Readings for next Sunday, 20th November 2016 - 34th SUNDAY - “C” 2 SAMUEL 5:1-3 COLOSIANS 1:12-20 LUKE 23:35-43

Tuesday, 15th November: 17.00: MASS —————————————————————————————————

Wednesday, 16th November: 17.00: MASS St Gertrude

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Thursday, 17th November: 17.00: MASS St Elizabeth of Hungary

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Friday, 18th November: 17.00: MASS —————————————————————————————————

Saturday, 19th November: 08.30: MASS

14:00: SECTION MASS: CHRIST THE KING SCC

16:30: ADORATION/BENEDICTION/ROSARY: ST PAUL SCC

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SUNDAY, 20th Nov.: Duty: ST PAUL SCC Christ, King of the Universe

Parish 37th Anniversary ONE MASS - 08.30

READERS: MRS JUDITH NKOWANE (EN), MRS FELISTUS PHIRI (NY)

(STAND-BY: MR P. CHIPULU; MR J. TEMBO)

CHOIR: ALL MAIN CHOIRS —————————————————————————————————

Monday, 21st November: 17.00: MASS The Presentation of the

Blessed Virgin Mary

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Tuesday, 22nd November: 17.00: MASS St Cecilia - Choirs’ Patron

DUTY: ALL PARISH CHOIRS; CHOIR: MAIN CHOIR —————————————————————————————————

Wednesday, 23rd Nov.: 17.00: MASS —————————————————————————————————

Thursday, 24th November: 17.00: MASS St Andrew Dunc-Lac and

Companions —————————————————————————————————

Friday, 25th November: 17.00: MASS —————————————————————————————————

Saturday, 26th November: 08.30: MASS

16:30: ADORATION/BENEDICTION/ROSARY: ST TERESA SCC

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SUNDAY, 27th Nov.: Duty: ST TERESA SCC 1st Sunday - Advent Time

ENGLISH: READERS: MR PROTASIO CHIPULU, MRS MALAMA NTWANGA (MR B. SHOKO).

CHOIR: ST AUGUSTINE SCC

NYANJA: READERS: MR JAMES TEMBO, MS ELIZABETH KAEMBA (MR S. PHIRI).

CHOIR: ST JOSEPH SCC —————————————————————————————————

Tuesday, 29th November: 17.00: MASS —————————————————————————————————

Sunday Masses: 07:30 (in English) 09:30 (in Nyanja)

(Confession - before each Mass) Children’s Mass: 15:00 (3rd Sunday of Month)

Weekday Masses: Tuesday - Friday: 17:00hrs

Saturday: Mass: 08:30 (+ catechism classes)

Adoration/Benediction: 16:30-17:30(confession)

Pastoral Office Tuesday - Friday: 9.00-12.00 / 14.00-17.00 Saturday: 9.00-12.00 &/ 14.00-17.00

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SR. MARIA (CHUY) serves in the Pastoral Office: tel. number: (+26) 0 978 316 375

MR MARTIN SEMENTI serves in the Pastoral Office: tel. number: (+26) 0 978 013 259

Parish Priests’ Office Tuesday - Friday: 14.00-16.00 Saturday: 09.30-12.00

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For other arrangements call the Priests Parish House/Office: (+26) 0 211 273 048 Parish Priest: (+26) 0 976 447 000 Assistant Priest: (+26) 0 977 570 595

Church Council Executive Office (Room No. 14) Saturday: 10.00-12.30 & 14.00-16.00 Sunday: 10.00-12.30

Home Based Care Office - Monday - Friday: 8.00-15.00 SR. AQUILINA PARAFFIN serves in the HBC: tel. number: (+26) 0 976 445 182

CHRIST THE REDEEMER MAKENI PARISH

P.O. Box 38117, Lusaka

Parish Website: www.makeniparish.com

Email: newsletter.makeni@gmail.com

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Readings: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - ‘C’ 1ST READING: MALACHI 3:19-20: For you the sun of righteousness will shine out RESPONSORIAL PSALM 97: THE LORD COMES TO RULE THE PEOPLES WITH FAIRNESS. 2ND READING: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:7-12: Do not let anyone have food if he refuses to work GOSPEL: LUKE 21:5-19: Your endurance will win you your lives

HOLY CHILDHOOD MEETINGS - EVERY SUNDAY AT 14:00HRS

Baptism makes every one of us into a temple of God We ought to be the true and living temple of

God. Nevertheless, Christians rightly commemo-rate this feast of the church, their mother, for they know that through her they were reborn in the spirit. At our first birth, we were vessels of God’s wrath; reborn, we became vessels of his mercy. Our first birth brought death to us, but our second restored us to life.

Indeed, before our baptism we were sanctu-aries of the devil; but after our baptism we merit-ed the privilege of being temples of Christ. And if we think more carefully about the meaning of our salvation, we shall realise that we are indeed liv-ing and true temples of God. God does not dwell only in things made by human hands, nor in homes of wood and stone, but rather he dwells principally in the soul made according to his own image and fashioned by his own hand. Therefore, the apostle Paul says: The temple of God is holy, and you are that temple.

When Christ came, he banished the devil from our hearts, in order to build in them a tem-ple for himself. Let us therefore do what we can with his help, so that our evil deeds will not deface that temple. For whoever does evil, does injury to Christ. As I said earlier, before Christ redeemed us, we were the house of the devil, but afterward, we merited the privilege of being the house of God. God himself in his loving mercy saw fit to make of us his own home. My fellow Christians, do we wish to celebrate joyfully the birth of this

temple? Then let us not destroy the living temples of God in ourselves by works of evil. I shall speak clearly, so that all can understand. Whenever we come to church, we must prepare our hearts to be as beautiful as we expect this church to be. Do you wish to find this basilica immaculately clean? Then do not soil your soul with the filth of sins. Do you wish this basilica to be full of light? God too wishes that your soul be not in darkness, but that the light of good works shine in us, so that he who dwells in the heavens will be glorified. Just as you enter this church building, so God wishes to enter into your soul, for he promised: I shall live in them, I shall walk through their hearts.

St Caesarius of Arles

today’s Reflection / Inspiration

Those who can’t change their minds cannot change anything.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Closure of the Jubilee Year of Mercy

The Jubilee Year of Mercy will close on the Feast of Christ the King (Sunday, 20th No-vember 2016). Therefore, all Christians are invited at the Cathedral of the Child Jesus to celebrate the closure of this important Jubilee. The Rite will start at 15.00hrs with the EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT.

Rev. Fr Thomas Banda, ADL Pastoral Coordinator

To give drink to the thirsty / Kumwetsa aludzu / Kupela amenshi kubali ne chilaka

YOUTH COUNCIL CORNER

South Deanery - Debate. Satur-day, 19th November. Venue: TBA

South Deanery - Youth AGM. Saturday, 26th November. Venue: St Ignati-us Parish.

PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SOMA IV - Holy Childhood Animators’ Formation. Friday, 18th - Sunday, 20th November. Pastoral Centre.

South Deanery Catechetical Meeting. Sunday, 27th November. Kab-wata Parish. Three [3] Top Parish Catecheti-cal Leaders, Catechist, Pastoral Sister to attend.

South Deanery Pastoral Meeting. Saturday, 3rd December. Holy Spirit Parish, Libala South. Three [3] Top Parish Executive Members to attend.

Launch of the Parish Strategic Plan 2017-2018 With great joy, we the Parish Pastoral Coun-

cil, would like to inform the entire Parish, that the long worked on and awaited Parish Strate-gic Plan has been prepared, and approved for publishing/printing and will be presented to the Parishioners (SCCs, Lay Groups etc.) on Sun-day, 20th November during the Parish Feast Day.

Planning for 2017 The SCCs, Lay Groups, Committees, Coun-

cils are requested to bring their respective plans for the Year 2017 - the questionnaire that we received on Sunday, 30th October to be discussed during the SCC Meetings (including the SCC meetings, spiritual, pastoral, charity and fundraising activities).

These questionnaires must be delivered to the Parish Offices by Friday, 18th November.

BELATED FUNERAL NOTICE: MRS ELIZABETH MAKALA KAEMBA DIES

It is with deep sense of sorrow and regret to an-nounce the death of yet another parishioner, Mrs ELIZABETH MAKALA KAEMBA of St Paul SCC who died on Friday October 28, 2016 after an illness. Mrs Kaemba who was one of the readers at the parish was put to rest on Monday, October 31, 2016. Her burial was preceded by a requiem Mass at Christ the Redeemer Church. Mrs Kaemba is survived by children and grandchildren.

The month of October 2016 has robbed a number of our parishioners from all the corners of the parish as a week hardly passed without bereavements in our SCCs. MHSRIP.

Please always check for pictures of our de-parted parishioners on our notice board for identification purposes. BY PNR

SCC Meetings @ 14.00

Christ the King SCC: Mr/Mrs R. Chinyonga St Anthony SCC: Ms Clara Moyo St Augustine SCC: Maj/Mrs Sitenge (Jr Buffalo) St Bakhita SCC: Mr/Mrs Tilita Cliff St Francis SCC: Ms Celestine Malilwe St Joseph SCC: Mrs Loyce Banda St Kizito SCC: Mr/Mrs Ben Kangwa

St Lucia SCC: St John Paul II Plot St Martin SCC: Mrs Zulu St Mary SCC: Mrs Chileshe St Michael SCC: Mr/Mrs John Mbewe St Monica SCC: Mr/Mrs Damazio Mbewe St Paul SCC: Col/Mrs Canisius Chola St Teresa SCC: Mr/Mrs Raymond Keza

St Joanna SCC: MACSON College (Thur. 17.30)

Thandizo Orphans Day Care Centre (PRESCHOOL) - Enrolment The Children must be between four [4] and

six [6] years old. Enrolment will run from 6th

November to 9th December 2016. The enrolment fee is ten-Kwacha (K10.oo).

For more details come to school with the Under-Five Card of your child.

We are asking the SCC and the H.B.C. to help us to identify the Orphans and Vulnerable Children, who can be enrolled.

By School Management

To instruct the ignorant / Kuphunzitsa osadziwa / Ukufunda aba shaishiba

HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP JULIO MURAT CONFIRMS

SIXTY CANDIDATES There were jubilations and ululations on Sunday

October 23, 2016 at Christ the Redeemer Parish during the Sacrament of Confirmation administered on 60 candidates by APOSTOLIC NUNCIO TO ZAMBIA AND MALAWI, HIS GRACE ARCHBISHOP JULIO MURAT. During the colourful event, relics of St John Paul II which were received by the Nuncio’s office in Lusa-ka were brought to Makeni Parish, amid singing and dancing performed by the Buomba group and Stella girls as Taonga Zamiwe Chipeta handed the said relics (residue) to Deacon David Banda. Archbishop Murat commended Deacon Banda for knowing his job. He said Deacon David Banda worked well and knew his work, amid clapping and ululations as Dea-con Banda smiled.

And during the homily which was about the tax collector, His Grace Archbishop Julio Murat unknow-ingly pointed at our Parish Treasurer, Mr Fergus Nkowane and his Vice Parish Treasurer, Ms Cham-base Chinyonga (seated at left site of the stage) as he mentioned the word tax collector, to the surprise of some parishioners who knew the two parish treas-urers to be responsible for collecting Church funds at the parish.

And during the Confirmation Rite, which was the main event of the day, some newly confirmed Chris-tians were lifted shoulder high by their God-parents and parents as some preferred to handshakes, amid ululations, drumming and dancing while choir mem-bers kept singing heart-touching songs.

The Parish Priest Fr Krzysztof Mróz warned the newly confirmed Christians to be wary of “crocodiles” of the world that would distract their Christianity. Fr Mróz urged them to pray constantly as St John Paul II used to pray the Novena to the Holy Spirit on daily basis. He advised them (newly confirmed) to be pushed by the Spirit of God always.

Giving his vote of thanks on behalf other confirm-ands, Mr Vincent M. Mwitumwa eulogized the Nun-cio for finding time to come to Makeni Parish for the Sacrament of Confirmation, amid his busy schedule.

Mr Mwitumwa also thanked Fr Mróz, Fr Mabvuto, God-parents, and Parents, Catechists, among oth-ers for their support. He urged the Congregants present to pray for the newly confirmed Christians to know and love God always.

And during luncheon at St Joseph Hall, His Grace Archbishop Julio Murat said he had confirmed a lot of Teresas and Peters during the Sacrament of Con-firmation than any other names. Archbishop Murat also told some members of the Parish Council Exec-utive who sat with him at the high table that the event was well organized from the beginning to the end, to the delight of the members. The Parish Council Chairperson Brig Gen Harrison Phiri (Rtd) presented an eye-catching gift to the guest of hon-our, amid a Chewa song: Alendo athu lero, moni alendo.(2x) Takondwera pakuti taonana, Mulun-gu ndiye akudalitseni pochokera kwanuko, kwanuko, moni alendo, amid clapping and ulula-tions from the audience. Prior to the Mass, the only role that Brig Gen. Harrison Phiri played was to invite the Parish Priest, Fr Mróz to welcome the quest of honour to the event.

The procession with the Nuncio began from the parish priests’ house in the company of Priests, Parish Council Executives, St John Paul II Execu-tives, Altar Boys, Stella Girls, Buomba Group, Read-ers, among others. Two members of Parish Council executive and the other two members from St John Paul II executive were tasked with the responsibility of pall-bearers carrying Taonga Zamiwe Chipeta who was holding a vessel of relics of St John Paul II.

The event was spiced by beautiful singing by the combined Nyanja Main, English Main, Youth choirs and Buomba as the immaculately dressed Stella girls danced to the rhythm.

The parish priest Fr Mróz wholeheartedly thanked all SCCs, Lay groups/Movements, Liturgical Com-mittee, Councils, among others for the support ren-dered before, during and after the event.

Mrs Malama Ntwanga was assigned with the responsibility of director of ceremonies at the lively event.

By Chipeta Ndaba – Parish Newsletter Reporter

CORRECTION On page three (3) of our Sunday October 23, 2016 Newsletter Publication, we erroneously spelt the name of the late Mr Bill Mufana, the husband of Mrs Margaret Mufana of St Augustine SCC as Mr Billy Mufana. It has come to our attention that the correct

name should read the late Mr Bill Mufana and not Billy Mufana. Mr Billy Mufana is the son to the Mufanas who is still alive. We regret the mix up of names and the inconvenience caused to the Mufana family.

By Communication Team