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News of Catechist Training Course In Chimoio

February 2009

Catechists at Chimoio
Catechists at Chimoio

Following the re-launch of our Lay Leaders’ Link in November 2008, which financially supports Catechist training in Mozambique*, it is good to receive this news about a recent Catechist training course in Lebombo.

Bishop Dinis has just spent five days in Chimoio with 30 Catechists from 20 different Congregations in Púngoe Archdeaconry who were taking part in a ten-day training course.  He writes:

“I feel more than excited about the future work which the Catechists which will be undertaking. Some spent 2 days traveling to the place of their training but all made a sacrifice to come. In addition to the training for the office of a Catechist they made a plan for evangelism and taking the Gospel to more than 20 new places”.

Some of the challenges these Catechists will face are related to the long distances they have to travel, the cost of transport, earning a living, superstition and the high rate of poverty, malaria , HIV/AIDS and of course sin in its many manifestations.

This was the first training session for 2009. The Catechists appreciated the fact that mosquito nets were provided for them as both Chimoio and the places they came from were badly infected with mosquitoes after the heavy rains that made the multiplication of the mosquitoes so rapid.

They call for more training sessions to be held on a regular basis as issues they face in their ministry are delicate, and getting more sophisticated.

Now they are back in their congregations, the diocese of Lebombo is making plans for other sessions to be held in Maciene and Maputo, however such training is costly.

Bishop Dinis reminds us that Peter and Sheenagh and other ALMA lay Readers and lay Ministers, “have new and dynamic colleagues - new colleagues who are in very different contexts, but with the same aim to contribute to the salvation in Jesus Christ through worship, Evangelism and pastoral care”.