ZAMBIA: Catholic Nuns Urged to Promote Charity in the Secular World
Catholic Sisters undertaking professional jobs in the secular world have been urged to promote catholic Charity, hospitality and love associated with their vocations within the church.
Speaking during the graduation ceremony for 26 nuns from 6 African countries, Fr. Leonard Namuvumba of Lusaka Archdiocese’s Cathedral of Child, urged the sisters from Angola, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya and Zambia to ensure their catholic identity is reflected wherever they are serving.
“Use your love to reduce the individualism and self-centeredness that is making many religious, priests and lay people who feel unwelcome by their own brothers and sisters,” he urged during the graduation ceremony held at Kalundu study center in Lusaka on Saturday. The nuns had undertaken courses on leadership and development.
He advised Sisters to open their hearts to those they live with and further encouraged them to be women of prayer saying that it is prayer that leads to faith, love and service.
“Those who help others, even in a small way in touch of love are already participating in the missionary work of the Church. When your heart is open to those spreading the Word of God, you are already taking part in the mission of our Lord,” he said.
Speaking on behalf of the graduates, Sr. Josepha Twapita, MSSHS, thanked Kalundu Study Centre for specialist courses to Religious women on Leadership and Development to go out and serve people who feel isolated, rejected and depressed.
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