MALAWI: Guide the Youth Properly, Bishop Kanyama Urges Parents

Bishop
Emmanuel Kanyama of Catholic Diocese of Dedza has urged parents, congregational
superiors and the Clergy to guide the youth properly in life so as to help them
to answer rightly the call of God.
Bishop
Kanyama said this during the silver jubilee of two Sisters and temporary vow
celebrations of six novices of the Congregation of Presentation Sisters which
took place at St. Martin de Porres-Dedza Parish in Dedza Diocese.
“You need to
realize that like Samuel who guided Elli in the Bible, all of us as parents and
leaders have got a huge responsibility of guiding properly these young ones so
that they should be able to respond positively and rightly to the call of God.”
Kanyama said.
He further
urged the youth to be docile and have a spirit of listening to the elders so
that they should be properly brought up into reliable Christians and citizens
of the nation.
“There are
some young people who are not ready to take up pieces of advice from the
elders…they should be like Elli who listened to Samuel. The mentality of ‘old
school is not good’ should not be tolerated because the greater the experience
the more the wisdom hence you will have a bright future if you harbor now the
docile spirit.” The Bishop pleaded.
In her
remarks the Mother General for the Presentation Sisters, Sr. Marie Blandina Kamba,
advised the newly professed nuns to be courageous and committed to their
calling. She praised and called upon the Silver Jubilants, Srs. Agatha Chiwaya
and Maria Tereza Kapeta of Matiya and Mayaka Parishes respectively in Zomba
Diocese, to continue shining to all people with their admirable lives.
Srs.
Patricia Nkhoma, Martha Padyera, Nalesi Zagwa and Judith Chitala who professed
temporarily come from Nsipe, Mua, Dedza and Ntcheu Parishes respectively in
Dedza Diocese. The other two sisters Rabecca Kalombola and Elizabeth Matugwi
are from St. Pius and Domasi Parishes of Blantyre and Zomba Dioceses
respectively.
Source: Fr.
Steve Likhucha, Communication Secretary

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