Blessing & Inauguration: Marian Health Post’s New Building

“Dioceses, parishes, and all communities in the Church should devote themselves to presenting the subjects of health and illness in the light of the Gospel; encourage the advancement and defense of life and the dignity of the human person, from conception until natural death; and make the preferential option for the poor and the marginalized concrete and visible.

Communities able to live out an authentic Gospel diakonia by seeing "their Lord and Master" in the poor and the sick constitute a bold announcement of the resurrection and contribute to effectively renewing hope "in the definitive coming of the Kingdom of God."

Dear people who are ill, a special place is reserved for you in the Church community. The condition of suffering in which you live and the wish to recover health make you particularly sensitive to the value of hope. To the intercession of Mary I entrust your aspiration to bodily and spiritual well-being, and I exhort you to enlighten and elevate it with the theological virtue of hope, a gift of Christ.”

St. John Paul II, Message for World Day of the Sick

The newly constructed building of Marian Health Post at Westwood, Lusaka was inaugurated and blessed yesterday. It was inaugurated by District Commissioner Honorable Mr David Sheleni and blessed by Rev Fr Gabrial Mwanamalye, the Dean of Kanyama Denary of Archdiocese of Lusaka. The District Health Director Mrs. Leah Namonje, the Chilaga Council Chair Person Hon Mr Champion Tembo and other invited guests were present for the function.

Fr. Tomy Luckhose SAC, Zambia Mission Secretary