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| Rt. Rev. Charles Kasonde, Chairman of the Association of Member Episcopal Conferences in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) |
Bishop Kasonde said this in a message which he sent on Thursday May 28 through AMECEA Secretary General Fr Anthony Makunde, as the Secretaries General met.
“I want to express my closeness to you during this period of Covid-19. I am praying for you so that you may not fail but respond accordingly in faith to the challenges of our time,” he said adding, “Saint Paul in Romans 5:20 reminds us that where sin abounds, grace abounds even more. As Secretaries General, your task is a noble one and needs assertiveness, creativity, innovation and patience.”
Agenda items also included the rolling out of a psycho-social support project for priests, religious Catholic health workers and the people of God amidst the Covid-19; the possibility of digitizing some health services; Church plans when governments in the region begin to reopen socio-economic activities including schools and churches.
During the meeting, Fr Makunde updated the Secretaries General on the progress so far made on the AMECEA Mixed Use Development project, which follows a resolution made at the 17thAMECEA Bishops Plenary held in July 2011 in view of realizing their standing dream of guaranteeing future financial self-sustainability to the regional pastoral solidarity body.
Rt. Rev. Kasonde has reminded the Secretaries General that it is their responsibility to ensure that they “guide the Conferences wisely as the bishops would by and largely depend on your wise counsel and expertise on a number of issues.”
“Show leadership to your fellow workers at the Secretariats as chief executive of the institution,” he concluded.
Due to the restrictions imposed by governments to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, the Secretaries General meeting took place using the virtual platform.
