ZAMBIA: Catholic Diocese of Solwezi launches its strategic Plan for 2013-2017
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| Rt Rev Charles Kasonde Bishop of Solwezi Diocese |
The
Catholic Diocese of Solwezi has successfully come up with a strategic plan,
which the Diocese intends to use as a road map for its activities for the year
2013-2017; Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solwezi told AMECEA Online News in an interview when he was in Nairobi attending the AMECEA Executive Board Meeting.
Catholic Diocese of Solwezi has successfully come up with a strategic plan,
which the Diocese intends to use as a road map for its activities for the year
2013-2017; Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde, Bishop of Solwezi told AMECEA Online News in an interview when he was in Nairobi attending the AMECEA Executive Board Meeting.
According
to Bishop Kasonde who is also the Bishop Chairman of AMECEA Social Communications, this strategic plan is a
product of wide consultations with various stakeholders of the Diocese. The
consultations were done at different for a comprising of the clergy, religious
men and women, catechist, lay faithful, experts in some ministries of the
church and cooperating partners.
to Bishop Kasonde who is also the Bishop Chairman of AMECEA Social Communications, this strategic plan is a
product of wide consultations with various stakeholders of the Diocese. The
consultations were done at different for a comprising of the clergy, religious
men and women, catechist, lay faithful, experts in some ministries of the
church and cooperating partners.
The
desire of the diocese as the implementation of this new strategic plan kicks
off is to continue building on the success of the previous plan. Through this
strategic plan, the Diocese aspires to remain committed to the realization of
its vision of providing a holistic service to the people of God in North
Western Province of Zambia.
desire of the diocese as the implementation of this new strategic plan kicks
off is to continue building on the success of the previous plan. Through this
strategic plan, the Diocese aspires to remain committed to the realization of
its vision of providing a holistic service to the people of God in North
Western Province of Zambia.
This
strategic plan has combined the activities of two departments namely Pastoral and
Social Departments. While Pastoral departments will endeavor to focus on
providing the spiritual needs of the diocese, the Social Department will be
geared towards responding to the material/temporal requirements of the people
of Solwezi.
strategic plan has combined the activities of two departments namely Pastoral and
Social Departments. While Pastoral departments will endeavor to focus on
providing the spiritual needs of the diocese, the Social Department will be
geared towards responding to the material/temporal requirements of the people
of Solwezi.
TheDiocese has twenty-nine parishes and among the contentious issues that have
been identified and which the strategic plan intends to address through
Pastoral Department includes: inadequate pastoral structures, promotion and
sustainability of quality vocations, raising awareness on values of family
life, spiritual formation for the laity and catechetical formation for lay
apostolate agents.
The
Social Department will handle issues such as low levels of literacy, ignorance
in governance and human rights issues, gender imbalance, HIV/AIDS and poverty;
environmental degradation, food insecurity and unsustainable means of living.
Other factors to be addressed by the social department include inadequate
healthcare and inaccessibility to education for orphans and vulnerable
children.
Social Department will handle issues such as low levels of literacy, ignorance
in governance and human rights issues, gender imbalance, HIV/AIDS and poverty;
environmental degradation, food insecurity and unsustainable means of living.
Other factors to be addressed by the social department include inadequate
healthcare and inaccessibility to education for orphans and vulnerable
children.
The
Catholic Diocese of Solwezi is geographically situated in the North-western
Province of Zambia. The diocese is thinly populated with approximately over
seven hundred thousand people spread in nine districts. The diocese is
predominantly rural where inhabitants are predominantly subsistence farmers.
Catholic Diocese of Solwezi is geographically situated in the North-western
Province of Zambia. The diocese is thinly populated with approximately over
seven hundred thousand people spread in nine districts. The diocese is
predominantly rural where inhabitants are predominantly subsistence farmers.
Source: AMECEA Social
Communications
Communications
