Wednesday, 29 June 2022

THE HOLY FAMILY PARISH, LINDA - IN THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LUSAKA

 

SVD Parish Profile:

By: Fr Lawrence Likulano, SVD






The Holy Family Parish, Linda is located around 20 Kilometers from Lusaka the capital city of Zambia. The parish is very young since it was only established as a parish in 2009 with many young families and a large number of youths. It was given to the Divine Word Missionaries in 2011.  The parish has one outstation of which is in the outskirt of the town, the majority of which are either peasant farmers. The main church has 15 Small Christian Communities (SCCs) while the outstation has 2 Small Christian Communities (SCCs). The level of education among the parishioners is generally average. Whence, ongoing education and laity formation is a felt need especially that the Lusaka Archdiocese in the year, 2021, has had elections for all parish structures.

The parish pastoral duties mainly undertaken at the parish are:

1. Construction of the parish house which is an ongoing project for the time being though the project is likely to be completed by 2024

2. Annual purchasing of Citrus Fruit tree plants with the help of the subsidy from the Generalate and distributing them to parishioners to mitigate the change of the weather patterns in response to the "Laudato SI" by the Holy Father, Pope Francis XVI.

3. We hold workshops on various Justice and Peace and Integrity of creation related issues time to time

4. We hold leadership workshops for both youths and adults in the parish often .

5. We continue conducting biblical workshops for our parishioners  annually.

6. We conduct catechetical workshops for our parishioners often.

7. We conduct ongoing formation liturgical workshops for our parishioners occasionally.

8. We continue conducting on going formation workshops for the parish pastoral team timely.


 

 

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