Report from Mrs. Joanne Miya in Mwanza, Tanzania. "In Tanzania we would appreciate if you could also share some of the challenges facing BCC, JNN,... especially for our folks coming to Tanzania. I wish there were all like the stories in the books but they are not. In some parishes of Tanzania the JNN are experiencing poor attendance because they are being seen as mere instruments the Church uses to collect contributions (“michango” – contributions for ordinations, building cathedrals, for seminaries, development funds, to pay for meetings of the bishops). The parishes or bishop assign a set amount to be raised by each jumuiya and before one collection is finished another one is being asked for. This is a major reason that many people have stopped attending JNN. Also in many parishes you can not take a leadership position in a JNN if you are not married in the church, so it eliminates a lot of good people from ever being in leadership. They elect leaders who have all the necessary “chetis" but not necessarily the best people for the job. This is the reality that our lay missioners walk into when they join a JNN. So it is important that they know the whole story. JNN have great potential and I’m sure that things vary from parish to parish but this has been our experience, especially in the Archdiocese of Mwanza where we all work."
Posted on: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 02:27:37 +0000
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