Bishop Mtumbuka Urges Junior Sunday School Children to be Instruments of Peace
By Phillip Chisi Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of the Diocese of Karonga has urged Junior Sunday School children to be instruments of peace in their homes and communities. [caption id="attachment_1215" align="alignnone" width="758"] Bishop Mtumbuka interacting with Sunday school children[/caption] Bishop Mtumbuka said this on Sunday at St Mary’s Karonga Girls Secondary School when he interacted... Read More
2018 Third INTERPLAST Team Arrives in Karonga Diocese
By Vincent Shaba On the 18th of August, a third INTERPLAST Team in 2018 arrived from Germany. This is a 5 member team of Orthopedic Surgical Specialist comprising of Dr. Joachim Groschel (Anaesthetist), Dr. Thomas Vasters (Surgeon), Angelike Moehrer (Surgical Nurse) Barbra Hippler (Nurse anaesthetist) and Phillip Groschel (Assistant). [caption id="attachment_1210" align="alignnone" width="758"] Interplast Team... Read More
Karonga Diocese Releases 2018 Form 1 Selection For Catholic Secondary Schools in the Diocese
By Admin The Diocese of Karonga has released the 2018 Form 1 Selection for Catholic Secondary Schools in the Diocese. The Diocese has 189 places in the grant aided secondary schools as follows: Chaminade Secondary School 42, Kaseye Girls Secondary School 32, St. Mary's Karonga Girls Secondary School 60, St. Ignatius Secondary School 37, St.... Read More
Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga Support Mwakenja Mwangonde Village with Relief Items
By Deodatus Muriya (Head of Department M & E) The Desk Officer for Development Mr Franklin Msiska has urged Mwankenja Mwangonde villagers to desist from selling relief items they have received courtesy of the Diocese of Karonga but rather use them for the benefit of their households. [caption id="attachment_1182" align="alignnone" width="758"] Some of the beneficiaries... Read More
Justice and Peace Desk Drills Community Action Groups in PETS
By Vincent Bwinga The Justice and Peace Desk of Karonga Diocese on 17 August, 2018 trained members of Community Actions Groups (CAGs) from Mbande and Lupembe Area Development Committees in Karonga District on Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS). [caption id="attachment_1178" align="alignnone" width="758"] Caritas Secretary Mr Mwawi Shaba engaging participants during the training[/caption] The CAGs are... Read More
179 Catholics from St. John Paul II Parish Receive the Sacrament of Confirmation
By Brian Kachitete CMA The Vicar General of the Diocese of Karonga Monsignor Denis Chitete on Saturday August 19, 2018 administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 179 Christians at St John Paul II Parish in Chitipa District. The 179 Christians ranged from Sunday school children, youths and adults. Before the confirmations these Christians had undergone... Read More
Bishop Mtumbuka Exhorts Newly Confirmed Christians to Profess and Live their Faith
By Phillip Chisi CMA On Sunday the 19th August 2018 Bishop Martin Anwel Mtumbuka of Karonga Diocese administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 390 Christians at St Mary’s Parish in Karonga District. In the Catholic Church, Confirmation is described as the rite of passage to spiritual adulthood. [caption id="attachment_1170" align="alignleft" width="758"] Part of the Confirmation... Read More
Development Desk Trains Mwankenja Mwangonde Villagers in crop production
Deodatus Muriya (Head of M&E Department) From 8 to10 August, 2018, the Development Desk of the Diocese of Karonga conducted training in crop production at Mwankenja Mwangonde Village, TA Kyungu in Karonga District. These villagers spent about nine months away from their village following a violent conflict with neighbouring villages. The Diocese of Karonga, through... Read More
Bishop Mtumbuka Confirms 317 Christians at Kasantha: Calls for Peace
By Ignatius Mvula On Friday, 10th August 2018, Bishop Martin Mtumbuka reiterated his call to Christians and people of goodwill to preserve peace in their areas. [caption id="attachment_1159" align="alignnone" width="758"] Entrance Procession: Bishop Mtumbuka and Father Laurent Dziko (Parish Priest of Kasantha)[/caption] The Bishop made this call, in his address to the gathering at St... Read More