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The Head of State, Governor-General, Dame Pearlette Louisy of Saint Lucia (a sovereign Island country in the Caribbean) has commended the Catholic Church in Zambia for its involvement in the social and spiritual welfare of the nation.
Dame Pearlette Louisy said this in an interview when she visited Lusaka’s Catholic secretariat, Wednesday 21 May, 2014 on her way to Chipata Diocese. While in Chipata, she witnessed the Blessing of the new Benedictine Monastery that took place on Friday, 23 May, 2014 and the Solemn Benedictine Profession on Saturday, 24 May 2014. The new Benedictine Monastery is located in Msupadzi, the outskirts of Chipata.
Speaking during her tour of the Catholic Secretariat, the Governor General said “I am impressed with the number of departments at the Catholic secretariat. This shows that the Church is not removed from the social life of the people,” she said.
She also commended the Zambian Episcopal Conference (ZEC) for the establishing Women in Governance (WIG) program. She said, “For me it’s an eye opener that the church is also doing something in addressing women matters especially in governance.”
Dame Pearlette Louisy was in the company of Dominican-born Cardinal Kelvin Felix the Archbishop-Emeritus of Castries, the current Archbishop of Castries Most Reverend Robert Rivas OP and Dr. Winston Paris, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anaesthesiology at the Duke University Medical School in the USA.
The new Benedictine monastery at Msupadzi in Chipata Diocese is the culmination of a project promoted and developed jointly by the Benedictine nuns from St Lucia. The Benedictine nuns have worked closely and tirelessly with the late Zambian Cardinal, His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Mazombwe together with the current Auxiliary Bishop of Chipata Diocese, Rt. Rev. Benjamin Phiri.
Source: ZEC Communication Office
