EXTRAORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST FINISH THEIR TRAINING

A group of fourteen women finished their training at St. Kizito Pastoral Centre in Solwezi, as Extraordinary Ministers of the Eucharist. Their main role will be to take the Eucharist to the sick and the elderly and to help giving the Eucharist in the Sunday mass.

The three main linguistic groups of the Diocese were represented. So we had Luvale, Lunda and Kaonde speaking people. We may say that the course was like a Pentecost, where people come together and live like a family, in spite of their different languages. We had ladies from Chavuma, Zambezi, Lwau, Ntambu, Manyinga, St. Francis and Solwezi.

The course was practical, training how to give the Eucharist, to preside a Sunday Service, to preach and to conduct a funeral. The practical side of the course was accompanied by teaching on the Eucharist, and introduction to the Bible and a short course on Jesus Christ, to know and love him better.

We should not forget that the women are the majority in the Church, and they do a lot of pastoral work that many times is not recognised. We must train them, giving them knowledge, skills and responsibility, so that they can make their service to the community more effective.