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Vision & Pastoral Priorities

We desire to be a community of true disciples witnessing to the Risen Christ in our midst, rooted in faith, guided by the Word of God, signs of God's love and care for all creation, prophetic, credible and relevant, source of hope to our broken world.

We long to be a Church as Family, a communion of communities, sensitive to the needs of our world, caring, sharing, supportive, with a preferential love for the poorest, living and proclaiming the Good News in the culture of our people.

We yearn to be a prayerful Church, gathered around the Eucharist, Spirit filled and Spirit led,
encouraging dialogue and reconciliation, respectful of the different charismas and gifts, nurturing integral growth, giving life in its fullness.

PASTORAL PRIORITIES

1. To become more and more a community of true disciples we will put the Word of God as the foundation of all our pastoral initiatives and activities.
2. To be a prayerful family, we will make the Eucharist the summit and fountain of our Christian lives and activities as well as the source of our communion.
3. Empowered by the Word and Eucharist, we shall endeavour to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.

In Chikuni Parish, there are many people praying and working together.

Mass is celebrated:

Sunday
06:30hrs and 09:30hrs

Monday to Saturday
06:10hrs

THE PARISH COUNCIL

The main body in the parish that oversees all the activities under the parish, is the Parish Council.

The Parish council executive consists of eight people that include, the Parish Priest, the Parish Sister and lay people.

They have meetings every second month where each centre is represented by the Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer. Lay apostolic groups are also represented at these meetings.

The Parish is also divided into zones i.e. Northern, Southern and Central zones where they also have committees. In each zone, there are seven centres.

Church council meetings take place every month.

LAY APOSTOLIC GROUPS

There are many groups that parishioners can join.

St Vincent De Paul

Founded by Blessed Frederick Ozanam, this group’s objective is to find those who are deprived and also bring the love of Jesus Christ to the suffering. They also spend time praying together. They meet every Sunday after the 09:30hrs mass.

Altar Servers

These are young boys who help the priest at the altar during mass. They meet every Saturday at 14:00hrs for Sunday mass preparations and training for old and new members.

Gorretti

This is a group of young girls inspired by blessed Maria Gorretti’s life. They make masses colourful with their different dances. They meet every Saturday at 14:00hrs for prayer and rehearsals.

The Church Choir

Chikuni church boasts of a musical tradition that has been there since the coming of Christianity in 1905. They sing during Sunday masses at 09:30hrs and meet every Saturday at 14:00hrs for rehearsals.

Catholic Women’s League

This group of women promotes social work.
They do various kinds of work at church, mainly making sure the church surroundings and linen are clean. They meet every Saturday at 09:00hrs to do their work.

Christian Life Community

This Group helps create a greater awareness of God’s presence in people’s lives. It offers a way of life inspired by the spiritual exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola. In CLC, they aim to live lives inspired of Ignatian spirituality.

Legion of Mary

Founded by Edel Quinn, this group of men and women meets every Wednesday at 14:00hrs to pray the Rosary and listen to the word of God. They also help bring back the lost, to Christ.

Nazareth

This group does different works of Charity in the parish. They also help strengthen marriages through counseling and leading by example through their own marriages. They meet every Saturday at 09:00hrs.

Eucharistic Ministers

These are men and women who help in giving communion to the faithful during masses and services when priests are not around. They are chosen by the christian communities and trained.

Sunday Service Leaders

These are men trained to lead the congregation in prayer on Sundays when priests are not available in that centre but saying masses in other centres.

Catholic Association of Religious Educators

These men and women teach catechism in the Parish. Young and old people are taught and directed in their catholic faith by these catechisers.

Pioneer

This group teaches good morals in regard to taking psychotic substances. They lead by example by not taking alcohol themselves. They also meet to pray and listen to the word of God.

Peace and Justice

This group deals with unjust practices and helps to bring peace among Christians. All this is done in line with Christian norms. They meet every Saturday at 15:00hrs.

Youth

This is a vibrant group that takes part in different church activities. They meet every Saturday to do some work at church and charity work in the community. On Sunday afternoon, they meet to pray and listen to the word of God. They meet for music rehearsals on Wednesdays at 16:00hrs and have mass every Thursday at 17:00hrs. The sports fields are open all afternoons to promote virtues, discourage vices and keep them together.