NewsDay reports that Roman Catholic Father Fidelis Mukonori, SJ, President Robert Mugabe’s spiritual father, described engaging in hate speech as primitive. “Hate speech is primitive. And this is 2012. Hate speech is not acceptable,” he said during a workshop on the state of journalism in Harare  recently. Mukonori said there was need to deliberately ...

On 5 September, the Roman Catholic Sisters of Mother Theresa (Missionaries of Charity) commemorated the 15th anniversary of the death of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, their foundress, with a Holy Mass. The mass was celebrated by Fr Stephen Buckland SJ, Jesuit Provincial Superior for Zimbabwe, at the sisters’ Home of Love in Ardbennie, just across ...

“Let’s Talk” is one of self-help videos produced by Chrispen Matsilele, SJ and Anesu Manyere, SJ. This video explores the idea of counseling using the motif of caves and mountain climbing. It is set in Domboshawa mountain range. This place is linked to the Bushmen and their ancient drawings on ...

By Joe Arimoso SJ   Football again! Yes, football, the madness that has dogged me from the time I was at Makumbi mission in 2003. With the help of KitAid (a charity organisation in the UK) I now run three registered soccer academies in Norton, Kuwadzana and Mbare. Involving about 300 ...

Ted Rogers: Jesuit, Social Pioneer and AIDS Activist in Zimbabwe – A MemoirDate: August, 2Time: 6:30 pm for 7:00 pm Venue: St Anne’s Chapel (next to the Monastery Church), Mariannhill, (South Africa?)Speakers: South African cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop of Durban Wilfrid Napier OFM, Professor Philippe Denis OPContact: 031 201 ...

Four Jesuit deacons will be ordained priests at St Canisius, Marlborough in Harare on July 21, 2012 by Bishop Dieter B. Scholz SJ of Chinhoyi. They are: Clyde Muropa SJ, Gilbert Banda SJ, Chrispen Matsilele SJ, Peter Musekiwa SJ. Back in March, the website of the Jesuits in Zimbabwe reported that ...

Silveira House, a development education centre run by the Society of Jesus 20 km east of Harare, recently gathered national political leaders, representatives of civil society organisations, church organisations and media houses for a conference “Consolidating our efforts in promoting peace in Zimbabwe.” Held on May 31, 2012, the conference attracted the ...

Mai Fungai has not been seen in church or at any other community function for some time. She has never been in good health, but now the mother of five grown-up daughters, all single mothers with babies, is worse. She can hardly breathe. She desperately needs to be seen by ...

Both Jesuit Communications publications , Mukai/Vukani and In Touch with Church and Faith, are given away for free. But the production of both is costly. The publications are supported by generous donors, but their donations are not sufficient.  The time has come to work towards self-support in the spirit of self-reliance. If ...

Okay. This article that surfaced on Nehanda Radio last week (and of course has no name attached to it) is too overstreched to say the least. Just read the following: It is generally rumored among Zimbabweans that, Comrade President was sexually molested by one of his Jesuit mentors. Which seems consistent ...