Feast Day of Blessed Benedict Daswa:
SATURDAY 1 February 2024
FEAST DAY on SATURDAY 1 February 2024
CELEBRATIONS FOR THE FEAST DAY IN THE PARISH OF ṰHOHOYANḒOU at TSHITANINI Village
On the actual day of the Feast of Blessed Tshimangadzo Benedict Daswa, on 1st February 2024, celebrations will be held at Tshiṱanini Village, where the Beatification took place on 13 September 2015.
From 7.00 am, there will be Prayer and time for Confessions
9.00 am to 11.00 Eucharistic Celebration of the Feast of Blessed Benedict Daswa presided by His Grace Archbishop Dabula Mpako, Archbishop of Pretoria Archdiocese.
This will be followed by the veneration of the relics of Blessed Benedict Daswa in procession.
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NOVENA: 9 DAYS OF PRAYER BEFORE THE FEAST DAY OF BLESSED BENEDICT DASWA
The Feast of Blessed Benedict Daswa has been approved by Rome for 01 February. This feast may be celebrated in all SACBC Dioceses and Parishes as a Memorial. The liturgical colour is Red as Blessed Benedict died a Martyr.
The Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has officially approved proper Liturgical texts for the Celebration of the Eucharist and for the Liturgy of the Hours. These texts are available on the official Benedict Daswa Website.
People throughout the SACBC Dioceses are encouraged to pray for the favours and graces they need during nine days prior to the Feast on 1 February.
This novena will commence on 23 January and conclude on 31 January.
People are invited to perform three acts of kindness each day of the Novena in remembrance of the three acts of charity which Blessed Benedict performed the day he was martyred.
The Blessed Daswa Novena Booklet can be used during these nine days and is available for downloading in various languages from this official Benedict Daswa Website – click on
http://benedictdaswa.org.za/praying-through-intercession/