Diocese of Chikwawa

His Lordship Peter Musikuwa, Bishop of the Diocese of Chikwawa has hailed the early signs of good preparation as the Diocese gears for the celebration of the 63rd World Day of Prayer for vocations. The sentiments were made on Sunday, 15th March at St Kalemba parish, Bangula, where the Bishop led in the Eucharistic ceremony launching this year’s celebrations. Speaking during the celebration, the Bishop reminded the congregation, including the youths, that later in May at the summit of this celebration, all roads will lead to Bangula and therefore the whole Diocese will be watching with keen interest such a celebration. He therefore called upon parents to encourage young people to prepare for this day. “I am hopeful that we will have a successful celebration. Today, the choir sang well, the organization has been good, and yet this is but the launch. We hope we will have a very good celebration next month,” said Musikuwa. The mass drew together young people from parishes closer to St Kalemba. Among the priests present Fr Stanford Sungani, Youth Chaplain, Fr Bernard Limani PMS Director, Fr Emmanuel Malikebu, deputy Vocations Director, and Fr Tobias Gamera, who is parish priest for Kalemba parish. The celebration for Word Day of Prayer for vocations will be held on 26th April at St Kalemba parish, under the theme “Youth: Be One in Christ, United in Mission.”

The Catholic Development Commission (CADECOM), through its subsidiary office in the Diocese of Chikwawa, has come to the aid of families in Nsanje who are going through hunger. The assistance led by the national office for CADECOM is being carried out with the help of CADECOM Chikwawa, offering cash transfer and fortified flour for malnourished kids. This assistance has been funded by The Scottish Catholic International Aid Fund (SCIAF) at the tune of 200000 british pounds, has been given to support 3100 families in Nsanje, Nkhotakota and Lilongwe rural. Speaking during the distribution exercise at traditional authority Ndamera in Nsanje, Bishop Peter Musikuwa of the Diocese of Chikwawa, expressed gratitude to SCIAF and the Scottish government for the support. “We can only thank SCIAF for this assistance. The support means alot to the families and will help them cope with the lean season until they are able to harvest” Said Musikuwa. He then urged beneficiaries of the program to prioritize buying food for their households, stressing that the fortified flour will help ease malnutrition cases. Fr Patrick Kamba who is National Director for the Social Services Directorate, echoed the Bishops call for the beneficiaries to put the assistance into good use. He further called them to report any abuse that may occur during this time. The exercise was attended by officials from Nsanje District council. Under the initiative, each beneficiary household receives Mk100,000.00 and  a 10kilogram bag of fortified corn and soya blend for under 5 children. The assistance will be distributed in 7 centers in Nsanje district in the Diocese of Chikwawa namely; Ndamera, Mbenje, Nsanje, Tengani, Phokera, Bangula and Sorgin.

The Diocesan Fundraising Committee has announced the scheduling of a dinner and dance to raise funds for the priests’ medical scheme. Following the committee’s meeting, which took place on 1st March 2026, the fundraising dinner and dance is set to be held on 29th May 2026 at St Matthews hall, Nchalo. Prices for the fundraiser are as follows: 80,000.00 for singles, 150000.00 for couples, and 1000000.00. According to information shared by the Diocesan treasury and the focal person for the medical scheme, priests are on an  Executive gold MASM scheme. The treasury indicated that the Diocese needs a minimum of 1000000.00 for each priest every year to be fully covered in this scheme. This will be the first time that the Diocese will have a fundraiser such a health policy for priests. Previously, a fundraiser was held in aid of the fees for major seminarians. The Diocese implores on all people of good will to support this initiative by coming to attend the event. People are also encouraged to send any sort of help that they can through the right channels by reaching out to Fr Francis Mpatsa who is Diocesan Finance Administrator on 0888335752, or Mr Benson Ndenguma who is the Fundraising Chairperson on 0881808199, or Fr John Denis Lockie who is the Communications Secretary on 0996051570. These contact persons will be able to assist in case any well wisher wants to donate towards this course.