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Department of Christian Formation, Liturgy and Culture encourages all Catholics in the region of Southern Africa, Botswana and Swaziland in their parishes and religious communities.
We ask priests to arrange periods of adoration as well as catechesis for the members of their parishes. Since we are still under Covid-19 restrictions, parishioners could gather for adoration as families. Some parishes may be able to organise live-streaming or podcasts with the aim of catechesis in helping our members come to a deeper appreciation of the Blessed Eucharist.
Our prayer books and missals also contain appropriate prayers to lead to a deepened Eucharistic devotion. The Department is organising a novena in preparation for the solemnity of Corpus Christi. This will be distributed through the media office of the Conference and we hope that the language pastoral regions will take initiatives to translate the texts into the local languages.
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