Bishop Hamungole challenges diocesan administrators in Zambia

Bishop Moses Hamungole of Monze Diocese in Zambia who is also the Bishop-director for Communications of the Zambia Episcopal Conference (ZEC) has commended AMECEA for training diocesan personnel.

Bishop Hamungole who was speaking on behalf of the Zambia Episcopal Conference, acknowledged the continued improvement in services offered to member-countries by the Association of Member Episcopal Conference in Eastern Africa (AMECEA) Secretariat.

The ZEC Bishop-Director for Communications made the observation when he addressed 50 participants to a capacity building workshop from all curial offices of the 11 Catholic Dioceses in Zambia. He said the development makes AMECEA more relevant to its members and contributes to enabling pastoral agents obtain necessary skills for their collaboration in the evangelisation mission and administration of the local Church and ultimately the universal Church.

Bishop Hamungole also said that after getting new skills, participants of the capacity building workshop should be the first ones to suggest changes for the good of their dioceses and the entire family of God in the local church, especially this time when most Bishops are worried about how to mobilise financial and human resources for the running of dioceses.

The Bishop further appealed for capacity building workshops for Bishops saying they too needed to sharpen their skills to respond to new challenges in the local and universal church. The Monze Diocese Bishop challenged the Zambia Catholic University to make itself more visible and publicise its activities through participating in various diocesan programmes and events.

The workshop which closed on 4th September 2015 had diocesan vicar generals, pastoral co-ordinators, financial administrators  and other administrators as participants.

(ZEC)