By Benedicto Maguda

Blantyre, October 20, Mana: Members of Saints Peter and Paul, Chilobwe Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Blantyre took a 12 kilometre fundraising big walk on Saturday to raise K10 million for the church renovation.

Parish Priest, Fr. Symon Moffat has, therefore, urged congregants to continue participating in various fundraising activities meant for the church renovation project.

He told Malawi News Agency (MANA) after the big walk that the parish thought of the big walk to mobilize funds to renovate the church in preparation for 50 years anniversary.

“The church is in our hands and for this reason we need to do things on our own without relying on donors outside the country. This is why I am urging all Christians from Saints Peter & Paul Chilobwe Parish to work together for the project,” Fr, Moffat said.

He thanked those that took part in the big walk from Chilobwe Parish through Zingwangwa, Kudya, Catholic Institute, Stella Maris and back to Chilobwe Parish.

Chairperson for Saints Peter & Paul Church Council, Harris Kachale, appealed to organizations and individuals of good will to support the parish with funds or various materials to speed up the project.

“We need more resources such as cement, tiles and paint. We are, therefore, requesting people of good will to come and join us on this project with whatever they have,” he said.

Chairperson of the Project Committee, Matias Jowack, said the project is meant to chance the appearance of the church in and out, as it has taken many years without major renovations.

“We want to put new tiles, new comfortable chairs and new look for our church entrance. The whole project will cost K52 million. The first phase is to do modification of the church entrance and this will commence on October, 21 followed by fixing of tiles on November 4,” he said.

According to Jowack, the parish will organize other fundraising activities to mobilize extra financial resources for the project.

Agnes Phiri, from Saint Kizito Mphakati in the parish encouraged fellow Christians to take part in every fundraising activity.

Saints Peter & Paul Parish was established in 1975.