Through the kind offices of Rob Burrett in Bulawayo, we are able to provide access to these Journals which is of great historical significance. The Jesuits, also known as the Society of Jesus, were one of the first missionary ventures into Central Africa. May, 1898 November, 1898 February, 1899 May, 1899 July, 1899 October, 1899…
Marist Brothers College Que Que The Marist Brothers College in Que Que was a college with boarding facilities. In January 1963, the college opened to all races. References The Central African Examiner, Volume 6, 1962 Marist Brothers, Que Que, Zimbabwe (FaceBook) Contributors James Gavin FB
Methodist Bookroom Causeway Contributors James Gavin FB
Roman Catholic Church Marist Brothers The Marist Brothers (Marist Brothers of the Schools) is an international religious community of more than 4,000 Roman Catholic Brothers dedicated to the education of young people, especially those most neglected. The order was founded in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest as a way of combating…
Roman Catholic Church Kutama Mission Jesuit Jean-Baptiste (John) Loubiere, with his assistant Joseph Dambaza, are credited with the founding of Kutama Mission, located near Norton, approximately 80 km southwest of Salisbury (Harare). Father Loubiere named it Kutama after his first convert the chief. The mission began as an outstation of Chishawasha Mission. Cassiano Ushewokunze, who…
Ona M Parmenter 1889-1977 Ona M. Parmenter was born March 20, 1889 in Clark, South Dakota, daughter of Edward and Elizabeth Parmenter. She was one of the first nurses to be graduated from McKennan Hospital Training School (now Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center) in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1914. After a period…
Roman Catholic Church Mpiri Mission Victor Vaessen, with the Catholic Montfort Missionaries, established Mpiri Mission in the Manchinga District of Nyasaland (Malawi) in 1935. He had arrived in Nyasaland in 1927 and returned to The Netherlands in 1936. Montfortian Father Tarcisio Betti was at Mpiri as of approximately 1958. Fr. Frandesco Valdameri served at Mpiri…
Old Umtali Mission Theological School A Theological School was begun at Old Umtali Mission in 1927 to train African pastors. Initially it was a department of the Hartzell Training School under the supervision of Reverend M. J. Murphree. As of 1931, five of the seven students were ready to complete the three-year course. Class…
Robert C Gates 1892-1964 Robert C. (R. C.) Gates was born November 1892 in Renova, Pennsylvania to William and Gertrude (Rhoads) Gates. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1915 and married his wife, Mildred Colcord. The Gates came to Southern Rhodesia in 1922 as part of the Methodist Episcopal Church’s Rhodesia Mission Conference. He was…
Churches of Christ Namwianga Mission Namwianga Mission was founded near Kaloma, Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) by Churches of Christ missionaries Dow and Helen (Alice) Merritt in 1932 (the Merritt’s first arrived in 1926). Encompassing 6,000 acres, the mission originally consisted of three separate farms that were consolidated during the 1940s and 1950s. The mission began primary…
