Promoting the Cause for the Beatification
of
TSHIMANGADZO SAMUEL
BENEDICT DASWA
Greetings in the grace
of Christ from Tzaneen.
I am pleased to give you an
update on the recent developments concerning the Cause of the Servant of God.
At the moment we are in the
process of obtaining the plot for the development of the Benedict Daswa
Pilgrimage Site in the Thulamela Municipality We are deeply grateful to the
following Dioceses who contributed towards our appeal for the purchase of the
plot: The Archdioceses of Cape Town and Johannesburg, the Dioceses of Dundee,
Francistown, Kimberley, Witbank and the Vicariate Apostolic of Ingwavuma and
the generous donation from Bishop –emeritus Fritz Lobinger.
Father Lucio is completing his
work on the Positio document in Rome on our behalf. We are hoping to have it
published by the end of this year. An Official copy is to be presented to the
Roman Congregation for the Cause of Saints, and other copies – in summary form
- will be presented to all the Bishops
of SACBC Region as well some member churches of the SACC. The cost for the
printing and publication of the Positio is estimated to be around Euro10 000.00
(R100 000.00+) which is the responsibility of the Tzaneen Diocese.
This year we have set up a
desk in our Diocesan Office for the promotion of the Cause. This has added to
our financial burden. I have appointed Sister Claudette Hiosan fdnsc as
Promoter and Secretary for this desk. It is my belief that this Cause really
belongs to the SACBC Region in line with the conviction of the Post-Synodal
Exhortation, Africae Munus (# 114),
which encourages us to recognise those who could be canonised according to the
norms of the Church.
Your financial contribution would
be an encouraging sign of your sharing in the common hope for the beatification
of the first martyr in the Catholic Church of Southern Africa.
God bless you and may Our Lady
of the Sacred Heart pray for us and the Cause.
+ Bishop Joao Rodrigues (Sr)
Claudette Hiosan (Promoter)
Branch: 052749
Name of Account: Diocese of Tzaneen: Benedict Daswa Cause
Account Number: 330911538
Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ
Diocese of Tzaneen
* PO Box 261,
Tzaneen, 0850
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