Zviuru zvevaKaturike, vamwe maKristu uye vasiri maKristu vakaungana kuguta reTanzania riri mumahombekombe egungwa reBagamoyo nemusi weSvondo kucherechedza maJubheri zana nemakumi mashanu emaJubilee evhangeri nekuvandudzwa kwenzvimbo dzekushandira muEast neCentral Africa.
Kunze kweTanzania, musangano wakaitika muIndian Ocean dhorobha revashanyi reBagamoyo wanga wakwezva vashanyi vaibva kuAfrica vaine vaenzi vanobva kuEurope nedzimwe nyika.
Mushanyi, guta renhoroondo reBagamoyo riri makiromita makumi manomwe nemashanu kubva kuDar es Salaam, guta guru reTanzania rekutengeserana.
Raimbova taundi rekutengesa nhapwa, Bagamoyo ndiyo yaive yekutanga kupinda mamishinari echiKristu kubva kuEurope makore angangosvika zana nemakumi mashanu apfuura, zvichiita kuti guta iri diki renhoroondo rive musuwo weKutenda muEast Africa neCentral Africa.
Yakagadziridzwa nemahotera emazuva ano evashanyi uye dzimba dzekugara, Bagamoyo ikozvino paradhiso inokura nekukurumidza pamhenderekedzo yeIndian Ocean mushure meZanzibar, Malindi, neLamu.
Musi waMarch 4th, 1868 iyo Katurike Mweya Mutsvene Madzibaba vakapihwa nzvimbo yekuvaka Kereke neMonastery nevatongi venzvimbo yeBagamoyo vachirairwa naSultan weOman aive mutongi weZanzibar.
Mishoni yekutanga yeCatholic muEast Africa yakavambwa muBagamoyo mushure menhaurirano dzakabudirira pakati pemamishinari echiKristu ekutanga nevamiriri vaSultan Said El-Majid the Sultan Barghash. Ava vatungamiri vaviri vane mbiri vaive vatongi vemazuva ano veTanzania.
Basa reBagamoyo rakavambwa muna 1870 rekugara vana vakanunurwa kubva muhuranda asi rakazowedzerwa kuenda kuchechi yeKaturike, chikoro, mashopu echikoro chehunyanzvi, uye zvirongwa zvekurima.
Pope Francis vakagadza Cardinal John Njue wekuKenya, Archbishop weNairobi uyo akange akavamiririra (Pontiff) pachiitiko icho chakakwezva maBhishopu ese eKatorike kubva kuTanzania nevamwe veAssociation of M.ember Episcopal Conferences kuEastern Africa (AMECEA).
Pasi pomusoro unoti “150 Years of Evangelism; Mufaro weVhangeri”, maCatholic kubva kuTanzania neAfrica yose vakacherechedza chiitiko ichi vachiratidza nhoroondo yekare yechiKristu muAfrica nemabasa emamishinari ebudiriro, zvikuru dzidzo neutano.
Chechi yeKatorike nemamwe masangano eevhangeri muAfrica anga ari vatungamiri vanopa dzidzo, hutano, uye mabasa anokosha evanhu munharaunda dzine urombo muAfrica.
Tsamba yeVatican yakanzi “Africa Terrarum” kubva kuna Pope Paul VI yakaburitswa muna Gumiguru 29 muna 1967 yakanga yasimbirira kuti chechi irambe yakatendeka kutsika dzekutenda kwechiKristu muAfrica.
Tsamba iyi inoti hupfumi, dhipoziti, uye nhaka yetsika dzemuAfrica zvinofambirana nehurongwa hwenhaurirano dzechitendero kuvaka nekuchengetedza misimboti yekururamisira, runyararo nekuyanana pakati pevanhu.
Papa Paul VI vakataura mutsamba yevafundisi kuti kubatana ndihwo hwaro hwebudiriro inoendera mberi muAfrica nekucherechedza kuti kondinendi yakaropafadzwa kuve nehwaro hwemhuri, pamweya nemagariro.
Nyika yeAfrica ine hunhu hunofanirwa kuvandudzwa kurwisa rusarura, dzinza, kurwisana kwezvitendero, hondo nemakakatanwa. Mutsamba iyi Papa vakakurukura nezvebudiriro, kuremekedza kodzero dzevanhu, kupedzwa kwekusaziva, hurombo nezvirwere.
ZVOKUBVA MUNYAYA INO:
- The joy of the Gospel”, Catholics from Tanzania and rest of Africa marked the event with reflections of the past history of Christianity in Africa with the roles of the missionaries on development, mostly education and health services.
- Tsamba iyi inoti hupfumi, dhipoziti, uye nhaka yetsika dzemuAfrica zvinofambirana nehurongwa hwenhaurirano dzechitendero kuvaka nekuchengetedza misimboti yekururamisira, runyararo nekuyanana pakati pevanhu.
- On March 4th, 1868 the Catholic Holy Ghost Fathers were granted a land to build a Church and a Monastery by Bagamoyo local rulers under orders for the Sultan of Oman who was the ruler of Zanzibar.
