St Mary’s parish – Kabwe is a Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Lusaka. The Salesians of Don Bosco (ZMB Vice-Province) run it from the year 1987. All the pastoral activities are co-ordinated by the Parish priest and the Salesian Community of Kabwe.
The parish offers daily masses and other spiritual services to the people in local language (Bemba) as well as English.
Daily Masses
There are daily masses in the parish and all of them are celebrated in ‘Bemba’ language which is widely spoken in the area. The timetable is as follows:
Schedule for daily masses
Tuesday 5:00 pm Bemba
Wednesday 7:00 am Bemba
Thursday 7:00 am Bemba
Friday 5:00 pm Bemba
Saturday 7:30 am Bemba
Sunday Masses
On Sundays there are three eucharistic celebrations which take place at our church. Attending to the needs of the Christian faithful the following are the masses celebrated; two are celebrated in the vernacular language while one in the English language which mainly attended by the young people.
Schedule for Sunday masses
1st Mass 07:00 am Bemba language
2nd Mass 09:00 am English language
3rd Mass 11:00 am Bemba language
Other Celebrations
First Fridays
Every first Friday of the month there is the adoration of the Blessed Sacrament that is followed by the eucharistic celebration. During the adoration people approach the sacrament of reconciliation.
Adoration 4:00 pm Bemba
Confessions 4:30 pm Bemba – English
Mass 5:00 pm Bemba