{"id":3174,"date":"2013-09-27T18:16:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=3174"},"modified":"2013-09-27T18:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-27T16:16:20","slug":"our-journey-in-southern-africa-zimbabwe-and-zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/27\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-zimbabwe-and-zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Our journey in southern Africa \u2013 Zimbabwe and Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i><a title=\"Our journey in southern Africa \" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3175 alignleft\" alt=\"Witness Page 8_9 - Sept 15\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-1.jpg?resize=230%2C280\" width=\"230\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><a title=\"Our journey in southern Africa\" href=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3177 alignleft\" alt=\"Witness Page 8_9 - Sept 22\" src=\"http:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-2.jpg?resize=230%2C280\" width=\"230\" height=\"280\" \/><\/a><\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\u00a0<\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>From the magazine Around the Archdiocese, <\/i>September 15, 2013<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><em><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><b>By Karen Byrne<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Pastoral Associate, Epiphany Parish, Mason City<\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><i>I recently had the opportunity to travel to Zambia and Zimbabwe with Father Harry Koelker and others to visit the three missions that parishes in the Archdiocese of Dubuque support through the <b>Missionaries of Africa (Good Shepherd Parish &#8211; Lusaka and Kasamba Parish)<\/b>. Father Harry, a retired priest of the archdiocese, worked with St. Ludmila\u2019s in Cedar Rapids, St. Joseph\u2019s\/Epiphany Parish in Mason City and Sacred Heart in Oelwein to begin supporting these missions in Zambia and Zimbabwe.<\/i><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><em><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Sr. Carol Hoverman, Director of Communications<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><em><span style=\"color:#000000;\">Editor, The Witness, Archdiocese of Dubuque, U.S.A.<\/span><\/em><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\">\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3174 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a.jpg?resize=88%2C88&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-a.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3179'>\n\t\t\t\tWomen participants at The Women&#8217;s Project in Harare Zimbabwe. The bags of food are the family&#8217;s monthly donation of food purchased from American donations\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b.jpg?resize=88%2C88&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-b.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3180'>\n\t\t\t\tGood Shepherd Parish Lusaka, Zambia\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c.jpg?resize=88%2C88&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-c.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3181'>\n\t\t\t\tPre-school students in Kasamba Parish\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d.jpg?resize=88%2C88&amp;ssl=1 88w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/our-journey-in-southern-africa-d.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3182'>\n\t\t\t\tFather Harry Koelker visiting with children in a village in Southern Zambia.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 From the magazine Around the Archdiocese, September 15, 2013 By Karen Byrne Pastoral Associate, Epiphany Parish, Mason City I recently had the opportunity to travel to Zambia and Zimbabwe with Father Harry Koelker and others to visit the three missions that parishes 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