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St. Teresa Benedicta Parish, Mbezi-Msumi

St. Teresa Benedicta of the cross is a full-fledged parish in Mbezi-Msumi, Tanzania. Serving a community of farmers and small business owners, the parish focuses on administering sacraments, conducting seminars, visiting the sick, and more. With future plans of constructing a parish church and promoting Marian devotion, the parish faces challenges in bringing people to sacramental marriage and mobilizing financial resources for development.

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St. Teresa Benedicta Parish, Mbezi-Msumi

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  1. PAROKIA YA BENEDICTA WA MSALABA, MBEZI-MSUMIJIMBO KUU LA DAR ES SALAAMP.BOX 80851

  2. ABOUT THE PARISHMBEZI-MSUMI • The name of the parish is St. Teresa Benedicta of the cross. • This parish was a quasi-parish under Makabe Parish till 5th January 2018. • We Missionaries of Mary Immaculate took over this parish on 06th January 2018 as a full pledged parish. • This new parish was announced as a independent parish to MMIs by cardinal Polycarp Pengo. • On January 14th of 2018 we too received “Tegeta A” as a substation. • Rev. Fr. A. Amalraj MMI as a parish priest • Rev. Fr. Sam Antony as an assistant parish priest.

  3. Most of our parishioners around 70% of them are farmers. And the rest of them do small level businesses. Their lives mainly depends on the seasonal rain fall. They too struggle to get pure drinking water, they use the available salty water for drinking and cooking and the daily uses. When we took up the parish, there were few faithful actively involving in the activities of the church. Now we see the improvement in their participation in the parish activities. We are also happy to note the government has facilitated electricity in an around Msumi. This happened very recently, Because of this facility people come to settle in Msumi parish and we feel the faithful increase in number. Around 65% of our community we serve are Christians (including our separated brethren) another 35% of them are Muslims.

  4. We have 475 families in our parish Msumi. 2077 faithful in number. Quasi Parish Tegeta A has 525 families (2482 in number)We have two catechists to help and animate the faithful. • Activities of the church • Administering the sacraments • Conducting seminars • Visiting the sick • House blessing and visiting • Construction of the parish office • Purchasing of new land • Youth counseling • Catechism in various levels • Pilgrimage to worshiping places • Recollections and novena, Retreat for the parishioners and priests

  5. Sacraments Administered Baptism 243 First holy communion 163 Confirmation 121 Marriage 026 Time Table Sundays 5 masses Mondays office work, counseling Tuesdays visiting the sick, confirmation preparation Wednesdays first Wednesdays Recollection, personal work Thursdays office work, adoration, first holy communion preparation Fridays office work, visiting the sick Saturdays celebration of mass at BCC, confession

  6. Future Focus • To encourage the faithful to have church marriage (targeted for this year 50 marriage) • Constructing the parish church • Bringing Marian devotion and ABBA Father spirituality • Recruiting the candidates for religious life • Educating them to have a sustainable life skill and development

  7. Challenges • Bringing the people to sacramental marriage • Mobilizing financial resources for the development of the parish.. in building, land. • Transportation issue in visiting the faithful

  8. VOTE OF THANKS As we journeyed through 2018, we thank God for His guidance in our ministry towards the people of Tanzania through the East African Province of the society of Missionaries of Mary Immaculate. We hasten to thank for the prayers and moral support given by our Father Founder, the Superior General and his councilors, the provincial Rev. Fr. Julians Michael Antony Vinoth MMI for his magnanimity towards our parish’s growth. Our prayers are sure for all our Missionaries . Wishing you most and more for the year ahead.

  9. Thank you 2018 !!! and Welcome 2019 …

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