Ndola – Missionaries of Africa – Southern Africa Province (SAP)

Reinhold Bloching and Jules Roy during mass.

Reinhold Bloching is celebrating his Golden Jubilee of priesthood this year. The community of Ndola organized a special celebration to commemorate it on Tuesday the 8^th July in Ndola. A simple but joyful gathering brought about thirty people, mostly Religious Sisters, diocesan priests and Missionaries of Africa. Reinhold has set up a remarkable church at New Kaloko in the outskirt of Ndola. The inside church is decorated with African symbols in line with the local culture. Congratulation for this outstanding achievement.

At this same occasion, the Missionaries of Africa thanked Jules Roy, who celebrated this Jubilee last year, as he is getting ready to leave his beloved Zambia after 51 years. Like an old elephant, Jules said, leaving the heard to move its way alone, so is his feeling today. We wish him a good retirement back home in Canada. The departure of Jules from Lusaka is on the 31^st July 2014.

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Our house in Ndola

Great day at New Kaloko Parish, Ndola – Zambia

Invitation to the Golden Jubilee of Fr. Reinhold Bloching and farewell of Fr. Jules Roy

: Reinhold Bloching

: The burning bush; Exodus 3

: John the Baptist showing Jesus

: The first disciples of Jesus

: Our Lady who is portrayed as an old women being worried about her children

: The Rising Sun; proclamation of the Gospel

: Station of the cross

: No mask is needed to enter into the house of the Lord

: The Tabernacle; the rainbow, symbol of the presence of God.

: The main celebrant chair.

: View from the back of the church.

: View from the altar.

: Reinhold Bloching

: Commemoration at our house in Ndola

: Reinhold Bloching and Jules Roy during mass.

: Jules Roy

: Presentation of the cakes.

: Cutting of the cakes.

Great day at New Kaloko Parish, Ndola – Zambia

By Missionaries of Africa - Southern Africa Province (SAP)

On March 18, 2013

In News, Publications, Zambia Sector

With great thankfulness to our confrere Reinhold Bloching for his pastoral and social work at New Kaloko Parish, Rt. Rev. Alick Banda gave the sacrament of confirmation to 99 young and some not so young people on the 17^th March 2013. This first official visit of the Bishop coincided with the launching of a small book of 25 pages entitle: “St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (New Kaloko)” written by our confrere.

When Reinhold came to New Kaloko in January 1996, he had to face a new world even though he was already in Zambia for many years. He started by making a survey of the population, its religious and tribal composition, its social challenges and the history of this newly created compound where people occupied illegally any open space near the industrial area of Ndola. “As I got more and more involved with our Christians and the population at large, I was also challenged. Thus I started various religious and social initiatives”, wrote Reinhold.

Yearly reports over the development in the compound provided the necessary content for the writing of the book answering the wishes to the Christians of New Kaloko. Printed by Mission Press in Ndola, written in Chibemba, the book is well illustrated and can be purchase in Ndola or at the Missionaries of Africa in Woodlands at the price of only 5 Kwacha.

Congratulations to Reinhold Bloching for this beautiful achievement.

: On the way to Sunday mass

: Confirmation at New Kaloko Parish

: Confirmation at New Kaloko Parish

: Confirmation at New Kaloko Parish

: Rt. Rev. Alick Banda

: Reinhold_Bloching

Our house in Ndola

By Missionaries of Africa - Southern Africa Province (SAP)

On January 10, 2013

In News, Zambia Sector

According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ndola), the population of Ndola has reached 774,757 inhabitants. Founded in 1904 by John “Chiripula” Stephenson, just six months after Livingstone, Ndola has always been an administrative town linked with the Rhodesian Railway as early as 1907. Over time, Ndola became the capital of the Copperbelt.

The Franciscan Conventuals from Italy arrived in 1931 and the White Fathers came a year later. For many decades, Ndola was the centre of the country until the seventies when Lusaka grew in size and importance, being the capital. Ndola airport was the entry point in Zambia for a long time. This is why Ndola became a vital centre for all the dioceses of Northern Zambia. Lorries were sent to get all the necessary goods for those dioceses. The Procure of Ndola has been a vibrant place for over half a century until better roads and general development in the country allowed the Northern part of Zambia to find other ways to meet its own needs. Like the town, the activities of the Procure went down. Fortunately, our confreres are still very active in various pastoral activities as hospital Chaplain or ministering in parishes like New Kaloko and others. As Ndola seems to resurrect economically from its lethargy with the prospect of major investments in a new oil refinery from private investors, our missionary presence may also increase in near future.

Still in Ndola are our confreres Reinhold Bloching and Piet Verkleij. Denis Laliberté went back home to Canada for health reason as well as Maurits De Weerdt to Belgium for his retirement. Jules Roy joined the community recently.