Zambia’s Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) National Director Fr. Edwin Mulandu has asked all PMS Directors in the country to abide with their responsibility of informing and educating the faithful about the needs of the universal mission of the Church.
Speaking when he opened the Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) National Council meeting in Lusaka’s Kasisi Retreat Center this week, Fr. Mulandu said that the task of all PMS Directors in the country is to cultivate a missionary conscience of God’s people in all the dioceses.
Fr. Mulandu who further noted article 55 of the PMS statutes, explained that the meeting was being conducted to promote close collaboration of the missionary work throughout the dioceses in Zambia, to determine the topic and strategize for the annual missionary campaign and program for the activities of the societies, which include both animation and fundraising.
He also said that the meeting focused on the animation and administration of the National and Diocesan PMS offices. PMS National Council meeting brought delegates from 10 dioceses and lasted for two days; that is from 1st to 2nd March, 2016.
Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) National Council is an annual meeting which brings together all Diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Society (PMS) to strategize and plan for the year.
By Mwenya Mukuka, ZEC Communications Officer