On the 23rd of September 2017, Brs Albert Zindonda and George Hama took their final vows at the Catholic Church of St Augustine in Hatcliffe, Harare (Zimbabwe). This brings the number of finally professed confreres in Zimbabwe to twenty two (22). Brs Zindonda and Hama are in their fourth year of theological studies at Holy Trinity College in Harare. The …
How Redemptorists came to Zimbabwe
How Redemptorists Came to Zimbabwe It was in 1959 when Fr Gerald Hughes, C.Ss.R, who was the Provincial Superior of the Redemprosists in London, got a request from Archbishop Francis Markal, SJ to come and work in the Archdiocese of Harare. When the request came the Redemptorists who were already in South Africa, began to plan to come to Zimbabwe. …
Jubilee Celebrations of Sr Redempta God in Chiweshe Parish
On Satuday the 2nd of September 2017 we were celebrating the golden jubilee (50 years) of Sr Redempta Gondo, OV as a sister at Majome Primary school in Chiweshe. We were graced by some of her honourable students including the representantive of Gen Constantine Chiweshe (a former student of sister in the 1960s) Gen. Rugeje as well as other army …
Fr David RaJu’s Memoirs
Fr David Raju joined the Redemptorist pre-noviciate of the Bangalore Province, India, in 1971 soon after finishing his high school studies. He was only 17 years old at that time and could hardly speak or even write the English language. In a way, his journey started 1971 when he became a Redemptorist trainee. He made his first profession on 31st …
Fr George Bernard Webster’s Memoirs
Fr Gerorge Bernard Webster was born in a place called Clapton Park in north east London on the 26th of January 1934. He was five years old when the Second World War occurred and their home was destroyed by German bombing. So he was evacuated with his mother and sister to different parts of England. His father was posted to …
Ordination of Rev. Dominic K. Ampoma Gyankye, C.Ss.R
Rev. Dominic Kofi Ampoma Gyankye, C.Ss.R was ordained a priest on the 4th of March 2017 at St. John the Baptist Church, New Edubiase in Ghana. This is part of the Zimbabwean delegation that accompanied Rev Dominic K. Ampoma Gyankye, C.Ss.R to Ghana for his ordination to priesthood. It included Frs. Mupa, Musendami and Chikuni. There were nearly thirty …