TANZANIA: Major Seminaries Get Books through ‘Church In Need’ Support
Bishop Bernadin Mfumbusa(white roman color shirt ) handing over the books
On the 22nd June, Rt. Rev Bernadin Mfumbusa handed over a second tranche of books purchased with the support of Germany based Catholic Charity – Church-in-Need to Ntungamo, Kibosho, and Peramiho Seminaries.
According to Bishop Mfumbusa of the Catholic Diocese of Kondoa, Tanzania, a total of Euro 10,000 was donated by Church-in-Need last year to buy books for Seminaries in the country. This is in accordance to the programme of supporting the formation of priests/ future leaders of the Church. “Thus, the first part of the books was given to six seminaries in the country –These include St Paul Kipalapala and St Charles Lwanga Seminaries which offer theology programme,” he said.
“One challenge is finding suitable books locally as there are no publishers of philosophy and theology books in the country,” Bishop Mfumbusa said adding that “The books had to be ordered through online venders such amazon.com.”
handing over the books
The books were given at Kurasini, Dar es Salaam during the Bishops annual plenary meeting which started last week. The Rectors of Kibosho and Ntungamo seminaries received the books which are 60 in total for each seminary while Bishop Renatus Nkwande of Bunda who is the Chairman of the Board of the Seminaries and Archbishop Damian Dallu of Songea received for other seminaries.
On behalf of the Seminary benefitted from the support, Bishop Nkwande in his capacity as the chairman of the Seminary Board expressed gratitude for the support.
By Sarah Pelaji, Kiongozi Newspaper, TEC
