Kachebere Major Seminary in Malawi,on Saturday, 10thJanuary, 2015 will officiate the inauguration of the Jubilee Year, by the celebration of the Eucharist that will be led by Rt Rev Martin Mtumbuka, Bishop of Karonga Diocese who is also Bishop Chairman for Seminaries.
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The Seminary, also known as ‘St. Anthony Major Seminary’; a philosophical college under the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, opened its doors on 10th October 1939 and has thus, clocked 75 years of its existence.
Information received from the Catholic Secretariat of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) stated that the Jubilee year commences on 10th January 2015 and will run until 10thOctober 2015.
According to Chairperson for the Jubilee Committee Fr George Nyanga several activities are expected to be carried out within this Jubilee year. “These include: pilgrimage to the seminary; workshops and seminars on the Catholic Church teachings, fundraising events, Eucharist celebrations and kick start of development projects that will aid the seminary in income generating activities for self-sustainability,” he said.
“We expect all those people who have gone through this seminary to take part in the planned activities,” he said adding that “Similarly, as we aware that our Christians in one way or another have been beneficiaries of the seminary; we do expect them to be part of the activities of this jubilee year.”
The Jubilee committee through its fundraising programme already held a fundraising braai in November, 2014 and will be having first Fundraising Dinner and Dance on 31st January, 2015 at Bingu International Conference Centre.
The seminary which serves as a regional seminary it once received seminarian from the Northern part of Zambia by then known as Northern Rhodesia.
Source: Prince Henderson-ECM Communications Department