{"id":673,"date":"2014-10-31T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/31\/malawi-lilongwe-archdiocese-trains\/"},"modified":"2016-05-03T09:40:54","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T09:40:54","slug":"malawi-lilongwe-archdiocese-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communications.amecea.org\/index.php\/2014\/10\/31\/malawi-lilongwe-archdiocese-trains\/","title":{"rendered":"MALAWI: Lilongwe Archdiocese Trains Catechists in three crucial Church Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Group photo of participants with Archbishop Ziyaye<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Over hundred Catholic Catechists from Lilongwe Archdiocese have
\nbeen equipped with knowledge and skills in the currently issues that are deemed
\nimportant to the Catholic Church in the country.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nThe Champlain for Catechists in Lilongwe Archdiocese, Fr. Cyprian
\nChipala said the Catechists who converged for a week at St. Francis, Kanengo
\nParish under the theme \u2018Lets move
\ntogether<\/i>\u2019 had a chance to deliberate on and understand three important
\nissues, which included the new Catechism syllabus to be introduced by the
\nEpiscopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), new Roman Missal and Marriage cases with
\nthe Catholic Church.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nArchbishop Tarcizious Ziyaye of Lilongwe Archdiocese opened the
\nworkshop with a Holy Mass in which during his homily, he challenged the
\nCatechists to seek God\u2019s guidance and wisdom whenever they are discharging
\ntheir duties.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cLet everything that we do in our Parishes or Out-stations be
\ncentered on prayers for God\u2019s intervention. By so doing, we shall be guided by
\nthe power of the Holy Spirit thereby achieving our goals better,\u201d Archbishop
\nZiyaye said.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOne of the facilitators of the workshop, Fr. Vincent Mwakhwawa who
\nis the National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) at ECM presented
\non the new catechism syllabus and said the National Pastoral Commission of ECM
\nis in the process of producing a new catechetical syllabus for the Catholic
\nChurch in Malawi so that there is a common syllabus with harmonized number of
\nyears for catechumenate.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n\u201cThe project has two phases: phase 1: collection of materials and
\ndevelopment of a draft Catechism syllabus. This phase is done. Phase 2: is
\npre-testing and launching. We are now in phase two doing pre-testing,\u201d Fr. Mwakhwawa
\nexplained adding that the Pre-testing is being done in three parish of each
\ndiocese. <\/div>\n
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Archbishop Ziyaye Leads  the Eucharistic<\/i>
\n Celebrations during the Catechists<\/i>
\n Retreat in Lilongwe<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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\n\u201cIn Lilongwe, the pre-test (ad
\nexperimentum<\/i>) is being done in three parishes of Guilleme, Likuni and St.
\nPatrick\u2019s,\u201d said Fr. Mwakhwawa. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe Catechist from the three parishes the pre-testing is taking
\nplace gave their feedback on how the process is going and they appreciated the
\ncontents of the draft catechism syllabus because it is user-friendly, with
\nsimple and effective methods, which contains relevant themes that will help
\nnourish the faith of the Catechumens and enhance the intellectual understanding
\nof the Catholic teachings.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFr, Mwakhwawa also briefed the Catechists on the out-come of
\nAMECEA Meeting; the just ended XIII Synod of Bishops in Rome on \u201cthe Family\u201d
\nand \u201cCatechist: Promoters of Missionary Spirit in the Church\u201das well as PMS
\nanimation among others.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nOther facilitators were Fr. John Makola, Fr. Peter Chatambalala
\nand Fr. Audifansio Kapinga<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSource: <\/u>Prince
\nHenderson, ECM Communications Officer <\/i><\/div>\n

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