Part of the congregation during the Chrism Mass celebration

His Grace, Thomas Luke Msusa of the Archdiocese of Blantyre on Wednesday, 31st. blessed holy oils in the Cathedral of Our Lady of” Africa at Maula, in a ceremony patronised mainly by clergy.

In his homily, Msusa dwelt much on unity of all the agents of the Church.

“We should work together in the Church. All Church entities should work together. Priests, Sisters, Brothers and the laity should work together”.

Every year Catholic Dioceses around the world organise the blessing of the holy oils used by priests to anoint the sick, to baptise the converts and to consecrate deacons to become priests.

The Archdiocese of Lilongwe has engaged in a review of the Self-reliance-policy, which began in the 2017 year.
The meeting took place, on Thursday at Msamba Pastoral Centre in the Archdiocese of Lilongwe.
The Archdiocesan Administrator during his opening remarks at the meeting invited the delegates to be free to contribute towards making sure the Archdiocese takes seriously the much touted slogans; Mpingo Ndife Tonse, Tiyende Limodzi.

The Acting Archdiocesan Financial Administrator, Mr. Alfred Ngalande went through the document to remind members of what was agreed in 2019. The document was principally adopted in 2019 and was duly signed by His Grace, Tarcisius Ziyaye. Some parishes have already started implementing the document.
The document calls all the faithful of Lilongwe to push on self-support, Tiyende Limodzi, Mpingo Ndife Tonse themes further. It reminds them to fulfil their canonical obligation to support the Church, Can. 222 $1; Can. 1260-1264.
The document also has as its objective to achieve the sustainability of the Church by enhancing uniformity, which promotes discipline and prudence in financial matters.
The Finance-Self-reliance Policy in summary contains issues to do with contributions towards the support of parishes, the clergy and the archdiocese.

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