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When Charity Kills

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On July 28, 2013

In Justice and Peace, News, Publications, Zambia Sector

Jacek RakowskiBy Jacek Rakowdki, M.Afr
Published in the Saturday Post, Saturday 27 July 2013

Most people remember very well a moment or an episode in their lives, which was a turning point. (…) It happened (to me) 10 years ago. I had just arrived in the country, form my native Poland, to continue my training with the Missionaries of Africa in Kasama. I was in Cairo Road, looking for an Internet Café from where I could call my family to tell them I had arrived safely. I found one but at the door, lying on the pavement, there was a child. The only way for me to enter into the shop would have been to step over his body. But I couldn’t. I froze and I moved to the other side of the street and went back home. That night the vision of that boy came back to haunt me time and again. P1090119On the following morning, I went back to the shop and the child was awake, standing and begging. Unable to communicate, I just took him by the hand, led him to a fast food and bought him something to eat.

Today I would not encourage anyone to do that but that’s what happened to me on that fateful encounter which threw open a door on a world I only knew through readings and movies.

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Death of Françoise Godinot, mother of our confrere Jean-Louis Godinot

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On July 27, 2013

In News

Jean-Louis GodinotThe Mother of Jean-Louis Godinot, Françoise, died at the age of 91 on the 26th July in the morning. She will be buried next to her husband, Jean Godinot, leaving behind seven children. She was a catechist for many years at home. She also visited Zambia three times with her husband and three times alone. She knew many Missionaries of Africa, some are still alive, and quite a few people of Kasamba. The burial will take place on Tuesday the 30th July. Jean-Louis is flying tonight the 27th July and will be back to Zambia on the 6th August.

Let us pray for her.

Pastoral visitation within Lumimba Parish

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On July 25, 2013

In News

Our visit to the outstations during the dry season normally begins on Thursday and ends on Sunday. Besides visiting families, we pray with the sick, hear pastoral issues and give various courses to catechumens and Christian leaders.

Zambia Wildlife Authority logoIn this Year of Faith, we are also adding activities such as sports challenging even Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) camps. Moreover, we pay a visit to Chiefs or join in community funerals. At times, we sing and chat in the evenings around fire. The youth usually prepare songs for Sunday celebrations from Friday till Sunday and camp at the outstation.

Phelim Malumo in Lumimba 02During the rainy season, most of these places are unreachable. We hibernate for about six months going only to a few places around the Parish.

By Phelim Malumo M.Afr

Newsletter South Africa no 29 – July 24, 2013

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On July 25, 2013

In Publications, South Africa Sector, Vocation animation

Newsletter South Africa no 29

Kambwiri : the first Catholic Mission in Chipata Diocese in 1904

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On July 24, 2013

In News, Zambia Sector

Kambwiri 07 - Copie_modifié-1Two weeks ago, I visited Kambwiri (today Chasera) in one of our outstations to see how it looks like.  It was the first mission of the White Fathers in the diocese. I asked Mr Kezyius Phiri, the vice chairperson of Chasera, to accompany me. From about 60km from Lumimba Parish or 2km from the new church of Chasera, it was on this rarely visited spot that the Diocese celebrated its centenary in 2004. A stone was laid as a remembrance. I took a few minutes of prayer and silence to thank for the great men of faith and hope who started this mission in 1904, though they had to close it and leave the valley barely seven months later. This is part of our history connecting us to our ancestors in faith. More about Kambwiri mission can be read in the report of Luangwa Valley written by Fr. Bernhard Udlehoven in 2006. This is an historical place to preserve for future generations.

By Phelim Malumo, M.Afr

Interview with Jan Dworkin

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On July 23, 2013

In News, Publications

Jan Dworkin 02Jan DworkinJan invites us to be aware of our rank and power in relationships. She differentiates social rank from spiritual rank. She also helps us to understand how our sense of identity can enslave us. She says that “rejected parts of ourselves become enslaved by one’s identity. The identity itself behaves like a slaveholder.”  Finally she encourages us to expand our sense of identity when saying that “in Process Work, we embrace the very basic idea that “the other is you”. Everything that we see outside of ourselves, everything that we read about in a newspaper, everything that we are disturbed by in the community is an aspect of ourselves. The entire world lives within us.” READ MORE

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Missio Inter-Gentes: Challenges and Opportunities

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On July 21, 2013

In News, Publications

Catholic Missiologists logoFrom July 15 to 21, 2013, some 40 women and men from every continent gathered together in Nairobi, Kenya—at Dimesse House of Spirituality and The Catholic University of Eastern Africa—to attend the Fifth International Conference and General Assembly of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists on the theme, “Missio Inter-Gentes: Challenges and Opportunities.”  This was the first time IACM has met on the continent of Africa and Madagascar. We have been blessed by our gracious hosts, welcomed by the local Archdiocese of Nairobi. As we heard on the first day, there is no word for stranger in Africa, once you enter a house you a member of that house – and we have certainly felt that during our time here. Indeed, we have received a comprehensive African welcome from so many people from different parts of the Continent. We have experienced meaningful and beautiful morning prayer and worship. We have greatly enjoyed the energy and vitality of African worship – where theology is truly Mission Inter Gentessung and danced, where youth and women are making such a significant contribution to liturgical life. We have experienced an abundance of food, which was graciously served. We have enjoyed each other’s company, including our music and songs. We have experienced inspiring and stimulating presentations and reflections as well as excursions to sites that gave us better insight into life in Nairobi, and by extension, into Africa – even the traffic and roads became part of this reflection and facilitated even more conversations! We have been served by the excellent organization of the IACM Executive led by President, Rev Dr Andrew Gimenez Recepcion. These have been days which have been truly memorable. We have been blessed to be invited to take off our shoes and walk on the holy ground of Africa. READ MORE

Slavery: not just a thing of the past

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On July 20, 2013

In Justice and Peace, News, Publications

Pierre_LafollieBy Pierre Lafollie M.Afr
Published in the Saturday Post, Saturday 20 July 2013

When the White Fathers arrived in the north of Zambia in 1891 they discovered that the slave trade was still thriving in spite of having been abolished by many countries. Their reports, together with other witnesses coming from different parts of Africa, prompted their founder, Cardinal Charles Lavigerie, to launch an antislavery campaign whose 125th anniversary is being celebrated this year. But the fight is far from over since slavery is still with us.

P1090118The White Fathers in Northern Zambia
When Brazil abolished slavery in 1888, it was the last Western country to do so. Thus, when the first Missionaries of Africa (popularly known as the White Fathers) settled in July 1891 at Mambwe Mwela, along today’s Tanzania – Zambia border, the Western slave trade had ended since its market, essentially across the Atlantic, had disappeared and the slaves had already been freed. In this corner of Africa though, the missionaries arrived in a country devastated by a still active campaign of slave raiding. READ MORE

Ethiopian Becomes Strategic Partner in New Malawi Airlines

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On July 19, 2013

In Malawi Sector, News

Ethiopian Airlines LogoEthiopian Airlines, the fastest growing airline in Africa, is pleased to announce that it has become the strategic partner of the new Malawian Air with 49% equity shareholding. The remaining 51% of the shares will be held by the Malawian Government and Malawian private investors.

The shareholder agreement for Malawi Airlines was signed between H.E. Dr. Cornelius Mwalwanda, Deputy Minister of Finance of the Government of the Republic of Malawi and Ato Tewolde Gebremariam, Chief Executive Officer of Ethiopian in Lilongwe on Thursday, 11 July 2013.

This new partnership with Malawi Airlines is part of Ethiopian Vision 2025 strategic roadmap of setting up multiple hubs in Africa. Thru this strategic partnership with Malawian Air, Lilongwe will become Ethiopian third hub on the continent after its main hub in Addis Ababa and its West Africa in Lomé. READ MORE

Mafrwestafrica – Lettre du 15 juillet 2013

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On July 19, 2013

In News, Publications

Mafrwestafrica 02Aujourd’hui, les Missionnaires d’Afrique de l’Ouest vous proposent de visiter de nouvelles pages sur leur site www.mafrwestafrica.net :
– Dans la rubrique « Dialogue interreligieux »
et à l’occasion du mois du Ramadan qui a commencé il y a une semaine
« Le début du ramadan », avec la lettre que le Père Claude Rault, évêque du Sahara, a écrit à ses frères musulmans à cette occasion, ainsi qu’un rappel de ce qu’est ce mois de jeûne (lire la suite)
« Entre la Croix et le Croissant », le témoignage de notre confrère Adrien Mamadou Sawadogo, d’origine musulmane, devenu chrétien, puis missionnaire et prêtre (lire la suite)
« Dialogue et fondamentalisme », un article écrit par Joseph Clochard, une réflexion pour évaluer les possibilités du dialogue dans des conditions qui sont devenues parfois très difficiles du fait de la radicalisation de certains. (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Actualités » :
« Deux ordinations de M.Afr au Burkina» : à savoir celles de nos confrères Charles Nikiema à Boulsa et Boris Yabre à Manga. (lire la suite)
« Le lien avec la Province d’Afrique Australe », le dernier message reçu, qui nous partage le vécu de cette Province des Missionnaires d’Afrique, qui comporte la Zambie, le Mozambique, la Malawi et l’Afrique du Sud. (lire la suite)
– Dans la rubrique « Justice et Paix » :
« Le Pape en visite à Lampedusa », son homélie prononcée sur cette île entre la Tunisie et l’Italie, pour montrer combien le sort des migrants le préoccupe. (lire la suite)

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