When You Don't Know What to Do

When You Don't Know What to Do
Melanie Chitwood 

"We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you."

2 Chronicles 20:12b (NIV)         

Devotion:
5 a.m. Wide awake. Thoughts racing and whirling. Chest tight with anxiety.

My mom recently suffered a stroke, and my concern about her weighs heavily, causing my thoughts to spin. How long will Mom need to be in a rehab facility? How's my Dad holding up? Who will watch the boys when my husband's traveling for work and I need to be away to help my parents? We are in a situation we've never been in before, and we're finding that there are so many questions we can't answer.

There's a good chance you, too, are familiar with those middle of the night anxious thoughts and unanswered questions racing through your mind. Maybe your worry is about finances, a job or lack of one, a wayward child, a health challenge, marriage problems, or extended family problems. Or maybe your worries are not about big situations, but the accumulation of smaller challenges burdens your mind and heart. Your thoughts whirl as you wonder about the solution to your problems.

As I lay in bed that early morning, I remembered a familiar and favorite Bible verse: "We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon you." I got up from bed, went downstairs, and opened my Bible to today's key verse which perfectly captured what I was feeling and thinking.

By reading the context of 2 Chronicles 20 we learn some key principles to follow in anxious situations. When King Jehoshaphat is told that "a great multitude" is coming to wage war against him, we see how just like us, the king is afraid (2 Chronicles 20:2, 3, NAS).

Instead of sinking in the quicksand of his own fearful thoughts or the inscrutability of the situation, King Jehoshaphat purposefully chooses to focus on the sovereignty of God. The king "turned his attention to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah" (v. 3).

Through prayer and fasting, the king and the people of Judah acknowledge what God has done in the past, and they voice their faith in what he will do in their future. They acknowledge they are powerless, but God is completely powerful.

In the same way through my mom's situation, I have seen how quickly my thoughts could turn to the problems I don't know how to solve. What will we do if she doesn't recover her ability to walk? What if she needs a nurse full-time?

I am learning, however, to turn from these thoughts by thanking my sovereign God for all the ways He has been faithful in the past and all the ways I see His faithfulness in the present circumstances. I am learning to ask Him for wisdom for every little detail. And I am setting my eyes on Him as I wait for His answers.

What problems in your life seem unsolvable or unanswerable? Follow King Jehoshaphat's example. Turn from your own anxious thoughts, acknowledge you don't have the answers, and set your eyes on the One who does.

Dear Lord, I praise You for being a sovereign God. You are in control. I don't have to be. When I don't know what to do, Lord, thank You that I can ask You for wisdom and guidance. You are my Wonderful Counselor (Isaiah 9:6). I put in Your hands each of the concerns weighing on my heart and mind. Thank You that I can entrust them into Your loving care. I set my eyes on You, confident You will come to my rescue. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

Kipindi cha Majilio ni mwaliko wa kuruhusu neema ya Mungu, maisha ya sala na toba na matendo ya huruma kumwilishwa katika maisha ya kawaida!

Jumapili ya kwanza ya kipindi cha Majilio inaufungua rasmi Mwaka Mpya wa Kanisa, hija ya maisha ya imani, inayowakumbusha waamini, Fumbo la Umwilisho na Siku ya ile ya mwisho, Yesu atakapokuja kuwahukumu wazima na wafu, kama waamini wanavyosali katika Kanuni ya Imani. Majilio linakuwa ni tukio la aina yake, kwani hapo mwili na roho vinaunganika kwa pamoja.

Hayo yamesemwa na Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, wakati wa sala ya Malaika wa Bwana, kwenye Uwanja wa Kanisa kuu la Mtakatifu Petro, mjini Vatican, siku ya jumapili, tarehe 28 Novemba, 2010. Tukio la kungoja, linamshirikisha mwamini mmoja mmoja, familia na jamii kwa ujumla, katika hali na maisha ya kawaida kabisa. Maisha ya mwanadamu yanafumbatwa kimsingi katika fadhila ya matumaini, inayokuwa ni kipimo cha kimaadili na kiroho kwa kile anachotarajia na kutegemea katika maisha.

Baba Mtakatifu anawaalika waamini kila mmoja kujiuliza swali la msingi, katika kipindi hii cha Majilio, ni jambo gani analolitarajia katika maisha yake kama mtu binafasi, familia na taifa kwa ujumla. Kwa Waisraeli wakati wa Agano la Kale, walikuwa na tumaini kubwa la ujio wa Kristo, Masiha na Mteule wa Mungu, ambaye angekuja kuwakomboa watu kutoka katika utumwa wa kimaadili na kisiasa na hatimaye, kuanzisha Ufalme wa Mungu kati ya watu.

Hakuna mtu aliyefikiria kwamba, Masiha wa Bwana angeweza kuzaliwa na msichana kama Bikira Maria, mchumba wake Yosefu, mwenye haki. Hata ndani ya moyo wa Bikira Maria anasema Baba Mtakatifu, hakuwahi kufikiri hata kidogo, matumaini ya Ujio wa Masiha moyoni mwake, yalikuwa makubwa kutokana na imani na matumaini yake, hali iliyomfanya kustahilishwa kuwa ni Mama wa Mkombozi.

Mambo mengine anasema Baba Mtakatifu, Mwenyezi Mungu mwenyewe alikuwa ameyaandaa tangu kuumbwa kwa ulimwengu, ndiyo maana Bikira Maria alikuwa amejaa neema, mkweli na muwazi mintarafu mpango wa Mungu katika maisha yake, changamoto kwa waamini kumjifunza Bikira Maria katika maisha yao.

Bikira Maria ni mwanamke wa Kipindi cha Majilio, aliyejitahidi kulimwilisha tukio hili katika hali mbali mbali za maisha yake, kwa ari na mwelekeo mpya wa maisha, akiwa na kiu kubwa ya matumaini, inayozimwa na ujio wa Mungu katika maisha ya mwanadamu.

Baba Mtakatifu anawakumbusha waamini kwamba, Kipindi cha Majilio kiwasaidie kujiandaa kwa makini, kwa ajili ya adhimisho la Fumbo la Umwilisho. Ni changamoto ya kuruhusu neema ya Mungu, maisha ya sala na toba, pamoja na matendo ya huruma, katika kipindi hiki cha Majilio, waamini wanapongojea kuzaliwa kwa Masiha. Ni mwaliko wa kusimama kidete kulinda na kutunza zawadi ya maisha, kama alivyofanya Bikira Maria.

Source: Radio Vatican

Mheshimiwa Sana Padre Nkwande Renatus, ateuliwa kuwa Askofu wa Jimbo Jipya la Bunda, Tanzania

Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, ameunda jimbo Jipya la Bunda, kwa kumega baadhi ya maeneo ya Jimbo kuu la Mwanza na Jimbo la Musoma. Kwa heshima na tahadhima amemteua Mheshimiwa sana Padre Renatus Leonard Nkwande, aliyekuwa msimamizi wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza, kuwa Askofu Mpya wa Jimbo la Bunda, Mara, Tanzania

Jimbo la Bunda, linaundwa na Wilaya ya Bunda, Mkoani Mara na Wilaya ya Ukerewe inayovijumuisha visiwa vya Ukara, toka Mkoa wa Mwanza. Parokia ya Saragana na Mabui zinaunda sasa Jimbo Jipya la Bunda. Mpaka kati ya Jimbo la Musoma na Jimbo Jipya la Bunda ni Mto Suguti. Kanisa la Parokia ya Mtakatifu Paulo, litakuwa ni Kanisa kuu la Jimbo Jipya la Bunda.

Askofu mteule Renatus Leonard Nkwande, alizaliwa kunako tarehe 12 Novemba, 1965, Parokia ya Sumve, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza. Alipata masomo yake ya sekondari, Seminari ya Makoko, Musoma na Nyegezi, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza.

Kunako Mwaka 1987 alijiunga na Seminari Kuu ya Kibosho, Moshi, kwa ajili ya masomo ya Falsafa na baadaye mwaka 1989 aliendelea na masomo ya Taalimungu Seminari kuu ya Segerea, iliyoko Jimbo kuu la Dar es Salaam. Alipadrishwa kunako tarehe 2 Julai 1995 akawa ni Padre wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza.

Tangu alipopadrishwa amefanya shughuli mbali mbali za kichungaji kama Paroko msaidizi, Gombera wa Seminari ndogo ya Nyegezi, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza na baadaye kunako mwaka 2002 hadi 2005 alikwenda Roma kwa masomo ya Sheria za Kanisa, kwenye Chuo Kikuu cha Kipapa cha Urbaniana.

Tangu mwaka 2008 hadi 2009 alikuwa ni Makamu wa Askofu, Jimbo kuu la Mwanza. Na baadaye mwaka 2009 aliteuliwa kuwa msimamizi wa Jimbo kuu la Mwanza kufuatia kifo cha Askofu mkuu Anthony Mayala.

Source: Radio Vatican

Rick Warren Interview

You will enjoy the new insights that Rick Warren has, with his wife now having cancer and him having 'wealth' from the book sales. This is an absolutely incredible short interview with Rick Warren,
 
'Purpose Driven Life ' author and pastor of Saddleback Church in California  
 
In the interview by Paul Bradshaw with Rick Warren, Rick said:

People ask me, What is the purpose of life?
 
And I respond: In a nutshell, life is preparation for eternity. We were made to last forever, and God wants us to be with Him in Heaven.
 

One day my heart is going to stop, and that will be the end of my body-- but not the end of me.
 
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth, but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm-up act - the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.
 
We were made by God and for God, and until you figure that out, life isn't going to make sense.
 
Life is a series of problems: Either you are in one now, you're just coming out of one, or you're getting ready to go into another one.
 
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort; God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

We can be reasonably happy here on earth, but that's not the goal of life. The goal is to grow in character, in Christ likeness..
  
This past year has been the greatest year of my life but also the toughest, with my wife, Kay, getting cancer.

I used to think that life was hills and valleys - you go through a dark time, then you go to the mountaintop, back and forth. I don't believe that anymore.
 
Rather than life being hills and valleys, I believe that it's kind of like two rails on a railroad track, and at all times you have something good and something bad in your life.
 
No matter how good things are in your life, there is always something bad that needs to be worked on.
 
And no matter how bad things are in your life, there is always something good you can thank God for..

You can focus on your purposes, or you can focus on your problems:

If you focus on your problems, you're going into self-centredness, which is my problem, my issues, my pain.' But one of the easiest ways to get rid of pain is to get your focus off yourself and onto God and others.
 
We discovered quickly that in spite of the prayers of hundreds of thousands of people, God was not going to heal Kay or make it easy for her- It has been very difficult for her, and yet God has strengthened her character, given her a ministry of helping other people, given her a testimony, drawn her closer to Him and to people.
 

You have to learn to deal with both the good and the bad of life.

Actually, sometimes learning to deal with the good is harder. For instance, this past year, all of a sudden, when the book sold 15 million copies, it made me instantly very wealthy.
 
It also brought a lot of notoriety that I had never had to deal with before. I don't think God gives you money or notoriety for your own ego or for you to live a life of ease.
 
So I began to ask God what He wanted me to do with this money, notoriety and influence. He gave me two different passages that helped me decide what to do, II Corinthians 9 and Psalm 72.
 
First, in spite of all the money coming in, we would not change our lifestyle one bit.. We made no major purchases.
 
Second, about midway through last year, I stopped taking a salary from the church.

Third, we set up foundations to fund an initiative we call The Peace Plan to plant churches, equip leaders, assist the poor, care for the sick, and educate the next generation..
 
Fourth, I added up all that the church had paid me in the 24 years since I started the church, and I gave it all back. It was liberating to be able to serve God for free.

We need to ask ourselves: Am I going to live for possessions? Popularity?

Am I going to be driven by pressures? Guilt? Bitterness? Materialism? Or am I going to be driven by God's purposes (for my life)?
 
When I get up in the morning, I sit on the side of my bed and say, God, if I don't get anything else done today, I want to know You more and love You better. God didn't put me on earth just to fulfill a to-do list. He's more interested in what I am than what I do.
 
That's why we're called human beings, not human doings.

Happy moments, PRAISE GOD.

Difficult moments, SEEK GOD.

Quiet moments, WORSHIP GOD.
 
Painful moments, TRUST GOD.

Every moment, THANK GOD.
 
Contributed by Hubert Matau (SPS Alumnus)

Before.............

Today before you say an unkind word - Think of someone who can't speak.

Before you complain about the taste of your food - Think of someone who has nothing to eat.

Before you complain about your husband or wife - Think of someone who's crying out to GOD for a companion.

Today before you complain about life - Think of someone who went too early to heaven.

Before you complain about your children -Think of someone who desires children but they're barren.

Before you argue about your dirty house someone didn't clean or sweep - Think of the people who are living in the streets.

Before whining about the distance you drive Think of someone who walks the same distance with their feet.

And when you are tired and complain about your job -
Think of the unemployed, the disabled, and those who wish they had your job.

But before you think of pointing the finger or condemning another - Remember that not one of us is without sin and we all answer to one MAKER.

And when depressing thoughts seem to get you down - Put a smile on your face and thank GOD you're alive and still around.

And before you think of signing out, Please think of sending this to at least ten people.

God Bless You.

Contributed by Fr Benno Kikudo - The Alumni Vice Chairman

Pope Benedict says that the Church must use its creative intelligence to meet the challenges of the digital age.

If the Church is to fulfil its mission to proclaim the truth of Christ to all peoples, it must use its “creative intelligence” to meet the challenges of the digital age.
Pope Benedict said this when he met with the participants of the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Culture, held last week. The theme of the gathering was “the Culture of Communication and New Languages”.
With the new forms of communication, the Pope said, a cultural transformation is under way and the Church cannot remain indifferent.
She wants to dialogue with everyone in the pursuit of truth, he added, and in order to do that she must be on the same frequency, in friendly and sincere environments.
He offered the Gospel as the guide to reaching the digital age and noted that the Church can draw on “her extraordinary patrimony of symbols, images and gestures”. The Christian tradition has always been closely linked to the liturgy and to the language of art, he added, the beauty of which has its special communicative power.

Source: Radio Vatican

RAHA YA MILELE UWAPE Ee BWANA...... NA MWANGA WA MILELE UWAANGAZIE. WAPUMZIKE KWA AMANI. AMINA

Picha ya Marehemu Margaret F. Mbuya

Marehemu Mtoto Reginald F. Mbuya

na wapendwa shemeji na mumewe. RIP.

Picha kwa hisani ya Castor Mayolera

HAKUNA MTIHANI RAHISI

Jamaa watatu walikuwa wakisafiri kupitia kwenye msitu mnene na kwa bahati mbaya wakakutana na majitu yanayokula watu na yakawakamata. Yale majitu yakawaambia 'sisi tuna mtihani ambao ukifaulu tunakuacha uende zako, la ukishindwa unaliwa.'

Basi yale majitu yakawatuma msituni wakiwa chini ya ulinzi kukusanya kila mmoja wao matunda kumi ya mti watakaochagua.

Baada ya muda mfupi mmoja wao akawa amefanikiwa kurudi na matunda aina ya Apple. Akaambiwa mtihani mlionao ni kuhakikisha kuwa unakula matunda yote kumi kwa kumeza bila kutafuna, moja moja lakini usionyeshe hisia yeyote katika uso wako.

Yule aliyekuja na apple akaogopa mno lakini akajizuia kuonyesha hofu yake, wakati huo huo yule wa pili akawa anakuja na matunda yake mkononi aina ya rasberry ambayo ni madogo na hayana kokwa. Yule wa kwanza alipoweka apple mdomoni kwake lilimzidi kinywa na hivyo akagugumia maumivu kwa hiyo akaliwa mara moja.

Huyu wa pili kuona hivyo akazuia hisia zake za hofu kubwa na akapewa mtihani ule ule wa kula matunda hayo moja baada ya jingine. Kutokana na udogo wa matunda hayo na kuwa hayana kokwa ndani alikula bila matatizo mpaka tunda la tisa.

Alipofika tunda la tisa akaangua kicheko kikubwa mno kwa ghafla hivyo na yeye akaliwa mara moja.

Mara wakajikuta wako ahera yule wa kwanza na wa pili. Yule wa wa kwanza akashangaa sana na kumuuliza 'imekuwaje wewe umeshindwa kula vile vijitunda?'
Huyu wa pili akajibu na kusema ' nilimwona jamaa yetu wa tatu akija na mananasi'

Contributed by Hamis Samuli

Don't give up.....

One day I decided to quit...I quit my job, my relationship, my spirituality... I wanted to quit my life. I went to the woods to have one last talk with God.
"God", I asked, "Can you give me one good reason not to quit?" His answer surprised me... "Look around", He said. "Do you see the fern and the bamboo?"
"Yes", I replied. "When I planted the fern and the bamboo seeds, I took very good care of them.
I gave them light.
I gave them water.
The fern quickly grew from the earth.
Its brilliant green covered the floor.
Yet nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo.In the second year the Fern grew more vibrant and plentiful. And again, nothing came from the bamboo seed. But I did not quit on the bamboo. He said. "In year three there was still nothing from the bamboo seed.
But I would not quit. In year four, again, there was nothing from the bamboo seed. I would not quit." He said. "Then in the fifth year a tiny sprout emerged from the earth. Compared to the fern it was seemingly small and insignificant... But just 6 months later the bamboo rose to over 100 feet tall. It had spent the five years growing roots. Those roots made it strong and gave it what it needed to survive. I would not give any of my creations a challenge it could not handle." He asked me. "Did you know, my child, that all this time you have been struggling, you have actually been growing roots".
"I would not quit on the bamboo.
I will never quit on you." "Don't compare yourself to others."
He said.
"The bamboo had a different purpose than the fern.
Yet they both make the forest beautiful." "Your time will come", God said to me.
"You will rise high" "How high should I rise?"
I asked."How high will the bamboo rise?" He asked in return. "As high as it can?" I questioned. "Yes." He said, "Give me glory by rising as high as you can."

I left the forest and brought back this story.


I hope these words can help you see that God will never give up on you.
Never, Never, Never Give up. For the Christian Prayer is not an option but an opportunity. Don't tell the Lord how big the problem is, tell the problem how Great the Lord is!

KIKOSI KAZI CHA SPS ALUMNI

Hawa ni baadhi ya wajumbe wa Kikosi Kazi cha SPS Alumni. Picha ya tarehe 12 Januari 2010 Parokiani Magomeni siku ya uzinduzi rasmi wa Alumni.

Hati ya kichungaji mara baada ya Sinodi kuhusu Neno la Mungu katika maisha na utume wa Kanisa kuzinduliwa rasmi 11 Novemba, 2010

Kardinali Marc Ouellet, Mwenyekiti wa Baraza la Kipapa kwa ajili ya Maaskofu ndiye atakayeongoza jopo la viongozi wakuu kutoka Vatican wanaotarajiwa kuzindua rasmi hati ya kichungaji kutoka kwa Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, baada ya Maadhimisho ya Sinodi ya kumi na mbili ya Maaskofu iliyofanyika mjini Vatican kuanzia tarehe 5 hadi 26 Oktoba, 2008; kwa kuongozwa na tema "Neno la Mungu katika maisha na utume wa Kanisa", hapo tarehe 11 Novemba, 2010..

Ujumbe wa kichungaji baada ya Sinodi umepewa jina kwa lugha ya Kilatini "Verbum Domini", Yaani "Neno la Bwana". Baadhi ya viongozi wanatarajiwa kushiriki katika uzinduzi wa hati hii ya kichungaji mara baada ya Sinodi ni pamoja na Kardinali Mteule, Gianfranco Ravasi, Rais wa Baraza la Kipapa la Utamaduni; Askofu Nikola Eterovic, Katibu mkuu wa Sinodi ya Maaskofu pamoja na Monsinyo Fortunato Frezza, katibu mkuu msaidizi, Sinodi ya Maaskofu. Source: Radio Vatican

KAKA ROY NAMGELA APATA JIKO - KARIBU KWENYE KLABU YA WANANDOA

Kaka anapeleka 'matunzo' ukweni. Kimoyomoyo anasema nitamtunza mke wangu nanyi wazazi wangu wazaa chema.

Picha chini: Wakinyweshana mvinyo - PICHA ZOTE KWA HISANI YA CASTOR MAYOLERA

MAISHA YANASONGA MBELE

Dennis Mzelela "akichakachua"

Dennis Mzelela and Hubert Matau (SPS Alumni) katika mojawapo ya semina

Siku ya kuwaombea waamini marehemu wote: Kifo ni mwanzo wa maisha mapya katika Kristo!

Mama Kanisa kila mwaka ifikapo tarehe 2 Novemba, anawakumbuka waamini wake marehemu wote waliolala katika usingizi wa amani wakiwa na tumaini la uzima wa milele.

Akizungumza na waamini na mahujaji waliohudhuria kwenye Sala la Malaika wa Bwana, katika maadhimisho ya Siku kuu ya watakatifu wote, kwenye Uwanja wa Kanisa Kuu la Mtakatifu Petro, mjini Vatican, Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, anasema, kifo ni jambo linalosababisha majonzi na machungu, lakini kwa waamini wenye imani na matumaini hawana haja ya kuogopa fumbo la kifo katika maisha yao, kwani wanaunganishwa kwa namna ya pekee na Kristo aliyeshinda dhambi na mauti.

Baba Mtakatifu Benedikto wa kumi na sita, jana majira ya jioni, alitarajiwa kwenda kusali chini ya Kanisa Kuu la Mtakatifu Petro, mjini Vatican, kwa ajili ya kuwakumbuka na kuwaombea Mababa watakatifu waliozikwa chini ya Kanisa kuu la Mtakatifu Petro mjini Vatican pamoja na kuwaombea marehemu wote.

Tarehe 4 Novemba, nyakati za asubuhi, ataongoza Ibada ya Misa Takatifu kwa ajili ya kuwakumbuka na kuwaombea marehemu Makardinali na Maaskofu waliofariki dunia katika kipindi cha mwaka 2009 - 2010.

Kifo ni mwanzo wa maisha mapya katika Kristo na kama kuna jambo ambalo mwanadamu ana uhakika nalo ni juu ya kifo. Ndiyo maana Mheshimiwa Padre Nicodemus Hindoy kutoka Chuo Kikuu cha Kipapa cha Laterano, kilichoko mjini Roma hasiti kuwaita "marehemu watarajiwa", changamoto kwa kila mwamini kujitahidi kufa katika hali ya neema ili aweze kuurithi uzima wa milele.

Ninakualika sasa ujiunge naye Mama Kanisa anapotolea siku ya tarehe 2 Novemba na kwa namna ya pekee Mwezi Novemba kwa ajili ya kuwakumbuka na kuwaombea watoto wake waliolala katika usingizi wa amani, wakiwa na tumaini la ufufuko katika wafu.

Ndugu zangu tunapowakumbuka marehemu wote, na kuwaombea kwa namna pekee, hasa wale ambao hawana waombezi, tunapata nafasi ya kutafakari jukumu la kila mmoja katika ushirika na kila mbatizwa, awe bado yuko hapa duniani, toharani, na hata wale ambao tayari wanashiriki utukufu wa milele yaani ambao hapo tarehe 1 Novemba, tumeadhimisha Siku kuu ya watakatifu wote.

Kanisa Katoliki linafundisha kwamba, kuna makundi matatu ndani ya kanisa la Mungu, kanisa linalosafiri, yaani sisi tuliopo duniani, kanisa linalotakaswa, yaani wale waliopo katika hali ya kutakaswa – waliopo toharini na Kanisa lililopo mbinguni yaani watakatifu.

Tarehe 2 Novemba, Kanisa la duniani kote linaungana kwa sala na kanisa la toharani, ili pamoja nao kwa njia ya sala zetu waweze kushirikishwa ule utukufu tunaoutamani kuurithi milele. Ni imani yetu kuwa mtu anapofariki katika hali ya neema lakini bado ana mapungufu madogo madogo, anashiriki hali ya kutakaswa, si sahihi kuwahukumu wenzetu waliotutangulia kwa mapungufu Fulani Fulani, kwani huruma ya Mungu na Utakatifu wake hauna mipaka, siku zote anakuwa sikivu kwa sala na maombi ya wana wake: hapo ndipo sala zetu na nia zetu njema zinapopata nafasi katika kutakaswa kwao, Mungu daima anakuwepo na anazikubali sala na nia njema ya watu wake.

Ndio maana mtakatifu Paulo katika barua yake kwa Wafilipi 1:21 anatushawishi kuwa tujirudi na kuikubali maana sahihi ya kifo, kwamba kifo hakitutenganishi na wenzetu katika Kristu, wala na Kristu mwenyewe, na kwamba sisi tukifa tunakufa katika Kristu na tutaishi naye, kumbe baada ya ubatizo wetu hakuna kinachoweza kututenganisha katika umoja aliotuombea Kristu kwamba tuwe na “umoja kama wao UTATU MTAKATIFU walivyo wamoja”.

Tunaalikwa kuona kuwa kifo si mwisho wa maisha bali ni mwanzo wa maisha mapya katika Kristu, maisha ambayo sina shaka kila mwanadamu mwenye akili timamu anayatamani kuyarithi. Sala zetu na sadaka zetu zina thamani ya pekee mbele za Mungu na kwa ajili ya ndugu zetu waliotoharani. Hatuzungumzii kuyabadili mawazo ya Mungu au kumhonga Mungu kwa sadaka na sala zetu kama wengine wanavyotufikiria katika siku hii tunapowaombea ndugu zetu marehemu, kitu cha msingi na cha uhakika ni nia yetu njema katika sala, sadaka na maombezi kwa ajili ya ndugu zetu.

Ni ukweli usiopingika kwamba katika umoja wetu na ndugu zetu marehemu na watakatifu Mungu anakuwepo kati yetu, anazibariki na kuzikubali nia zetu. Kumbe kuwaombea marehemu ni tendo la kiimani, na tunapaswa kufanya kwa imani na kwa hakika itazaa matunda mema katika imani, tusonge mbele na nia yetu njema katika hili, bila aibu na hofu yoyote, sisi tunaamini na tunajua kwa nini tunafanya hivyo.

Tunapowakumbuka ndugu zetu marehemu, tukumbuke kwamba na sisi ni marehemu watarajiwa ili tufe katika hali ya neema inayotakiwa katika kuurithi uzima wa milele. Kama kuna jambo tunalopaswa kuwa na uhakika nalo ni kufa, kumbe tunapaswa daima kuwa tayari, kwa sababu hatujui siku wala saa atakapotuita Mungu toka maisha haya.

Ni bahati mbaya hatupendi kusika neno kufa katika maisha yetu licha ya kulizungumzia, lakini cha kushangaza ukimwuliza mtu kama anapenda kwenda kwa Mungu kila mmoja anapenda awe ya imani gani, tunasahau kuwa hatuwezi kurudi kwa Mungu bila kufa, na kufa ni mabadiliko ya ghafla ya maisha ya sasa na kuingia katika maisha ya milele tukifa katika neema ya Mungu.

Tuyabadili maisha yetu yasiyompendeza Mungu, ili tuweze daima kutembea katika neema zake na tufe katika neema zake, tuwe na ushujaa kama wa mtakatifu Paulo kwamba kuishi kwake ni Kristu, na kufa ni faida, tukiwa na msimamo huo tutaelewa vizuri nini maana na sababu ya kuwa kwenye umoja na ndugu zetu marehemu. Tuendelee kuwakumbuka daima ndugu zetu marehemu ili Mungu awaonyesha uso wake wa huruma na hatimaye kurithi utukufu wa milele. Source: Radio Vatican

"Sisi sote ni Wamissionari, tunatumwa kutangaza kweli za Kiinjili kwa njia ya ushuhuda wa maisha"

Kanisa Katoliki nchini Zambia kwa kushirikiana na Mashirika ya Kimissionari ya Kipapa kwa pamoja wamehitimisha Siku ya kimissionari duniani, kwa kutafakari uzoefu, mang'amuzi na utume wao wa kimissionari, tangu Wamissionari wa kwanza walipotia nanga nchini Zambia, yapata miaka mia moja na kumi na tisa iliyopita. Ilikuwa ni nafasi nyingine tena ya kutathmini hali halisi na changamoto wanazokabiliana nazo katika utangazaji wa Habari Njema ya Wokovu nchini Zambia.

Kanisa Katoliki Zambia linatambua kwamba asili yake ni umissionari, changamoto ni kuendelea kuadhimisha na kumwilisha uweli huu katika hali halisi ya maisha na utume wa Kanisa nchini humo mintarafu mwanga na changamoto zilizotolewa na Mababa wa Awamu ya Pili ya Sinodi ya Maaskofu wa Afrika.

Wakristo wote wanakumbushwa kwamba, kwa njia ya Sakramenti ya Ubatizo wanashiriki ule ukuhani, unabii na ufalme wa Kristo na hivyo wanatumwa ulimwenguni kote kutangaza Habari Njema ya Wokovu kwa njia ya ushuhuda wa maisha yao, wakiendelea kujenga mshikamano wa dhati kati yao kama Kanisa.

Ni matumaini ya Kanisa Katoliki Zambia kwamba, Kongamano la Kimissionari lililofanyika nchini humo kuanzia tarehe 13 hadi 16 Oktoba, 2010 litaendelea kuwa ni changamoto kwa Taifa la Mungu kujitambua kwamba, kila mmoja wao ni mmissionari na anatumwa kutangaza kweli za Kiinjili kwa njia ya ushuhuda wa maisha yake, wakipania kujenga umoja na mshikamano wa kikanisa kwa kushirikiana na wadau wengine kutoka sehemu mbali mbali za dunia.

Kila mwamini anaalikwa kushiriki utume na maisha ya Kanisa kwa ukamilifu zaidi, kadiri ya nafasi na vipaji vyake, kuendeleza kazi ya Uinjilishaji wa kina inayogusa mahitaji ya mtu mzima: kiroho na kimwili, kwanza kabisa kwa kutambua na kuthamini ukristo wao na kama waamini wa Kanisa Katoliki, ili waweze kuwa kweli ni mashahidi amini wa kweli za kiinjili, bila kupindisha ukweli huo.

Wanapaswa kutambua kwamba, wao ni Taifa na Familia ya Mungu inayowajibika, mwaliko wa kujitoa bila ya kujibakiza kwa ajili ya kulitegemeza Kanisa mahalia, huku wakiendelea kusoma alama za nyakati, kwa kuangalia mabadiliko ya mwelekeo wa kidini na vipaumbele vyake katika masuala ya kiuchumi, kisiasa na kijamii bila kusahau dhana ya utamadunisho, ili kweli tunu msingi za maisha ya kiafrika ziweze kumwilishwa katika maisha ya kikristo mintarafu mwanga wa Kiinjili.

Zambia kama lilivyo Bara la Afrika ina kiu ya Uinjilishaji wa kina, kwa kuendelea kuimarisha Jumuiya Ndogo ndogo za Kikristo; majadiliano ya kidini na kiekumene; kwa kukuza ushirikiano wa karibu zaidi na vyombo vya mawasiliano ya jamii vinavyopaswa pia kuinjilishwa na kuwa ni sauti ya wanyonge zaidi katika Jamii. Taasisi, vyuo na shule zinazomilikiwa na kuendeshwa na Mama Kanisa nchini Zambia, ziwe pia ni mahali pa uinjilishaji na mshikamano wa kidigu.

Kwa miaka mingi Zambia imepokea wamissionari kutoka nje, umefika kwa Kanisa la Zambia kuchangamkia utume wa kimissionari ndani na nje ya Zambia kadiri ya mahitaji ya Kanisa la Afrika na Ulimwengu kwa ujumla. Ili kufanikisha azma hii, lazima wajenge ile dhana ya kupatikana pamoja na kuendelea kukuza na kuimarisha miito mitakatifu ndani ya Kanisa. Source: Radio Vatican

TEAM WORK

 It is a brotherly love and tendency to share whatever comes, either Victory or Defeat. Let us remain one.

VATICAN: Pope Benedict XVI Letter to Seminarians

VATICAN CITY, October 19, 2010 (CISA) -Given below are ample extracts from the English-language version of a Letter to Seminarians, written by the Pope to mark the end of the Year for Priests and dated 18 October.


"When in December 1944 I was drafted for military service, the company commander asked each of us what we planned to do in the future. I answered that I wanted to become a Catholic priest. The lieutenant replied: 'Then you ought to look for something else. In the new Germany priests are no longer needed'. I knew that this 'new Germany' was already coming to an end, and that, after the enormous devastation which that madness had brought upon the country, priests would be needed more than ever. Today the situation is completely changed. In different ways, though, many people nowadays also think that the Catholic priesthood is not a 'job' for the future, but one that belongs more to the past. You, dear friends, have decided to enter the seminary and to prepare for priestly ministry in the Catholic Church in spite of such opinions and objections. You have done a good thing. Because people will always have need of God, even in an age marked by technical mastery of the world and globalisation: they will always need the God Who has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ, the God Who gathers us together in the universal Church in order to learn with Him and through Him life's true meaning and in order to uphold and apply the standards of true humanity. Where people no longer perceive God, life grows empty; nothing is ever enough".

"In this letter I would like to point out - thinking back to my own time in the seminary - several elements which I consider important for these years of your journeying.

"(1) Anyone who wishes to become a priest must be first and foremost a 'man of God', to use the expression of St. Paul. For us God is not some abstract hypothesis. ... God has revealed Himself in Jesus Christ. ... It follows that the most important thing in our path towards priesthood and during the whole of our priestly lives is our personal relationship with God in Jesus Christ. The priest is not the leader of a sort of association whose membership he tries to maintain and expand. He is God's messenger to His people. He wants to lead them to God and in this way to foster authentic communion between all men and women. That is why it is so important, dear friends, that you learn to live in constant intimacy with God. When the Lord tells us to 'pray constantly', He is obviously not asking us to recite endless prayers, but urging us never to lose our inner closeness to God".

"(2) For us God is not simply Word. In the Sacraments He gives Himself to us in person, through physical realities. At the heart of our relationship with God and our way of life is the Eucharist. Celebrating it devoutly, and thus encountering Christ personally, should be the centre of all our days. ... In the liturgy we pray with the faithful of every age - the past, the present and the future are joined in one great chorus of prayer. As I can state from personal experience, it is inspiring to learn how it all developed, what a great experience of faith is reflected in the structure of the Mass, and how it has been shaped by the prayer of many generations.

(3) "The Sacrament of Penance is also important. It teaches me to see myself as God sees me, and it forces me to be honest with myself. ... Even when we have to struggle continually with the same failings, it is important to resist the coarsening of our souls and the indifference which would simply accept that this is the way we are. ... Moreover, by letting myself be forgiven, I learn to forgive others. In recognising my own weakness, I grow more tolerant and understanding of the failings of my neighbour.

"(4) I urge you to retain an appreciation for popular piety, which is different in every culture yet always remains very similar, for the human heart is ultimately one and the same. Certainly, popular piety tends towards the irrational, and can at times be somewhat superficial. Yet it would be quite wrong to dismiss it. Through that piety, the faith has entered human hearts and become part of the common patrimony of sentiments and customs, shaping the life and emotions of the community".

"(5) Above all, your time in the seminary is also a time of study. The Christian faith has an essentially rational and intellectual dimension. Were it to lack that dimension, it would not be itself. ... I can only plead with you: Be committed to your studies! ... The point is not simply to learn evidently useful things, but to understand and appreciate the internal structure of the faith as a whole, so that it can become a response to people's questions, which on the surface change from one generation to another yet ultimately remain the same. For this reason it is important to move beyond the changing questions of the moment in order to grasp the real questions, and so to understand how the answers are real answers. It is important to have a thorough knowledge of Sacred Scripture as a whole, in its unity as the Old and the New Testaments. ... It is important to be familiar with the Fathers and the great Councils in which the Church appropriated, through faith-filled reflection, the essential statements of Scripture. ... I do not need to point out the importance of knowing the essential issues of moral theology and Catholic social teaching. The importance nowadays of ecumenical theology, and of a knowledge of the different Christian communities, is obvious. ... But you should also learn to understand and - dare I say it - to love canon law, appreciating how necessary it is and valuing its practical applications. ... I will not go on with this list, but I simply say once more: love the study of theology and carry it out in the clear realisation that theology is anchored in the living community of the Church, which, with her authority, is not the antithesis of theological science but its presupposition. Cut off from the believing Church, theology would cease to be itself and instead it would become a medley of different disciplines lacking inner unity.

"(6) Your years in the seminary should also be a time of growth towards human maturity. It is important for the priest, who is called to accompany others through the journey of life up to the threshold of death, to have the right balance of heart and mind, reason and feeling, body and soul, and to be humanly integrated. ... This also involves the integration of sexuality into the whole personality. Sexuality is a gift of the Creator yet it is also a task which relates to a person's growth towards human maturity. When it is not integrated within the person, sexuality becomes banal and destructive. Today we can see many examples of this in our society. Recently we have seen with great dismay that some priests disfigured their ministry by sexually abusing children and young people. Instead of guiding people to greater human maturity and setting them an example, their abusive behaviour caused great damage for which we feel profound shame and regret. As a result of all this, many people, perhaps even some of you, might ask whether it is good to become a priest; whether the choice of celibacy makes any sense as a truly human way of life. Yet even the most reprehensible abuse cannot discredit the priestly mission, which remains great and pure. Thank God, all of us know exemplary priests, men shaped by their faith, who bear witness that one can attain to an authentic, pure and mature humanity in this state and specifically in the life of celibacy. Admittedly, what has happened should make us all the more watchful and attentive, precisely in order to examine ourselves earnestly, before God, as we make our way towards priesthood, so as to understand whether this is his will for me. It is the responsibility of your confessor and your superiors to accompany you and help you along this path of discernment".

"(7) The origins of a priestly vocation are nowadays more varied and disparate than in the past. Today the decision to become a priest often takes shape after one has already entered upon a secular profession. Often it grows within the communities, particularly within the movements, which favour a communal encounter with Christ and His Church, spiritual experiences and joy in the service of the faith. It also matures in very personal encounters with the nobility and the wretchedness of human existence. ... The movements are a magnificent thing. You know how much I esteem them and love them as a gift of the Holy Spirit to the Church. Yet they must be evaluated by their openness to what is truly Catholic, to the life of the whole Church of Christ, which for all her variety still remains one. The seminary is a time when you learn with one another and from one another. In community life, which can at times be difficult, you should learn generosity and tolerance, not only bearing with, but also enriching one another. .. This school of tolerance, indeed, of mutual acceptance and mutual understanding in the unity of Christ's Body, is an important part of your years in the seminary.

"Dear seminarians, with these few lines I have wanted to let you know how often I think of you, especially in these difficult times, and how close I am to you in prayer. Please pray for me, that I may exercise my ministry well, as long as the Lord may wish".

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TAARIFA YA GOMBERA SIKU YA MAHAFALI YA 41 YA KIDATO CHA NNE TAREHE 16 OKTOBA 2010

1. UTANGULIZI:

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, awali ya yote napenda kuchukua nafasi hii kumshukuru Mungu kwa kutujalia kufika siku ya leo tunapokusanyika hapa kwa lengo la kuwaaga vijana wetu wa kidato cha nne.

Pia kwa niaba ya  Jumuiya ya Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro napenda kukukaribisha wewe Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, Padri Romanus Dimoso, Daktari wa uchumi na Mkufunzi Chuo Kikuu Mzumbe na pia kukushukuru kwa utayari wako wa kuitikia mwito wetu wa kuja kuwa Mgeni Rasmi katika Mahafali  haya ya 41 ya kidato cha nne.   Ukiwa Tunda la Seminari hii, uwepo wako  hapa hakika unaleta changamoto na faraja ya pekee kwetu na tunaona  kuwa kazi inayofanywa na Seminari hii haipotei bure.

Tunatambua unayo majukumu mengi pale chuoni lakini kutokana na upendo wako wa dhati kwa Seminari hii, ukitambua mchango mkubwa wa shule hii kwako ukawa tayari kutenga muda kwa ajili yetu.  Tunasema asante sana na Mungu akubariki kwa utayari na upendo wako kwetu.

Aidha tunawashukuru wageni wote mliofika siku hii ya leo, waheshimiwa  Mapadri na Watawa, marafiki wa Seminari, Kamati Tendaji ya St. Peter’s Seminary Alumni, wazazi na walezi.  Ujio wenu unaleta furaha na tumaini jipya kwetu kwani ni ishara ya mshikamano katika suala zima la malezi ya wito wa upadre, kuijenga na kuendeleza Seminari yetu.

2. TAARIFA YA SEMINARI:

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro ni   shule ya Kikatoliki inayotoa elimu ya sekondari Kidato cha Kwanza hadi cha Sita na malezi maalumu ya kidini na kimaadili kwa vijana wanaoandaliwa    kuwa Mapadre wa Kanisa Katoliki.

Shule hii inamilikiwa kwa pamoja na Majimbo saba ya Kanisa Katoliki    ambayo ni Dar Es Salaam, Zanzibar, Morogoro, Tanga, Same, Mahenge na    Dodoma.  Kwa ruhusa maalum ya Mwenyekiti wa Bodi ya Maaskofu tunao pia  Waseminaristi kutoka Jimbo Kuu la Songea, Mashirika ya Wasalvatori,  Wabenedictine na Wakarmeli.

Kwa sasa Seminari ina idadi ya wanafunzi 324, wakiwemo vijana 14 wa kidato  cha nne tunaowaaga leo.

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, tunapofanya mahafali haya ya 41 ya Kidato cha Nne, Seminari hii inatimiza miaka 41 tangu iwepo hapa Morogoro.  Kihistoria Seminari hii ilianza huko Ilonga, Wilayani Kilosa mwaka 1936, ikahamia Bagamoyo na mwaka 1969 ikahamishiwa hapa ilipo sasa.

2.1. MAFANIKIO:

Kwa kipindi cha miaka 41 tangu Seminari ihamie hapa Morogoro, Seminari imekuwa na mafanikio makubwa katika nyanja mbali mbali hasa katika kutoa wahitimu kwani hadi kufikia leo tarehe 16.10.2010 Seminari imeweza kutoa wahitimu 2104 na kati yao 215 ni mapadri na kati yao watatu ni Maaskofu.

Ni habari njema pia kuona kuwa wale ambao hawakufikia lengo la kuwa Mapadre wamekuwa  hazina njema kwa jamii ndani na nje ya Tanzania.

Seminari imetoa watu katika medani mbalimbali wakiwemo walimu, wanahabari,  wanadiplomasia, wanasheria, wahandisi, wataalamu wa uchumi ukiwemo wewe Mgeni wetu Rasmi, n.k.

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, Seminari inapofikia miaka 41 tunawashukuru wote waliochangia kwa namna moja au nyingine mafanikio yake: tukianzia Maaskofu wamiliki wa Seminari, wafadhili wetu wa ndani na nje, kamati ya wazazi na marafiki wa Seminari, wanafunzi waliosoma hapa (St. Peter’s Seminary Alumni), wanafunzi, wafanyakazi na wote wale ambao wamewezesha Seminari hii kufikia hapa ilipo.

2.2. WAHUDUMU:

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, kwa sasa Seminari ina wahudumu hamsini na moja (51) wakiwemo mapadri 7, watawa wa kike 5, walimu walei 19 na wafanyakazi Walei wasio walimu 20.

2.3. MAENDELEO YA TAALUMA:

Mheshimiwa  Mgeni Rasmi, historia inaonesha  kuwa Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro ni moja kati ya shule bora Tanzania kwa wanafunzi kufanya vizuri katika mitihani yao ya Taifa.  Pamoja na ukweli kuwa kuna nyakati tunashuka, lakini daima kiwango cha taaluma ni kizuri.

2.4. CHANGAMOTO:

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, Utume wa Seminari Ndogo ya Mt. Petro, Morogoro  tangu iasisiwe ni kutoa elimu bora ya sekondari na malezi bora kwa vijana wenye mwelekeo wa kuwa mapadri kwa gharama nafuu ambayo hata familia zenye kipato kidogo wanaweza kuimudu.  Seminari Ndogo ya Mtakatifu Petro, Morogoro ni moja ya shule zenye kiwango kidogo sana cha ada miongoni mwa shule za bweni za kulipia.

Kwa sasa kiwango cha ada kinachotolewa kinakidhi 70% ya gharama za kawaida za kuendesha shule bila kuingiza mipango ya maendeleo na ukarabati mkubwa.  Hii  ina maana kwamba 30% ya gharama za kuendesha shule lazima zipatikane  kutoka vyanzo vingine kama miradi ya shule na misaada ya wahisani.

Mara nyingi shule imeshindwa kupata hiyo 30% ya bajeti toka vyanzo hivyo.  Misaada ya wahisani haizidi 15% ya bajeti ya shule; na miradi ya shule  inachangia 2% tu ya bajeti hiyo.  Mbaya zaidi, karibu kila mwaka wanafunzi 20 hushindwa kabisa kulipa ada, hii ni sawa na 4% ya bajeti ya shule.  Hii ina maana kuwa kila mwaka, shule inakuwa na upungufu wa 17% katika bajeti yake na hii ni kwa ajili ya gharama za kawaida tu za kuendesha shule, bila kuingiza mipango ya maendeleo na ukarabati mkubwa.

Hivyo pamoja na nia nzuri ya Seminari kutoa elimu na malezi bora kwa gharama nafuu, Seminari imejikuta katika wakati mgumu kiuchumi.  Bajeti ya shule inakuwa ndogo na hivyo kuathiri mambo mengi, kama vile:

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kuboresha chakula cha wanafunzi

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kutoa mishahara mizuri kwa walimu na wafanyakazi wasio walimu.

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kukarabati mejengo ya shule na kuyaweka katika hali bora.

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kununua vitabu vya  kiada na rejea vya kutosha kwa matumizi ya wanafunzi na walimu

·        Kukosa uwezo wa kununua kompyuta kwa ajili ya kufundishia somo la kompyuta.

2.5. MATAZAMIO YETU:

Tukiwa na uchumi imara Seminari itakuwa katika nafasi ya kuendelea na utume wake wa kutoa elimu bora ya sekondari na malezi bora kwa vijana wenye muelekeo wa kuwa Mapadre kwa gharama nafuu inaoweza kulipwa hata na familia zenye kipato cha chini.

Hivyo, wakati Seminari inaendelea  kusisitiza na kukusanya ada kutoka kwa wanafunzi, wakati Seminari inabuni na kutekeleza miradi ya kiuchumi, ni muhimu pia kuomba wahisani ndani na nje, mashirika, vikundi na mtu mmoja mmoja  ambao wanaamini katika utume wa Seminari hii ili waungane nasi katika utume huu.

Tunawashukuru sana wanafunzi waliosoma hapa zamani (St. Peter’s Seminary Alumni) ambao kwa namna ya pekee hivi karibuni wameamua  kusaidia  maendeleo ya Seminari hii. Kwa muda mfupi tangu walipoanza rasmi kutekeleza azma hiyo hapo Januari 12, 2010 wameisaidia Seminari kwa mambo mengi kama vile:-

·        Kununua meza mbili za mpira wa meza (table tennis) na seti zake (rackets) vyenye kiwango cha Olympics vikiwa na thamani ya Tshs 1,931,000.-

·        Kuchangia uanzishwaji upya wa shamba la  matunda;  tayari miche elfu moja (1,000) ya michungwa na miembe imeshapandwa.

·        Vitabu vya kiada na rejea vyenye thamani ya Tshs. 6,376,000.- vimenunuliwa na kutolewa zawadi kwa Seminari.

·        Meza 13 za mninga na viti vya kisasa vya ofisini 23 vyenye thamani ya Tshs 1,800,000.- vimetolewa zawadi kwa Seminari.

·        Mradi wa Biogas wenye thamani ya T.shs 12,427,750.-           umeshaanza kutengenezwa kwa matumizi ya jiko la wanafunzi.

2.6. MIKAKATI  YA KIUCHUMI:

Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi, ili kukabiliana na changamoto za kiuchumi zilizopo mbele yetu, Seminari imeazimia yafuatayo kama mpango wa kujinasua kiuchumi:

(i) Mradi wa Trekta:

Kwa kuwa chakula  cha wanafunzi peke yake kinagharimu  sehemu kubwa ya bajeti ya shule (23%) tumeamua ni vyema   Seminari ikawa na shamba lake na hivyo kuzalisha  sehemu kubwa ya chakula cha wanafunzi.

Seminari ina mpango wa kupata ekari 50 huko Kilombero kwa ajili ya      kilimo cha mpunga.  Matazamio yetu ni kwamba hizo ekari 50 zitatupatia kilo 30,000 za mchele, ambazo ni chakula tosha kwa mwaka na zaidi.

Ili kufanikisha hili Seminari ina mpango wa kununua trekta jipya na jembe lake.  Aidha trekta hilo litasaidia kuchangia pato la shule kwa kulima mashamba ya watu wengine baada ya kulima shamba la shule. Kwa kulima mashamba ya watu wengine matazamio yetu trekta litatuingizia faida ya Tshs 26,000,000.- kwa mwaka.

Matarajio yetu ni kwamba mazao yatakayopatikana na pesa itakayopatikana kutokana  na kazi  za trekta kwa pamoja zitachangia 16% ya bajeti ya shule.

Tayari utafiti wa aina bora ya trekta na bei yake vimeshafanywa. Trekta na jembe pamoja vinagharimu US $ 47,444.- sawa na Tshs 74,166,000.-

Seminari tayari ipo katika mchakato wa kutafuta wahisani wa kutusaidia katika hili.

(ii) Mradi wa mifugo (Nguruwe):

Aidha, Seminari imedhamiria kuboresha mradi wa mifugo, hususan kitengo cha nguruwe. Lengo letu likiwa ni kufuga kibiashara nguruwe 228. Kwa sasa mabanda yetu yana uwezo wa kuchukua nguruwe 128; kufikia lengo la nguruwe 228 tumepanga kuongeza banda la kuchukuwa nguruwe 100 zaidi.

Kwa zoezi hili tunatazamia kuboresha chakula cha wanafunzi na kupata pato ambalo kwa pamoja kwa gharama za sasa ni sawa na faida ya Tshs 41,208,240.- kwa mwaka, sawa na 11% ya bajeti ya shule.

Ujenzi wa banda jipya la nguruwe utagharimu Tshs 9,403,425.-

Wakati tukiendelea kutafuta wahisani wa kutusaidia ujenzi huo, tayari tumeshaanza kuboresha mifugo iliyopo na kuongeza idadi ya nguruwe ili kujaza mabanda yaliyopo. Hadi sasa shule ina nguruwe 73. Hivyo tuna upungufu wa nguruwe 55 kujaza mabanda yaliyopo.

2. 7. MWISHO:

Safari ni ndefu na magumu ni mengi, lakini tutafanikiwa kama  tukizingatia msemo wa kiswahili “umoja ni nguvu na utengano ni udhaifu”.

Kwa moyo wa dhati tunawomba wote wenye kuamini na kuthamini pamoja nasi utume wa Seminari hii tuendelee kuwa kitu kimoja tuiendeleze Seminari yetu.  “Penye nia pana njia”. Tukifanya kazi bega kwa bega kwa ushirikiano wa dhati tutaifanya Seminari hii kuwa bora katika kila nyanja na hivyo kutoa wahitimu bora watakaolitegemeza Kanisa na jamii kwa ujumla.

3. HITIMISHO:

Napenda kuhitimisha taarifa hii kwa kukushukuru tena Mheshimiwa Mgeni Rasmi kwa kuwa nasi katika siku hii ya leo.  Wageni wengine wote,   wahafarishwa wetu, wafanyakazi wote na Waseminaristi wote mnaobaki tunawashukuru sana kwa kuifanya siku hii kuwa nzuri,  Mungu awabariki  sana.