By Reshas Nyondo Thirty-six students selected from across classes have been trained in managing the national flag at St Mary’s Karonga Girls’ Secondary School as decreed by Karonga Diocese’s Chief Shepherd, Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka. Last year in December, Bishop Mtumbuka said with the training, students would among others, cultivate an aura of respect for…
By Benjamin Msowoya From 10-12 May 2019, the youth of St Joseph the Worker and St Mary’s Parish Centres held joint celebrations of Vocations’ Sunday at St Joseph the Worker Cathedral. The main aim of this event was to gather large numbers of the youth from the two parish centres and give them some instructions…
By Vincent Shaba World Vision International (WVI) has donated assorted Anti-Malaria drugs to the health facilities under the Health Desk of the Diocese of Karonga. The drugs include Lumafantrine Artemether (LA), Artesunate in different dosages and Quinine (tablets and concentrate). World Vision International hatched the idea of supporting health facilities in the Diocese in February…
By Ignatius Mvula On the 5th of May, 2019 Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga officialy handed over St Francis De Sales Parish to Missionaries of St Francis De Sales (MSFS) who joined the Diocese last year. The New Parish had been a sub-parish under St Anne’s Parish for almost three years…
By Moses Raymond Kamanga On Saturday, 4 May 2019 a new page in the health chapter of the history of Chisenga and surrounding areas was opened. The Diocese of Karonga wrote the first lines on this page by officially opening St. Clara Health Centre which has been constructed with the help of St. Jeanne Antide…
By Chimwemwe Chisi Young people benefitting from the vocational skills development project under the Education Desk have commended the programme for transforming their lives. This has been revealed during the monitoring visits to the project implementation sites of Mwenelondo, Mpata, Mwanjabala, Pusi in Karonga and Chiweta in Rumphi by the Education Desk Officer, Mr Remmie…
By Ignatius Mvula The Coordinator of Catechists of the Diocese of Karonga Father Bernard Silungwe has assured Catechists that his office will do everything possible to ensure that they are equipped with the necessary skills to perform to the best possible standard. Father Silungwe made this remarks at St Francis Shrine (Kaseye) Shrine in Chitipa…
By Vitumbiko Ngwira* The smoke curled its way up from the thatched house in Wiliro, as we went around the household admiring the fruit orchard that we had helped establish for Mr. Ipyana and his family (not a real name). I wondered whether the poverty of Mr. Ipyana was being taken away with the smoke.…
By Benjamin Msowoya To allow young people to participate in the evangelization mission of the Church in ways that are appealing to fellow young people, Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga has established the Youth to Youth Dancing Missionaries. The Bishop announced the establishment of such a special group of missionaries among…
By Paul Mwandira The Office of the Catechetical Methodology Advisor of St Michael’s Parish organized the 2019 Parish Annual General Conference of the Association of Catholic Teachers for teachers working within the parish. The meeting which was locally organized was patronized by 41 teachers from the four zones of the parish and it took place…