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Anglican Youth Association of Harare event (May 25)

May 15, 2012
Anglican Youth Association of Harare (AYAH) CPCA invites you to Zaya Exchange Place: St Peter’s Kubatana in HarareDate: May 25 Event includes the following activities: Music exachange: Hymn 117 (Dombo rakatsemurwa), Hymn 118 (Jesu mudisi), Ndebele hymn (234)Sports Exchange Gala: soccer, volleyball, netball, basketball and chess Contact: AYAH Facebook page See related article:  On ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mbare Report No. 106 Getting Married in Mbare

April 4, 2012
This report is reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #171, a Jescom publication. Not everybody in Mbare is poor . Some people have their poverty alleviated by children or grandchildren who work in “Harare North” or in other parts of the globe. There is a man I know, ...

Mugabe’s spiritual father publishes book “The Genesis of Violence in Zimbabwe”

March 20, 2012
reprinted with additions from Radio VOP by Ngoni Chanakira Father Fidelis Mukonori, SJ has published a book The Genesis of Violence in Zimbabwe recently. Mukonori, President Mugabe’s long-time spiritual father, works for the Centre for Peace Initiatives in Africa (CPIA), a regional peace organisation based in Harare. CPIA’s efforts are towards ...

Lenten lectures at Arrupe College in Harare (Mar 1-22)

February 27, 2012
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, ...

Obituary: Fr. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Moloney, SJ (1920 – 2011)

August 2, 2011
 reprinted from IN TOUCH WITH CHURCH AND FAITH #163, a Jescom publication  based on information provided by Fr. Tony Bex and Fr. Johnson’s homily at the Requiem Mass in  Mt Pleasant parish church Fr. Patrick ‘Paddy’ Moloney, SJ (1920 – 2011) was editor of Mukai, the Jesuit in-house publication for theological reflection, ...

Catholic justice leader fears priests could be targeted

July 7, 2011
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 ...