The last weekend of November which is referred to as Black Friday weekend is known for massive promotions and huge discounts on a number of items and products and services. In view of this, most shopping malls and stores were filled great multitudes of people. The young, youth, adults and the old all could be seen taking part in this mesmerizing activity. Holy Family Parish Linda was not left out in the Black Friday-weekend activities of the City of Lusaka as the Parish church ground was equally packed with hundreds of Parishioners who celebrated this day in spectacular fashion. While others in the city trooped to the stores for a number of purchases on discounted items, the Parishioners made for the parish to participate in the St. Cecilia annual Parish singing festivals which is looked forward to with great excitement.
This is mainly because Holy Family Parish is known for singing. In fact, one would be justified to say that singing is in the DNA of the people of Linda Parish for this reason the entire day was filled with nothing but great euphoria from the young to the old who part in the celebrations. The singing festivals began with the Eucharistic Celebration at 8:00hrs which was presided over Fr. Kangwa Bwalya, SVD and were in attendance were Fr. Lawrence Likulano, SVD, the Parish Priest and Fr. Nchimunya Haakakata, OMI (from Mazabuka).
Immediately after the Eucharistic celebration, choirs from all the Small Christian Communities to take the stage one after to showcase their stylish and well-prepared presentations ranging from their outfit, dance moves as well as their composed songs dedicated to St. Cecilia. In addition, this weekend was especially important for the Parish as the youth hosted their counterparts from Our Lady of Assumption Parish, from the sweet town of Mazabuka, the home of Zambia Sugar.
The long-awaited maiden interaction between the two parishes was characterized by a number of activities which included, drama, poetry and a number of cultural exhibitions. As the saying goes, whatever goes up comes down, at the end of this interaction, the host parish was left with a feeling of indebtedness to reciprocate the visit in the soonest time possible. By: Fr. Kangwa Bwalya
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