JANUARY 2018
1st Jan (Mon) NEW YEAR – Mary Mother of God
SOM Congregation’s Feast Day
3rd Jan (Wed) Catholic Secretariat Opens for Year 2017
4th Jan (Thu) 1st Anniversary: Arrival Dominican Sisters in Mansa
7th Jan (Sun) EPIPHANY – Collection of Holy Childhood
solidarity funds
8th Jan (Mon) Diocesan administration Offices opens for the year 2018.
11th – 12th (Thu – Fri) Bishop’s engagement: SCJ – Kasama
12th Jan (Fri) BAHATI Minor Seminary opens for the 1st Term.
15th – 19th Jan (Mon – Fri) Bishops engagement: 1st ZCCB Plenary Meeting.
18th – 25th Jan (Thu – Thu) Christian Unity Week
22nd – 26th Jan (Mon – Fri) Bishop’s engagement: Portugal
24th Jan (Wed) St. Francis de Sales: Mapula parish Feast Day
31st Jan (Wed) St. John Bosco: Kazembe Parish Feast Day
FEBRUARY 2018
1st Feb (Thu) EPISCOPAL ANNIVERSARY
2nd Feb (Fri) FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD: World Day for the Consecrated
4th Feb (Sun) Diocesan Celebration of Day for the Consecrated – Kawambwa Parish
5th – 10th Feb (Mon – Sat) National Liturgical Workshop
6th Feb (Tue) Lubwe Divine Mercy Shrine – 3rd ANNIVERSARY,
5th – 11th Feb (Mon – Sun) Diocesan week of Prayer and action for the Sick
11th Feb (Sun) Our Lady of Lourdes – World Day of Prayer for the Sick
14th Feb (Wed) Ash Wednesday
16th Feb (Fri) Meeting of Pastoral Team (Mansa)
24th Feb (Sat) 1st Anniversary: Holy Trinity – Kabunda Girls Sch
25th Feb – 18th March (Sun – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Cathedral visit
MARCH 2018
8th March (Thu) International Women’s Day
9th March (Fri) Local ZAS Laudato Si Solidarity March
12th March (Mon) YOUTH DAY
19th March (Mon) SOLEMNITY OF ST. JOSEPH HUSBAND OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY: Feast day of Lubwe Parish
21st March (Wed) Local AZADC Annual General Meeting
22nd March (Thu) Priests’ Recollection and CHRISM MASS
23th – 24th March (Fri – Sat) 24 Hours for the Lord: Fasting, Adoration, Reconciliation and Eucharist in all Parishes
25th March (Sun) Palm Sunday
25th March (Sun) ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
29th March (Thu) Holy Thursday
30th March (Fri) Good Friday
31st March (Sat) Holy Saturday
APRIL 2018
1st April (Sun) Easter Sunday
8th April (Sun) Divine Mercy Sunday
6th – 8th April (Fri-Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Pastoral visit – St. Jame’s – Chimese Parish
10th April (Tue) BAHATI Minor Seminary end of Term 1
16th April (Mon) Deadline for submission of PMS Project Reports
16th – 19th April (Mon – Thu) Joint Pastoral Coordinators’ Meeting – Lsk
17th April (Tue) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kawambwa
18th April (Wed) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kashikishi
15th – 18th April (Sun – Wed) Bishop’s engagement: Franciscan Sisters of Assisi
18th – 21st April (Wed – Sat) Mansa/Kabunda Deanery Council for Catholic Women: Rally
18th – 21st April (Wed – Sat) Men’s Rally – Lubwe/Samfya Deaneries
20th – 22nd April (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s Engagement: Confirmations in Kawambwa Parish
20th April (Fri) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kabunda
22nd April (Sun) Vocation Sunday
22nd – 29th April (Sun -Sun) Annual Retreat for Sisters of Mercy
23rd April (Mon) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Mansa
24th April (Tue) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Lubwe
25th April (Wed) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Samfya
25th – 28th April (Wed – Sat) Lubwe/Samfya Deanery Council for Catholic Women: Rally
25th – 28th April (Wed – Sat) Men’s Rally – Kashikishi/Kawambwa Deaneries
27th – 29th April (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Chembe Parish
MAY 2018
1st May (Tue) FEAST OF ST.JOSEPH THE WORKER: Mushota Parish Feast Day
1st May (Tue) Labour Day
2nd – 5th May (Wed – Sat) Men’s Rally – Mansa/Kabunda Deaneries
2nd – 5th May (Wed – Sat) Kashikishi/Kawambwa Deanery Council for Catholic Women: Rally
3rd May (Thu) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Kashikishi
4th May (Fri) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Kawambwa
6th May (Sun) Good Shepherd Sunday – Vocations Sunday: Feast day of Kachema Musuma Parish
7th May (Mon) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Kabunda
8th May (Tue) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Mansa
9th May (Wed) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Lubwe
10th May (Thu) Presbyters’ Deanery Meeting: Samfya
10th – 14th May (Thu – Mon) Bishop’s engagement: Nairobi, Kenya
11th May (Fri) BAHATI Minor Seminary Opens – Term 2.
13th May (Sun) ASCENSION OF THE LORD
19th May (Sat) Bishop’s engagement: Silver Jubilee of
Sr. Tente and blessing of St. Paul’s Hospital
Chapel
20th May (Sun) PENTECOST SUNDAY
25th – 27th May (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Pastoral visit – St. Paul’s – Kashikishi Parish
25th May (Fri) African Freedom Day
26th May (Sat) Diocesan Day for the Holy Childhood – Parishes
27th May (Sun) TRINITY SUNDAY
28th – 30th May (Mon – Wed) IPCT MEETING – Mansa
30th May (Wed) Diocesan Catechists’ General Meeting – Mansa
31st May (Thu) Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
31st May (Thu) 1St profession: Sisters of Mercy
JUNE 2018
2nd June (Sat) Final Profession: Sisters of Mercy
3rd June (Sun) Solemnity: The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
3rd June (Sun) St. Charles Lwanga: Feast day of Bahati Seminary
3rd June (Sun) Bishop’s Commitment (Confirmations) – Bahati Minor Seminary
5th – 6th Jun (Tue – Wed) Bishop’s engagement: PRESBYTERAL COUNCIL
8th – 10th Jun (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s Engagement: Lunga Sub-Parish
11th to 15th June (Mon – Fri) Biblical and Caritas Workshop – Lsk
11th – 16th June (Mon – Sat) Group 1 Diocesan Priests Annual Retreat
16th – 17th June (Sat – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Pastoral Visit: St. John the Baptist – Kasamba Parish
18th – 23rd June (Mon – Sat) Group 2 Diocesan Priests Annual Retreat.
23rd June (Sat) Bishop’s engagement: Deanery Day of Prayer for vocations: Collection of Seminarian funds in Kawambwa and Kashikishi Deaneries.
24th June (Sun) Nativity of St. John the Baptist: Kasamba Parish Feast Day
29th June (Fri) Sts. Peter and Paul: Feast day of St. Peter and Paul Parishes
30th June (Sat) Bishop’s engagement: Deanery Day of Prayer for vocations: Collection of Seminarian funds in Lubwe and Samfya Deaneries.
JULY 2018
7th July (Sat) Bishops engagement: Deanery Day of Prayer for vocations: Collection of Seminarian funds – Mansa and Kabunda Deaneries.
8th – 12th July (Sun – Thu) Bishops engagement: ZCCB Plenary Meeting.
13th – 23rd July (Fri – Mon) AMECEA PLENARY – Ethopia, Addis Ababa
25th July (Wed) Sts. James and Christopher: Chimese and Chitamba Parish Feast Days
28th – 29th July (Sat – Sun) Bishop’s Engagement: – Kabunda Parish
29th July (Sun) Ulusangu lwakwa Papa
AUGUST 2018
4th Aug (Sat) St. John Maria Vianney: Samfya Parish Feast day
4th Aug (Sat) Priestly Ordination Day – Nsakaluba Parish, Mwense
7th Aug (Tue) BAHATI Minor Seminary End of 2nd Term
9th – 11th Aug (Thu – Sat) Youth Rally – Kawambwa, Kashikishi and Samfya Deaneries
12th Aug (Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Confirmations in Matanda – Chitamba Parish
9th Aug (Thu) Bishop’s Silver Jubilee of Religious Profession
15th Aug (Wed) SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION: Cathedral Parish Feast Day
16th – 18th Aug (Thu – Sat) Youth Rally – Lubwe, Kabunda and Mansa Deaneries
16th – 19thAug (Thu – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Samfya Parish
24th – 26th Aug (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Mushota Parish
27th Aug (Mon) St. Monica: Katangashi Parish Feast Day
28th Aug (Tue) St. Augustine: Feast day of Chembe Parish
30th Aug (Thu) Deadline for submission of PMS Project Applications
31st – 2nd Sept (Fri – Sun) Bishop’s Engagement: Chipili Parish
SEPTEMBER 2018
4th Sept (Tue) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kashikishi
5th Sept (Wed) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kawambwa
7th Sept (Fri) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Mansa
7th Sept (Fri) BAHATI Minor Seminary Opens for Term 3.
8th Sept (Sat) Feast: The Nativity of the Blessed Mary
8th Sept (Sat) Silver Jubilee cerebration: collaboration between Basel Medical Association and St. Paul’s Mission Hospital
11th Sept (Tue) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Kabunda
12th Sept (Wed) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Lubwe
13th Sept (Thu) Deanery Pastoral Council Meeting: Samfya
14th Sept (Fri) Exaltation of the Cross
14th Sept (Fri) St. Paul’s Nursing School: Graduation Ceremony
23rd Sept (Sun) 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Collection for Biblical Apostolate – Ulusangu lwa Bible
29th Sept (Sat) The Archangels Michael, Gabriel & Raphael the Guardian Angels of the Catholic Church in Zambia: Namwandwe Parish Feast day
OCTOBER 2018
1st Oct (Mon) St. Teresa of the Child Jesus
4th Oct (Thu) St. Francis of Assisi: Kapesha Parish Feast Day
5th – 12th Oct (Fri – Fri) Bishop’s Commitment: Zimbabwe
6th – 7th Oct (Sat – Sun) Diocesan Missionary Pilgrimage: Divine Mercy Shrine
6th Oct (Sat) Closure of the Diocesan Pastoral Thematic Year of “BA MISEPELA – PROUDLY CATHOLIC”
6th – 7th Oct (Sat – Sun) Diocesan Youth Day (DYD) – Celebration (Lubwe)
7th Oct (Sun) Our Lady of the Rosary: Feast day of Rosario Parish
16th – 18th Oct (Tue – Thu) Bishop’s engagement: PASTORAL COUNCIL MEETING.
18th Oct (Thu) Zambia’s National Day of Prayer
20th – 21st Oct (Sat – Sun) Bishop’s engagement: Confirmations in St. John Paul II – Mabumba Parish
21st Oct (Sun) World Mission Sunday
22nd Oct (Mon) St. John Paul II: Mabumba Parish Feast Day
24th Oct (Wed) Independence Day
25th – 27th Oct (Thu – Sat) On-going Formation for Priests – Kawambwa
NOVEMBER 2018
1st November (Thu) All Saints Day
2nd November (Fri) ALL SOULS DAY
2nd – 3rd Nov (Fri – Sat) Diocesan Council for Catholic Youth: AGM
3rd November (Sat) Mass for All Departed Diocesan Priests at Kabunda
5th – 10th Nov (Mon – Sat) Bishops engagement: Extended ZCCB Executive Board Meeting (Lsk)
6th Nov (Tue) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Lubwe
7th Nov (Wed) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Samfya
8th Nov (Thu) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Mansa
8th – 11th Nov (Thu – Sun) Meeting of Pastoral Coordinators – Lusaka
9th Nov (Fri) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Kabunda
9th – 10th Nov (Fri – Sat) Diocesan Council for Catholic Women: AGM
12th – 15th Nov (Mon – Thu) IPCT Meeting – Ndola
13th Nov (Tue) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Kawambwa
14th Nov (Wed) Deanery Presbyters’ Council Meeting: Kashikishi
16th Nov (Fri) St. Margaret: Kasaba Parish Day
23rd Nov (Fri) Bishop’s engagements: Confirmations at St. Clement’s Sec Sch
23rd – 24th Nov (Fri – Sat) Diocesan Council for Catholic Men: AGM
24th – 27th Nov (Fri – Mon) NCCY AGM not confirmed yet
24th Nov (Sat) Handing over of Leadership at all levels
26th Nov (Mon) Solemnity of Christ the King: Twingi Parish Feast Day
DECEMBER 2018
3rd – 8th Dec (Mon – Sat) Diocesan Environmental/Ecology Week
4th Dec (Tue) BAHATI Minor Seminary End of 3rd Term
4th Dec (Tue) Launch of Diocesan Environmental/Ecology Week
8th Dec (Sat) SOLEMNITY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
8th Dec (Sat) Diocesan Environmental/Ecology Day
12th Dec (Wed) On-going Formation for Priests from 1 – 5 years – Bahati
13th – 14th Dec (Thu – Fri) Bishops engagement: Presbyteral Council.
15th Dec (Sat) Launch of the Pastoral Theme – 2019
17th Dec (Mon) Diocesan Curia Day of Prayer and General Meeting
18th Dec (Tue) Diocesan Curia Manual Work and end of Year Party
25th Dec (Tue) CHRISTMAS DAY
31st Dec (Mon) Holy Family Feast: Diocesan Family Day
