LILONGWE—Malawi Catholics who went to the Holy Land, Israel for a 7-day pilgrimage have returned and thanked God, their Bishops and priests for organising the programme, saying the trip deepened their Christianity.
“We are overwhelmed after undertaking this pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Our visit to the Holy Land has increased our Christian faith after physically stepping our feet on the soil Jesus Christ was born, preached to people and was crucified to death as the Holy Scriptures tells us,” Knox Varela, chairman of this year’s pilgrimage, told Malawi News Agency on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport. “My fellow Christians all what we read in the Bible is real.”
Varela said it was a blessing he went with his wife to Israel.
“We have been to Jericho, Caphernaum, Mount Olive, Mount Calvary, Via Dolorosa (the path of the way of the cross), the place where Peter denied Jesus, the Dead Sea, the home area of John the Baptist and the place where Mary the Mother of Jesus was born and grew up, among others.
“We met thousands of people from other countries in Africa and Europe, who went to the Holy Land on pilgrimage,” he said.
Moses Dossi, is another Catholic, who went to Israel.
“As a veteran politician, I found it necessary to thank God for what He has done to me in my life. I went to beg God for wisdom. My spiritual life has increased.
“I urge my fellow politicians to visit the Holy Land, it’s so wonderful. Some politicians think to be a good politician one should put God aside, but I believe good politicians must seek God first,” he said.
Rev Dr. Joseph Kimu, who led the pilgrimage group on behalf of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), said they started going on pilgrimage to Israel last year.
‘‘We had plenty of time to pray together reflecting on passages from the Bible this week in the Holy Land. Our tour guide was so impressed with us. He said we were serious and attentive to know what we went for, especially about seeking God throughout the time we were in Israel,” said Father Kim.
He urged those who had been on this trip to share their experiences with others.
The return Air Ticket this year cost K625,700 per head said Dr Kimu.
He disclosed that the 47 Christians who joined the pilgrimage this year were from the dioceses of Mangoch, Mzuzu, Dedza, Lilongwe Archdiocese and Blantyre Archdiocese.
“We had on board 3 priests from Lilongwe, 1 priest from Blantyre and 2 priests from Mangochi. There were also some nuns in our group,” Kimu said.
Last year 52 people went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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I'm a 25 year old girl who is employed. The year I graduated from high school I dated a guy who had four other friends. They all had reputations for being playboys, but this didn’t stop me from agreeing to date my guy.
Sadly we broke up after three months. I was really devastated because I had become part of their crowd. Two weeks later, one of his friends asked me to go out with him; I was quite eager to re-join the group, I said yes. I also hoped to make my former guy jealous. But he seemed to have moved on and didn’t even look at me.
I was in for a shock when my new love broke off our affair. I felt sad again to be out of the group. But I was later picked up by another guy. This has been going on for two years now and I am with boy number four. Aunt, either I am being used or something is really wrong here. How can these boys be changing around girls the way they have moved me about and shared me in this way? How can I get out of this ring of casanovas?
Sick and Tired
Dear Sick an Tired,
The boys will continue their charade as long as there are girls that will allow them as you have. You were very taken in by their charm, so moved with pleasure, you were thankful to every boy that took you back into the ring.
But as you intimate, this is a ring of abuse. It is the ring that you love, not the guys that are treating you like a piece of furniture. Now that you are sick and tired, you should resolve to move away from the ring and resist the temptation to think that it is an honor to be part of the group. Move away and you should decline the next guy that gets on line for your attention.
****
Will our baby learn to speak like his sister?
Dear Aunt Nadithi,
I am a 36 year old married woman and have two children, a seven year old girl and a two year old son. What is surprising is that our son doesn’t talk yet even though his sister was chattering away at 18 months of age.
I've tried to train him and speak to him, but he just laughs and walks away to play with his toys. I sometimes take away the toys so that he stays in the talk class sessions I give him. Will my son ever speak or is he going to be mute? What should I do? Am I being a good mum for him?
Concerned Mum
Dear Concerned Mum,
The really good way to be a mum is to accept that children are different and even if they are from the same family, they grow differently, they develop differently.
Your son isn’t going to be mute; for example, he laughs and some sound comes out of him, so he will not be mute. Spending time talking to him is a good idea; this is how children learn, by watching and listening to their parents and of course other people. But please don’t turn it into a ritual like a class room session. The young lad has his whole life ahead of him and will get plenty of schooling.
As pointed out before, children develop differently, so you shouldn’t expect the speech to sprout out in the same manner as his sister, you should also not display your frustration to him. The speech will come. A good thing you can do for him is to surround him with other young children his age, of course under supervision.
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©2012 The Maravi Post.
LILONGWE—A man couldn’t take it anymore and had to leave and find somewhere else to live after he was beaten up twice over misplaced personal items.
The man’s housemate in the Dubai Area 49 Mvama community reported him to a self-styled neigbhourhood watch group which descended on the unsuspecting victim.
"The man was accused of stealing his housemate's shoes. [They]…pounded him, dragging him in the mud and soaking him with water, heavily beating him up. They grabbed him from a nearby house where he was engaged in some piecework," confided the source.
But it was later discovered the shoes were simply misplaced by the owner.
This is the second time the same man accused the same victim of stealing his cell phone which was later located among accuser's items.
Neighbours have a theory why this has been happening. The landlord didn’t like the victim and worked in cahoots with his other tenant to get rid of him.
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©2012 The Maravi Post. Reproduction without acknowledgment prohibited
Malawi Catholics return from Jerusalem pilgrimage spiritually recharged
Written by BENEDICT CHIMENYA
LILONGWE—Malawi Catholics who went to the Holy Land, Israel for a 7-day pilgrimage have returned and thanked God, their Bishops and priests for organising the programme, saying the trip deepened their Christianity.“We are overwhelmed after undertaking this pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Our visit to the Holy Land has increased our Christian faith after physically stepping our feet on the soil Jesus Christ was born, preached to people and was crucified to death as the Holy Scriptures tells us,” Knox Varela, chairman of this year’s pilgrimage, told Malawi News Agency on arrival at Kamuzu International Airport. “My fellow Christians all what we read in the Bible is real.”
Varela said it was a blessing he went with his wife to Israel.
“We have been to Jericho, Caphernaum, Mount Olive, Mount Calvary, Via Dolorosa (the path of the way of the cross), the place where Peter denied Jesus, the Dead Sea, the home area of John the Baptist and the place where Mary the Mother of Jesus was born and grew up, among others.
“We met thousands of people from other countries in Africa and Europe, who went to the Holy Land on pilgrimage,” he said.
Moses Dossi, is another Catholic, who went to Israel.
“As a veteran politician, I found it necessary to thank God for what He has done to me in my life. I went to beg God for wisdom. My spiritual life has increased.
“I urge my fellow politicians to visit the Holy Land, it’s so wonderful. Some politicians think to be a good politician one should put God aside, but I believe good politicians must seek God first,” he said.
Rev Dr. Joseph Kimu, who led the pilgrimage group on behalf of the Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM), said they started going on pilgrimage to Israel last year.
‘‘We had plenty of time to pray together reflecting on passages from the Bible this week in the Holy Land. Our tour guide was so impressed with us. He said we were serious and attentive to know what we went for, especially about seeking God throughout the time we were in Israel,” said Father Kim.
He urged those who had been on this trip to share their experiences with others.
The return Air Ticket this year cost K625,700 per head said Dr Kimu.
He disclosed that the 47 Christians who joined the pilgrimage this year were from the dioceses of Mangoch, Mzuzu, Dedza, Lilongwe Archdiocese and Blantyre Archdiocese.
“We had on board 3 priests from Lilongwe, 1 priest from Blantyre and 2 priests from Mangochi. There were also some nuns in our group,” Kimu said.
Last year 52 people went on pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
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©2012 The Maravi Post. Reproduction without acknowledgment prohibited.
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Dear Aunt Nadithi: How can I break out of the ring of playboys?
Written by AUNT NADITHI
I'm a 25 year old girl who is employed. The year I graduated from high school I dated a guy who had four other friends. They all had reputations for being playboys, but this didn’t stop me from agreeing to date my guy.Sadly we broke up after three months. I was really devastated because I had become part of their crowd. Two weeks later, one of his friends asked me to go out with him; I was quite eager to re-join the group, I said yes. I also hoped to make my former guy jealous. But he seemed to have moved on and didn’t even look at me.
I was in for a shock when my new love broke off our affair. I felt sad again to be out of the group. But I was later picked up by another guy. This has been going on for two years now and I am with boy number four. Aunt, either I am being used or something is really wrong here. How can these boys be changing around girls the way they have moved me about and shared me in this way? How can I get out of this ring of casanovas?
Sick and Tired
Dear Sick an Tired,
The boys will continue their charade as long as there are girls that will allow them as you have. You were very taken in by their charm, so moved with pleasure, you were thankful to every boy that took you back into the ring.
But as you intimate, this is a ring of abuse. It is the ring that you love, not the guys that are treating you like a piece of furniture. Now that you are sick and tired, you should resolve to move away from the ring and resist the temptation to think that it is an honor to be part of the group. Move away and you should decline the next guy that gets on line for your attention.
****
Will our baby learn to speak like his sister?
Dear Aunt Nadithi,
I am a 36 year old married woman and have two children, a seven year old girl and a two year old son. What is surprising is that our son doesn’t talk yet even though his sister was chattering away at 18 months of age.
I've tried to train him and speak to him, but he just laughs and walks away to play with his toys. I sometimes take away the toys so that he stays in the talk class sessions I give him. Will my son ever speak or is he going to be mute? What should I do? Am I being a good mum for him?
Concerned Mum
Dear Concerned Mum,
The really good way to be a mum is to accept that children are different and even if they are from the same family, they grow differently, they develop differently.
Your son isn’t going to be mute; for example, he laughs and some sound comes out of him, so he will not be mute. Spending time talking to him is a good idea; this is how children learn, by watching and listening to their parents and of course other people. But please don’t turn it into a ritual like a class room session. The young lad has his whole life ahead of him and will get plenty of schooling.
As pointed out before, children develop differently, so you shouldn’t expect the speech to sprout out in the same manner as his sister, you should also not display your frustration to him. The speech will come. A good thing you can do for him is to surround him with other young children his age, of course under supervision.
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©2012 The Maravi Post.
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Lilongwe housemate ‘pounded, dragged in mud’ over personal items
Written by MPHEMVU SUCHE
LILONGWE—A man couldn’t take it anymore and had to leave and find somewhere else to live after he was beaten up twice over misplaced personal items.The man’s housemate in the Dubai Area 49 Mvama community reported him to a self-styled neigbhourhood watch group which descended on the unsuspecting victim.
"The man was accused of stealing his housemate's shoes. [They]…pounded him, dragging him in the mud and soaking him with water, heavily beating him up. They grabbed him from a nearby house where he was engaged in some piecework," confided the source.
But it was later discovered the shoes were simply misplaced by the owner.
This is the second time the same man accused the same victim of stealing his cell phone which was later located among accuser's items.
Neighbours have a theory why this has been happening. The landlord didn’t like the victim and worked in cahoots with his other tenant to get rid of him.
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©2012 The Maravi Post. Reproduction without acknowledgment prohibited
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Archbishop Tutu Shuns Tony Blair
Written by Mark D. Tooley
Retired South African Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu cancelled his plans to speak at a Discovery Invest Leadership Summit in Johannesburg because former British Premier Tony Blair was also invited to speak at the event.
Blair’s “morally indefensible” alliance with the U.S. in overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein made him unacceptable to Tutu. Mark D. Tooley
Blair’s “morally indefensible” alliance with the U.S. in overthrowing Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein made him unacceptable to Tutu.
“Morality and leadership are indivisible,” Tutu’s spokesman explained. “In this context, it would be inappropriate and untenable for the archbishop to share a platform with Mr Blair.” Meanwhile, a South African Isalmist party plans to demonstrate against Blair, advocating his arrest for “war crimes.”
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