Lebombo Youth and Mothers’ Union with new leadership

Bishop Dinis Sengulane, the Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique.

Provincial Youth Weekend

The first weekend in September is observed as Provincial Youth weekend in Lebombo. There were various events which brought together young people from all the six archdeaconries/districts to the Church of the Good Samaritan in the suburbs of Maputo.

• Normal services of Holy Communion for the opening, morning and evening prayer were held;
• The blessing inauguration of the youth office at the Diocesan Centre took place with the Bishop presiding . The furbishing of the office is fruit of the partnership with the youth of Wästeräs Diocese in Sweden
• Because the term of António Manhiça as General Secretary has come to an end, Dulcídio Banze was selected to succeed him for a period of three years. Dulcídio has been an active member of the Youth and has travelled to South Africa and Sweden on Youth Mission.
• Canon Gedeon from Uganda who has had an anointed ministry as HIV positive Priest and his wife, both widowed with spouses dying of AIDS 20 years ago and now parents of two normal daughters, gave a powerful witness of God’s love and the role of the Church to show that love and care to those more than 600 young people and the Congregation at the closing service.

This happened on 1 and 2 September.

Mothers’ Union Conference

The Mothers’ Union held its annual conference at the Cathedral in Maciene, from 19 to 23 September. About 300 women came from all the six Archdeaconries/Districts.

In addition to the usual reports from each Districts and the financial report, the President, Leonor Zacarias gave a general picture of the life of the Mothers’ Union in the Diocese and the Diocesan Worker Dulce Chiponde gave an account of the recent gathering of women in Sweden where she travelled with Bibiana Dava from Beira.

The leadership of the Mothers’ Union headed by Leonor, having completed their second term, was replaced and Joana Chilengue was elected by 197 people of the 268 entitled to vote on the occasion.

It was a celebratory /festival event which included teaching on child registration, continuing from the previous year, issues related to our death and Christian witness and the history of our calling as a Church. Joy, order and spirituality characterized the environment of the gathering at Maciene which happened as a result of the generosity of individuals and groups since for the last three years financial support from Mary Summer House has not been forthcoming.    

In Christ
+Dinis Lebombo