Blantyre, 27 October, 2024 / 10:53 pm (ACI Africa).
The Episcopal Conference of Malawi (ECM) has approved the proposal that the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) presented during the Bishops’ June plenary to organize the Children's Congress in the Southern African nation.
In a circular dated Thursday, October 24, the Secretary General of ECM, Fr. Valeriano Mtseka, said the congress that will be under the organization of PMS will be held every three years starting from 2025.
“I am pleased to inform you that during its plenary in June 2024, the ECM approved the proposal by the office of PMS to organize children's congress,” Fr. Mtseka said in the circular addressed to Diocesan PMS Directors, Diocesan Pastoral Coordinators, all Priests and Diocesan Laity Council and PMS animators.
The ECM Secretary General said that the congress that will last five days, covering the date of arrival to departure is scheduled for inauguration on July 30 to August 4, 2025, in Lilongwe, Malawi.
“The objective of the Children’s congress is to deepen the Catholic faith, spiritual and moral values of the children to become animators and agents of evangelization to fellow children and all,” Fr. Mtseka said in the one-page statement.