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    • 2025 Holy Week Celebration: Monday Reflection 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J (2025-04-14)
      This reflection for Monday of Holy Week draws upon the poignant encounter between Mary of Bethany and Jesus, as narrated in John 12:1-11. It invites us to contemplate the depth of sacrificial love, humility, and prophetic ...

    • 2025 Holy Week Celebration: Palm Sunday Reflection 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J (2025-04-13)
      In this timely reflection based on Luke 19:28–40, Rev. Dr. Boyd Kapyunga Nyirenda, S.J. delves into the spiritual and socio-political significance of Jesus’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem. Highlighting themes of humility, ...

    • 2025 Holy Week Celebration: Tuesday Reflection 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J (2025-04-15)
      This reflection for Tuesday of Holy Week invites us to explore the call to lay down our lives for Jesus by standing in solidarity with others, particularly the poor, the suffering, and the marginalised. Drawing from John ...

    • 2025 Holy Week Celebration: Wednesday Reflection 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J; Mwaba, Bernard (2025-04-16)
      This reflection for Wednesday of Holy Week—often known as Spy Wednesday—invites us to consider the betrayal of Jesus by Judas Iscariot in light of our own lives. Drawing from Matthew 26:14–25, the meditation explores how ...

    • Appointment of New JCTR Executive Director 

      Simpasa, Andrew, S.J. (2025-02-08)
      The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) is pleased to announce the appointment of Rev. Dr. Daniel Mwamba Mutale, S.J. as its new Executive Director. A distinguished economist and Jesuit priest, Fr. Mutale holds ...

    • Call for Articles to the First Quarter JCTR Bulletin 

      Muyebe, Alex S.J (2024-01-26)
      The negative impact of climate change on agricultural sector has been seen in the increase in the incidence of hunger due to destruction of crops, reduction in cultivatable land and increased soil erosion. In this regard, ...

    • Call for JCTR Second Quarter Bulletin Articles 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J (2025-04-24)
      This is a call for article submissions to the second quarter edition of the JCTR Bulletin, themed around "Governance and Environmental Justice." The publication invites contributions that explore citizen engagement in ...

    • Call for Participation in the European Union (EU) 'Local Empowerment and Development – Civil Society' (LEADs) Project 

      Mwaba, Bernard; Sikanda, Grace (2024-09-10)
      The "Local Empowerment and Development – Civil Society LEADs" project is a collaborative initiative by People in Need (PIN) and the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR), funded by the European Commission. This ...

    • The Catholic Social Teaching 

      Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (2016)
      In this brochure, you will find how Catholic Social Teaching provides away to help understand our rights and how we can get them. And we can work together to make sure that all Zambians have access to these basic rights ...

    • Catholic Social Teaching And The Aids Epidemic 

      Kelly, Michael J (2011-01)
      The Church’s social teaching refers to a body of teaching on social, economic, political and cultural matters developed over a long period by the Catholic Church, but proposed more explicitly and systematically in the years ...

    • Catholic Social Teaching And The AIDS Pandemic 

      Kelly, Michael J (2011-01)
      The Church’s social teaching refers to a body of teaching on social, economic, political and cultural matters developed over a long period by the Catholic Church, but proposed more explicitly and systematically in the years ...

    • Church In Africa: Relevant And Credible? 

      Henriot, Peter J; Liche, Dominic (2008-06)
      On 28 June 2007, Pope Benedict XVI called for the Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops to be held in the Vatican in October 2009. The theme of this Second Assembly is: “The Church in Africa in Service ...

    • A Church in The Modern World of Africa: The Zambian Experience 

      Henriot, Peter J (2005-03)
      Zambia became independent of British colonial rule in 1964, one year before that greatest document of the Second Vatican Council, Church in the Modem World (Gaudium et Spes), was published. The Catholic church in Zambia ...

    • Church’s Social Teaching And The Economy In Zambia 

      Henriot, Peter J (2003-11-29)
      Since we are going to be talking about Zambia in great detail this afternoon, I want to open with a phrase I use more and more these days: "Zambia is a very rich country, a very rich country indeed, but Zambia is a country ...

    • Economic Social and Cultural Rights Key to Human Dignity 

      Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (2019-06-28)
      At 55 years of independence, Zambia claimed to have made a lot of economic advances both in urban and rural areas. However, these advancements were supposed to translate to the improvement of living standards of the people ...

    • Employment Opportunity: Programme Officer – Local Empowerment and Development – Civil Society LEADs Project 

      Rev. Dr. Nyirenda, Boyd Kapyunga S.J (2025-04-04)
      The Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflection (JCTR) seeks a Programme Officer to coordinate the Local Empowerment and Development – Civil Society LEADs Project. Based in Lusaka, this role involves stakeholder engagement, ...

    • First Quarter Bulletin 2023 

      Nguluwe, Peter R.; Phiri, Chilizani; Dieudonné, Micomyiza; ... (8 authors) (2023-06-27)
      The current climate crisis has resulted from, amongst other things, development models that are unsustainable. Zambia cannot squander both its natural and financial resources in its quest for economic growth. But corruption ...

    • First Quarter Bulletin 2024: Environmental Management in Zambia 

      Chileshe, Mabula; Simutunda, Tazana; Kyembe, Kafwana; ... (10 authors) (2024-06-28)
      The first quarter bulletin of the JCTR focuses on climate change and the need for decentralization in Zambia's response to environmental crises such as drought, deforestation, soil erosion, and land degradation. It emphasizes ...

    • Fourth Quarter Bulletin 2023: The Importance of Citizen Participation 

      Mwaba, Bernard; Sauti, Kunda John; Dieudonn'e, Micomyiza; ... (6 authors) (2024-03-15)
      There are articles in this edition which emphasise the importance of the work civil society does, as CSOs engage with government as partners in development and encourage citizens to do the same. Civil society has a significant ...

    • Hiv And Aids: A Justice Perspective 

      Kelly, Michael J (2006-04)
      Almost twenty-five years have passed since the publication of the first report on what was to develop as the AIDS pandemic. During those years HIV and AIDS have expanded at an accelerating rate in every continent and now ...