinted with additions from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #172, a Jescom publication based on information provided by Fr Tony Bex SJ Fr James Berry SJ died after a short illness on Sunday, 4th March, at the House of Adoration where he was chaplain to the senior Dominican Sisters.  He was very well-known in ...

CAFOD looks for Regional Programme Manager in Southern Africa

May 10, 2012
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD), one of the UK’s leading development and relief agencies, is seeking a strategic leader to oversee the management of its development programme in Southern Africa. You will be an empowering people manager, a skilled networker with an excellent track record of working in Livelihoods, ...

Redemptorists renew Jesuit parish in Braeside

May 10, 2012
Just before Easter a team of Redemptorists, among them Fr William Guri CSSR, Fr Raymund Mupandaseka CSSR, Fr Joseph Musendami CSSR, preached a mission in the Jesuit St Francis Xavier Parish in Braeside, Harare. Long before, they had started visiting families and preparing the ground for the mission (preached in ...

Church leaders sceptical of TB Joshua’s visit

May 10, 2012
reprinted with corrections and additions from Nehanda Radio Several church leaders aligned to Zanu-PF have attacked popular Nigerian prophet TB Joshua claiming he was not welcome in Zimbabwe and his teachings were “judgmental, partisan and unorthodox.” Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai invited TB Joshua to be the guest speaker at the ...

Religious leaders encourage journalists to emulate late editor of The Standard

May 9, 2012
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 ...

Bulawayo-based Khula Sizwe Trust invited to train farmers from as far as Manicaland

May 9, 2012
Khula Sizwe Trust, a Christian community-development organization operating in several Southern African countries, was overwhelmed by people making enquiries at its Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) stand recently. The organization, whose mission is to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in the spiritual, economic and social transformation of ...

Young Jesuits take key provincial posts

May 8, 2012
reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #172, a Jescom publication Key posts in Zimbabwean province are being taken over by young Jesuits. Earlier this year, Fr Gibson Munyoro SJ took over as director of Silveira House and Fr Sylvest Kasirori SJ as parish priest of Mabelreign.  Now Fr Ugenio Phiri SJ has been appointed rector of St Ignatius ...

Pentecostal churches urged to plough into the country’s education system

May 8, 2012
Pentecostal churches were recently challenged to support Zimbabwe’s ailing education system in the same manner the traditional missionary churches have all along been doing. The call was made end of April by stakeholders attending a conference at the Large City Hall in Bulawayo with the aim of reviewing the state ...