TANZANIA: Catholic Church to launch the 150 years Anniversary of Evangelization
By Sarah Pelaji and Erick Shampume, Kiongozi Newspaper, TEC
The Catholic Church in Tanzania is set to launch the 150th Jubilee celebrations of Evangelization in Tanzania Mainland on October 1, 2016 in Bukoba Catholic Diocese.
A statement from the Directorate of Evangelization of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC) said that, on the same day, it will also launch the centenary celebrations of the ordination of the First Tanzanian Priests in the country whose climax will be on August 15, 2017. The climax of the 150 years of evangelization in the main land will be celebrated in 2018. The First Priests in the country were ordained on 15/08/1917 at Rubya Parish in the Catholic Diocese of Bukoba.
The two events of the launch will be celebrated together on the 1st of October, the day precisely chosen to commemorate the feast of St Therese of the Child Jesus, patron of the missions, to mark the beginning of the new missionary journey of evangelization.
The event which is National will attract participants from all the dioceses who will be expected to be in Bukoba from 30th of September. The launching event will be preceded by several spiritual activities including pilgrimages to various religious sites and prayers sessions.
