Roman Catholics

How mature are Zimbabwean churches to carry the Good News overseas?

June 6, 2012
Writing from the United States, Ken Mufuka in his essay “Roman Catholic struggle for identity!” invoked Zimbabwean Christians recently to sympathise with the trials and tribulations of the US Catholic Church. Mufuka argues that the gender discourse in America became so polarizing that the country’s Catholics risk either losing their faith ...

Singing Video: Mabasa Avatumwa’s “Mandigonera”

June 5, 2012
The new millennium saw the birth of a wave of Apostolic choral music which won the hearts of many at the expense of instrumental gospel. This era also marked the advent of uncountable choral groups which automatically led to the overshadowing of other gospel genres. These days, instrumental gospel takes back ...

Swindler of Catholic priest escapes

June 4, 2012
A Bulawayo man, who allegedly swindled a Catholic priest of USD 25,000 has gone on the run. The police have launched a manhunt for him. Rodwell Kudzanai Chikadza, believed to be in South Africa at the moment, skipped bail when his trial was supposed to resume two weeks ago. A ...

Nicoz Diamond launches Christian Sure to cover for church assets

May 21, 2012
The National Insurance Company of Zimbabwe Diamond has launched Christian Sure, a comprehensive insurance package designed for the Christian community in Zimbabwe. Launching the new product in Bulawayo last week, Nicoz Diamond Marketing Manager and Head of Public Relations, Odeline Kava, said the vision of  her company was to use ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Anglican bishop of Matabeleland ordained Catholic priest in UK

April 25, 2012
reprinted with additions from the Catholic Herald  Robert Mercer, the fourth Anglican bishop of Matabeleland, was ordained a priest for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in the UK end of last month.  The Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham is a personal ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church immediately subject to ...

Church leaders encounter difficulties during marriage certificates transition

April 23, 2012
updated on May 8, 2012 Chairperson of the Heads of Christian Denominations and founder of Word of Life International Ministries, Dr Goodwill Shana, told The Herald the deadline for the transition from old marriage certificates to new ones made it difficult for some marriage officers to collect the new certificates before scheduled ...