BISHOPS DISCUSS THE AMECEA PLENARY PREPARATIONS
The Catholic Bishops of Malawi held their second plenary for the year 2014, from 2-6 June at the Secretariat in Lilongwe where main item on the agenda was the preparations for the 18th Plenary of the Association of the Member Episcopal Conferences for Eastern Africa, AMECEA, which will take place in Lilongwe from the 16th to 26th July this year.
The bishops received reports from all the AMECEA Plenary preparatory sub-committees that were put in place include liturgy, publicity, fundraising, accommodation, protocol, security, transport and entertainment.
On behalf of all the shepherds of the eight dioceses that comprise the Episcopal Conference of Malawi, ECM, the bishop chair for the Episcopal Conference, Most Reverend Joseph Zuza, commended the preparatory committee, expressing gratitude to all the committees and all the Catholics and people of good will for the support that they have rendered so far.
During the same meeting, the bishops urged the committee to become more action oriented as the days have now numbered.
The 18th AMECEA Plenary Assembly that will take place at Bingu International Conference Centre, BICC, in the country’s Capital City – Lilongwe. Delegates are expected to start arriving through Kamuzu International Airport from Monday, 14th July, while a colourful opening mass animated by joint choirs from all over the country, which will be open to all the faithful from all over Malawi, shall be held at CIVO Stadium on Thursday morning, 17th July.
This was the second plenary of the ECM bishops, and their last meeting before the long awaited AMECEA Plenary Assembly takes place.