Chilima hails Mponela Catholics for modern parish
Vice-President Saulos Chilima on Saturday hailed the Catholic Church’s Mponela Parish in Dowa District for constructing a multi-million kwacha church building using own materials and financial contributions.
He commended the faithful when he officially opened the modern St. Benedict The Abbot Mponela Parish which seats about 900 congregants.
Chilima advised the Christian community and the public to learn from the people of Dowa who are developing themselves without relying on help from others.
“If all Malawians had the same spirit [of helping themselves] like the people of Mponela, by now Malawi would have been a reformed nation,” said the Veep.
Chilima also hailed Paul Kulemeka for the engineering expertise rendered to the church project for free, saying Kulemeka’s contribution would go a long way in helping spread the word of God.
In his remarks, Archbishop Tarsizius Ziyaye of Lilongwe Archdiocese asked people from the archdiocese to follow the example of the Dowa parishoners by building a big and modern cathedral.
He thanked the Vice-President for the support he personally provided to the project.
St. Benedict The Abbot Mponela Parish was founded in February 2010 and started its K100 million church project in 2012.—Mana
Well, thank you Nation Online. Common sense dictates that this type of a news article would have been enriched by carrying a picture of the people of Dowa (for setting a good example of being self reliant), Mr Kulemeka (for his free contribution to society) and/or a picture of the new cathedral (and indeed, anything else that has been achieved).
By looking at such pictures, readers would have been inspired to emulate what the people of Dowa have achieved. Saulos Chilima’s picture? Serves absolutely no purpose here, unfortunately. Yes, he is acknowledging the efforts of Dowean Catholics, so what. The real stars here are the people of Dowa. Therefore, they are the ones needing pictorial accolade in the news article.
Thank you, in advance, Nation Online, for accepting your goof. Tiraaaa!!!!!
now Mr Thengo is talking.! that’s what we were supposed to be shown here. come on NATION guys!