Diocesean Calendar

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2019

ARCHDIOCESE OF BLANTYRE

CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2019

Theme of the Year: Baptized and Sent

Date	Activity	Venue	Time	Person Responsible
1^st January	Mary Mother of God	All Catholic institutions		Heads of Institutions
6^th January	Epiphany (Holy Childhood Collection)	All Catholic institutions		Heads of Institutions
15^th Jan	Chilembwe Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Insitutions
22^nd January	Presbyterium	Nantipwili	9 00am	Pastoral Secretary
27^th January	Collection for the Michiru Shrine Project	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of the Institutions
28^th Jan – 1st Feb	Bishops’ Plenary	Catholic Secretariat		Archbishop
2^nd February	Archbishop’s Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Catholic Institutions
2^ndFebruary	Presentation of the Lord: Day of those in Consecrated Life	Limbe	9 30	AWRIM & AMRIM
8^th – 9^th Feb	Entrerpreneurship Training	Nantipwili		Chaplain
11^th February	World Day of the Sick	All Catholic Institutions		Head of the Institutions
11^th February	ADCAB Meeting	Limbe	9 00am	ADCAB
12^th February	Pre-Valentine Dinner and Dance	Mount Soche Hotel		Fundraising Committee
19^th Feb – 24Feb	Vatican Meeting	Vatican		Archbishop
25^th – 28^th Feb	Pastoral Secretaries’ Meeting	Catholic Secretariat		Pastoral Secretary
28^th Feb – 4^th March	SECAM	Gabon		Archbishop
2^nd March	Recollection for the Religious and the Clergy in the Archdiocese	Limbe	9 00	Pastoral Secretary
6^thMarch	Ash Wednesday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
16^th March	Way of the Cross for the Youth – Group 1	Michiru	8 00am	Chaplain
17^th March	St Patrick’s Day – visit to St Patrick’s Sec	St Patricks		Archbishop
18^th March	DCOP Meeting	Administration Offices		Moderator
19^th March	St Joseph – Visit to Pius XII Seminary	Pius XII		Archbishop
23^rd March	Way of the Cross for the Youth – Group 2	Michiru	8 00am	Chaplain
25^th March	Ongoing Formation for Priests	Nantipwili	9 00am	Pastoral Secretary
13^th April	Ongoing Formation for the Religious	Nantipwili	9 00am	Pastoral Secretary
14^th April	Palm Sunday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
15^th April	Chrism Mass	Limbe	9 30	Archbishop
18^th April	Holy Thursday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
19^th April	Good Friday – Collection for the Holy Land	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
20^th April	Holy Saturday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
21^st April	Easter Sunday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
26^th – 28^th April	Family Conference for the Archdiocese	Limbe Cath		Chaplain
28^th April	Divine Mercy Sunday	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
6^th May	Presbyterium Meeting	Nantipwili		Pastoral Secretary
12^th May	Vocations Sunday / Youth Day– Collection for Vocations	Mulanje		Chaplain
14^th – 19 th May	AMECEA Executive	Nairobi		Archbishop
18th May	Ordination to Diaconate	Zomba	9 00am	Vocations Director
21^st May	Tripartite Elections in Malawi	All Institutions		All
25^th May	Form Four Graduation – Stella Maris	Stella Maris		Archbishop
31^st May – 2^nd June	Ongoing Formation for Catechists (1^st Group:Mwanza/Phalombe/Thyolo/Limbe	Nantipwili		Pastoral Secretary
31^st May	First and Final professions-SBVM Sisters	Maryview		Archbishop
7^th June – 9^th June	Ongoing Formation for Catechists (2^nd Group:Blan/Lunzu/Nguludi/Mulanje	Nantipwili		Pastoral Secretary
2^nd June	The Ascension of the Lord	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
9^th June	Pentecost Sunday – Collection for Kachebere and St Peter’s Major Seminaries	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
10^th June	ADCAB Meeting	Limbe	9 00am	ADCAB
17^th June	DCOP Meeting	Administration	9 00am	Moderator
23^rd June	The Most Holy Blood and Blood of Christ	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
24^th – 28^th June	Plenary of Bishops	Catholic Secretariat		Archbishop
29^th June	Feast of Saints Peter and Paul – Collection of Peter’s Pence	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
5^th July	Commissions half Year Reports to DCOP	Administration	9 00am	Moderator
6^th July	Independence Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
13^th July	Ordination to Priesthood	Limbe	9 30am	Archbishop
19^th July – 29^th July	SECAM Golden Jubilee	Uganda		Archbishop
27^th July	Issues of Canonical Marriage for the Youth	Nantipwili	8 00am	Chaplain
28^th July	Communications Sunday – Special Collection	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
29^th – 31^st July	Pastoral Secretaries’ Meeting	Catholic Secretariat		Pastoral Secretary
29^th July – 2^nd August	Annual retreat for ADCAB Members	Nantipwili		ADCAB
10^th August	Silver Jubilee – Sr Lupiya MMS	Nguludi	9 30am	Archbishop
15^th – 18^th Aug	Ongoing Formation for CWO	Nantipwili		Chaplain
21^st August	The Day of the Archdiocese – Mary Queen of all Hearts & Priestly Golden Jubilee for Fr Dasiano Muhime	Limbe	9 30am	Archbishop
22^nd August	Collection for the Archdiocese of Blantyre	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of the Institutions
1^st September	Beginning of the Month of the Bible	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of the Institutions
7^th September	Jubilees for SBVM Sisters	Maryview	9 30am	Archbishop
14^th September	Exaltation of the Cross	Michiru	7 00am	Chaplain – Michiru Shrine
17^th September	On-going Formation for All Priests	Nantipwili	9 00am	Pastoral Secretary
28^th September	Graduation at Catholic University of Malawi	Catholic University	8 00am	Archbishop
5^th October	Umayi wa Amayi Maria	Mulanje Deanery	9 30am	Archbishop & Chaplain
7^th October	ADCAB Meeting	Limbe	9 00am	ADCAB
12^th October	Final Vows – Sisters of Our Lady	Stella Maris	9 00am	Archbishop
15^th Oct – 18^th October	AMECEA Executive	Nairobi		Archbishop
20^th October	World Mission Sunday – Chibalalitso cha Mpingo	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
21^st October	DCOP Meeting	Administration	9 00am	Moderator
28^th October	Presbyterium Meeting	Nantipwili		Pastoral Secretary
1^st November	All Saints Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
2^nd November	All Souls Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
4^th November	Praying for the Deceased Clergy, the Religious and other Agents of Evangelization	Limbe	9 30am	Archbishop
24^th November	Feast of Christ the King	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
25^th – 27^th Nov	Pastoral Secretaries’ Meeting	Catholic Secretariat		Pastoral Secretary
1^st December	1^st Sunday of Advent – World Aids Day	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
5^th December	Provincial Chapter – Sisters of Our Lady	Stella Maris		Archbishop
9^th December	Commissions Second Half Reports to DCOP	Administration		Moderator
25^th December	The Nativity of the Lord – Christmas	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions
26^th December	Boxing Day – Receiving New Priests	Limbe		ADCAB
29^th December	The Feast of the Holy Family	All Catholic Institutions		Heads of Institutions

This Calendar of Events is for all Stakeholders in the Archdiocese of Blantyre

1. All bookings for the Sacrament of Confirmation are not part of this Calendar. Such bookings should be made through the Archbishop’s Secretary.

2. Please, take note and respect, in your personal diary and in the parish/institution program, all the important dates where there are diocesan events and unless there is contrary communication, all events will be presumed to be according to this calendar.

3. In the spirit of self-reliance, contributions in monetary form will be expected from participants (Parishes) for the workshops and sessions taking place at Nantipwili Pastoral Centre to ease the budget and expenditure on the part of the Administration of the Archdiocese of Blantyre.

4. All parishes, Church groups and Church institutions are encouraged and expected to send participants to particular workshops and sessions that have been planned and included in this Calendar of Events. Part of next year’s workshop

5. Take note of all the dates where Obligatory Collections are expected to be made and try to remit them to the Office of the Diocesan Financial Administrator within a period of two weeks after their collection.

6. Most likely that there will be some activities which may be squeezed into the Calendar during the year depending on the needs of the local Church and where such needs arise, necessary communication will be made.

7. Nantipwili Pastoral Centre is available for any other bookings that you plan for your Parish, deanery or Church group/association/Movement. Let us support the Centre to enable it run smoothly and possibly enable it to support the Archdiocese financially.

8. The Pastoral Commission through the Pastoral Office shall be engaged in training new elected leaders in the local Church at various levels. Let us make sure that we train them adequately so that they can serve the Church diligently.

(i) We are all asked to actively participate in the activities lined up by the Church following The Holy Father’s exhortation to the Church that we should prepare for the celebration of the Extra-Ordinary Month of Missionary Month of October 2019 which the Church celebrates the centenary of Maximum Illud published in 1919 by Benedict XV.

(ii) The year 2019 is the year of Tri-partite elections in Malawi. Let us pray for this exercise using the prayer and indeed in any other additional prayers, devotions and novenas. Let us also encourage and prepare our people well advance to take an active role in these elections. Separate guidelines will be published and circulated before the said dates to help us conduct the elections smoothly.

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