Communications Team

The Fort Johnston Apostolic prefecture was erected on 29th May 1969. By then it covered the then Fort Johnston and the larger part of Kasupe (Machinga) District North of Shire River. It was entrusted to the Italian Montfort Missionaries. The late Right Reverend Bishop Alessandro Assolari was appointed first Prefect Apostolic on 18th October 1969. The Prefecture Apostolic was then erected into a Diocese on 17th September 1973. Mangochi Diocese covers the area of Mangochi, Balaka and part of Machinga District

Hundreds Mourn Maximos Chimbwanya, ‘the unsung hero’

[cherry_row type=”full-width”] [cherry_col size_md=”12″ size_xs=”none” size_sm=”none” size_lg=”none” offset_xs=”none” offset_sm=”none” offset_md=”none” offset_lg=”none” pull_xs=”none” pull_sm=”none” pull_md=”none” pull_lg=”none” push_xs=”none” push_sm=”none” push_md=”none” push_lg=”none” collapse=”no”] [mp_heading] hundreds mourn maximos chimbwanya [/mp_heading] [/cherry_col] [/cherry_row] [cherry_row] [cherry_col size_md=”12″] On Monday morning, 28th May 2018, hundreds gathered in Asibu Village, Traditional Authority Kawinga in Machinga to pay their last respect to Maximos Paul […]

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Pope Fransis names new cardinals

[cherry_row type=”full-width”] [cherry_col size_md=”12″ size_xs=”none” size_sm=”none” size_lg=”none” offset_xs=”none” offset_sm=”none” offset_md=”none” offset_lg=”none” pull_xs=”none” pull_sm=”none” pull_md=”none” pull_lg=”none” push_xs=”none” push_sm=”none” push_md=”none” push_lg=”none” collapse=”no”] [mp_heading] the holy father names new cardinals [/mp_heading] [/cherry_col] [/cherry_row] [cherry_row] [cherry_col size_md=”12″] Pope Francis named fourteen new Catholic cardinals May 20, again diversifying representation in the most elite body of church prelates with selections

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The Catholic Church ordains 12

Bishop Martin Mtumbuka has ordained twelve deacons with an appeal to them to be prayerful and obedient to their Bishops and to the Catholic Church at large. Rt. Rev. Mtumbuka was speaking today at Zomba Cathedral during the ordination ceremony of twelve seminarians to deacons. Bishop Mtumbuka said no any deacon or priest on earth

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Bishop Nervi Commemorated

Catholics across the world commemorate and pray for all the deceased souls on All Souls Day on 2nd November each year. However, the Catholic Diocese of Mangochi has today on 14th May, 2018 celebrated a solemn requiem Mass in memory of Bishop Luciano Nervi. A congregation made of priests, nuns, lay faithfuls and seminarians, was

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Koche Parish holds a Tripartite Celebration

[cherry_row type=”full-width”] [cherry_col size_md=”12″ size_xs=”none” size_sm=”none” size_lg=”none” offset_xs=”none” offset_sm=”none” offset_md=”none” offset_lg=”none” pull_xs=”none” pull_sm=”none” pull_md=”none” pull_lg=”none” push_xs=”none” push_sm=”none” push_md=”none” push_lg=”none” collapse=”no”] [mp_heading] koche holds a tripatite celebration [/mp_heading] [/cherry_col] [/cherry_row] [cherry_row] [cherry_col size_md=”12″] Koche Parish which is one of the newly formed parishes in the catholic diocese of Mangochi in Malawi currently held a mega celebration

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Missionary Discipleship

  THE ROLE OF THE CHURCH AS MISSIONARY IN THE LIGHT OF VATICAN COUNCIL II The Church has a misionary mandate to the world as alludated to by Ad Gentes n.1 a document published after the Vatican Council II which states “the Chuch divinely sent to the nations of the world to be unto them

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Mangochi CCJP distributes push bikes

BISHOP STIMA DISTRIBUTES 110 BICYCLES UNDER SOCIAL AND GENDER ENHANCEMENT OF THE MCC(USA)-MCA-MALAWI CCJP MANGOCHI The Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in the Catholic Diocese of Mangochi is one of the social arms of the Catholic Church mandated to promote social justice which includes stewardship of God’s creation through sustainable management of the environment

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2018 First Presbyterium

PRESBYTERIUM The rainbow proves Aristotelian philosophy that beauty is relative an abstract fallacy. The beauty of the rainbow lies in the mixture of colours. The rainbow remains an attractive unit for all and at all times. The Catholic Diocese of Mangochi may rightly be called the rainbow diocese because of the diverse priestly vocations that

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