{"id":22954,"date":"2025-08-22T16:07:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T16:07:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/?p=22954"},"modified":"2025-08-22T17:39:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T17:39:15","slug":"malawi-archbishop-tambala-and-bishop-mwakhwawa-share-a-youth-pastoral-plan-during-parish-pastoral-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/malawi-archbishop-tambala-and-bishop-mwakhwawa-share-a-youth-pastoral-plan-during-parish-pastoral-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"MALAWI: Archbishop Tambala and Bishop Mwakhwawa Share a Youth Pastoral Plan During Parish Pastoral Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Sam Kalimba <\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe has, once again, expressed its commitment to investing in the lives of young people, fostering good citizenship and promoting spiritual growth. At a recent pastoral visit to one of the rural parishes in the border district of Malawi and Zambia, Mchinji, Archbishop Gorge Tambala, accompanied by and his Auxiliary Bishop Vincent Mwakhwawa led a powerful celebration of faith and community where he highlighted the Archdiocese\u2019s comprehensive youth pastoral plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The plan has been developed over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have been working on a Master Pastoral Plan that clearly indicates the Archdiocese puts the youth at heart. This plan aims to empower young people spiritually, socially, and academically,\u201d Most Rev. Tambala said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During this same visit, the Auxiliary Bishop Mwakhwawa together with the Archbishop administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to 1,198 adolescents, the Sacrament of the Eucharist to 553 children and the Sacrament of Baptism to 102 people. He emphasized the importance of youth participation in the Church and called on them to become active missionaries and committed members. Bishop Mwakhwawa also highlighted the need for deeper formation and the importance of a strategic plan to empower children and youths.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the significant challenges noted during the visit was the lack of a secondary school in the area, which forces youths to walk long distances to access secondary education. Bishop Mwakhwawa expressed concern over the high rate of child marriages in the district and urged parents and traditional leaders to work together to establish a secondary school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere is no secondary school in this community, which leads to school dropouts and early marriages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The call for a secondary school was a well-received by the community. One of the Traditional leaders in the area has pledged to engage fellow chiefs and politicians to explore ways of making the school a reality. One of the recipients of the Sacraments, Mary Mandala, expressed gratitude for the plans the Archdiocese has for the youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Pastoral visit was a significant event as the three Sacraments of Initiation, that is Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation, were conferred. The visit demonstrated the Archdiocese\u2019s commitment to fostering good citizenship, promoting spiritual growth and empowering young people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The District of Mchinji forms a Catholic deanery with seven parishes and the majority of the residents there are Catholic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sam Kalimba The Catholic Archdiocese of Lilongwe has, once again, expressed its commitment to investing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-amecea-news","category-malawi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22955,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22954\/revisions\/22955"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}