St. Mary's Minor Seminary, Chipata
Encyclopedia
St. Mary's Minor Seminary is a Catholic
senior secondary
boarding school
in Zambia
, run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chipata. It is situated 20 km away from Chipata
-Chadiza
road. It is sometimes called new St Mary's because it is the second seminary after the sale of the St Mary's which was situated along Malawi Road. The new seminary was opened in 1980 by Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
, then Bishop of Chipata Diocese with the sole aim of raising up young men that would proceed to the Major seminary to pursue Diocesan priesthood.
Zambia°N date=December 2010°W
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
senior secondary
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
boarding school
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in Zambia
Zambia
Zambia , officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. The neighbouring countries are the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia to the south, and Angola to the west....
, run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chipata. It is situated 20 km away from Chipata
Chipata
Chipata, population 98,416, is the capital of the Eastern Province of Zambia. The two languages spoken are Nyanja and English, though you might find some Indian languages, as there is a large number of Zambian Indians located in the town...
-Chadiza
Chadiza
Chadiza is a town in the Eastern Province of Zambia, and is headquarters of Chadiza District. It lies 35 km south of the Great East Road and about 80 km south-south-west of Chipata on a plateau studded by isolated rocky hills, between the middle Luangwa valley and the...
road. It is sometimes called new St Mary's because it is the second seminary after the sale of the St Mary's which was situated along Malawi Road. The new seminary was opened in 1980 by Archbishop Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe
Medardo Joseph Mazombwe is a Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the former Archbishop of Lusaka and Bishop of Chipata ....
, then Bishop of Chipata Diocese with the sole aim of raising up young men that would proceed to the Major seminary to pursue Diocesan priesthood.
Symbols
- The Chapel symbolises the centrality of prayerPrayerPrayer is a form of religious practice that seeks to activate a volitional rapport to a deity through deliberate practice. Prayer may be either individual or communal and take place in public or in private. It may involve the use of words or song. When language is used, prayer may take the form of...
and all spiritual activities of the seminary. - Hoe symbolises the hard work that the boys should cultivate.
- Chalice and the Eucharist: celebration of massMass (liturgy)"Mass" is one of the names by which the sacrament of the Eucharist is called in the Roman Catholic Church: others are "Eucharist", the "Lord's Supper", the "Breaking of Bread", the "Eucharistic assembly ", the "memorial of the Lord's Passion and Resurrection", the "Holy Sacrifice", the "Holy and...
that should be the centre of life of every seminarian and a reminder that he is called to be a priest to offer mass for the people. - Motto: Ora et Labora.
Zambia°N date=December 2010°W