{"id":2336,"date":"2019-08-02T22:35:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-02T22:35:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/?p=2336"},"modified":"2019-08-02T22:35:18","modified_gmt":"2019-08-02T22:35:18","slug":"karonga-diocese-seminarians-work-at-chipunga-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.karongadiocese.org\/index.php\/karonga-diocese-seminarians-work-at-chipunga-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Karonga Diocese Seminarians Work at Chipunga Farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By\nErick Nyondo (Seminarian)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

To cultivate, nurture and enhance a spirit of hard work, since 2015, Karonga Diocese Seminarians have had a specified period of two weeks each year to work in the farms of the diocese before going to parishes for Pastoral experience. The sole purpose for this paramount initiative as introduced by Bishop Martin A. Mtumbuka has been to live out the vision of establishing the local Church (Karonga Diocese) as a self-reliant Diocese. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Karonga Diocese seminarians at Chipunga Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

From\n4 to 20 July, 2019, all the seminarians of the Diocese of Karonga went to\nChipunga Farm in Nkhatabay to work in the coffee and macadamia fields. The\ngroup which comprised of seminarians and deacons worked dedicatedly on the farm\nfor two weeks. Their presence and different experiences encountered there\nushered in a number of advantages to the lives of these young men and their\nvocation in particular as future priests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firstly,\nthe presence of all seminarians at Chipunga served as a uniting factor\nstrengthening their sense of brotherhood. Since these seminarians learn in\ndifferent seminaries Kachebere (Mchinji), St Peter\u2019s (Zomba), Peramiho\n(Tanzania) and Sedes Sapientiae (Italy), the meeting at Chipunga helped\nstrengthen the bond of friendship. They were always together, united in the\nmission and fixed on the single vision; sharing their seminary experiences. Their\ncommunal life was also fostered through the communal celebration of Mass and sharing\nof meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secondly,\nthe work which these seminarians did on the farm helped them to appreciate the\ninestimable value of self-reliance, sense of responsibility and resourcefulness.\nThe marks of today\u2019s evangelisation carry with them the spirit of\nresponsibility, self-reliance and industriousness. The work at Chipunga enabled\nthe seminarians have the chance to begin thinking over their mission and the\nmaterial demands with which their mission is conjoined. They have also been\nchallenged to adopt the attitude of thinking creatively and thinking only\npossibilities that can elevate their lives, the Church and society at large from\nlaziness, stagnation and unproductivity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirdly,\nthe initiative of farming has also given the seminarians the opportunity to\ndevelop zeal for work and hardworking spirit. The very fact that these\nseminarians belong to the diocese that thinks and dreams big, that works and\nemphasises on work, they themselves have been to some extent challenged to\nimprove their lives through hard work in order to experience the pride of\nearner-ship and ownership while proliferating their personal potentials and\ncapabilities for survival through manual work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lastly,\nfrom the whole vision, work and the industrious elements of the diocese as\nrepresented by Chipunga Farm. The seminarians have enjoyed the power of\nconnectedness in maintaining the welfare of the church. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nhope is that in each seminarian, the seeds of being resourceful, industrious\nand self-reliant have begun to germinate and take root.\nThey will in any case live out the missionary spirit\nthat their diocesan motto proclaims, \u201cWe shall go to them\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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