ABOUT FENZA
The Faith and Encounter Centre of Zambia (FENZA) is an initiative of the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers). Its purpose is to empower Christians in Zambia to face the challenges of contemporary and traditional cultures with openness and to encounter people of different Christian denominations, religions and contemporary religious movements.
FENZA Staff

VENERATO DEUS BABAINE (director)
Babaaine Deus Venerato, M.Afr, has been a missionary in Zambia since 1998. He has worked in Mansa, Kasama and Lusaka dioceses. He admires Zambians' cultural expression through music, dance, art and languages. He promotes Environment Protection and Conservation. He is a producer of a documentary: “The Earth Our Home – Conservation for integrity of Creation”.

MATHEW BANSEH
Missionary experience in Ghana, Burundi and Zambia (Chipata and Lusaka Dioceses). Co-author of Lumimba Parish Diary (2017). He also works as vocations director of the Missionaries of Africa in Zambia.

TOON VAN KESSEL (adminitrator)
Missionary experience in Chipata and Lusaka Dioceses of Zambia. Author of Dzedzerere dzedzere salingana nkhugweratu: A collection of a 1000 Chewa proverbs (2015).

MWAKA MULAVU (librarian)
Diploma in Library and Information Science from Evelyn Hone College of Applied Arts and Sciences, in Lusaka, Zambia.
ASSOCIATE STAFF

ROMARIC BATIONO
Missionary experience in Burkina Faso and Zambia (Dioceses of Mongu and Lusaka). BA in Christian Theology for World Religions, MA in Development Studies. Currently working in St Lawrence Parish, Lusaka.

PATRICK MUMBI
Missionary experience in Uganda and Zambia (Diocese of Lusaka). MA in Person-Centred Therapy, MA and PhD in anthropology. Author of Tonga mourning ritual (Dilwe): The therapeutic aspect (2019). Currently working in Kabwata Parish, Lusaka.

BERNHARD UDELHOVEN
Missionary experience in Chipata and Lusaka Dioceses of Zambia. Author of Unseen worlds: Dealing with spirits, witchcraft, and Satanism (2015). Currently working in Lumimba Parish, in the Luangwa Valley of eastern Zambia.
How to contact us
Address:
Faith and Encounter Centre (FENZA)
P.O. Box 320 076
Lusaka, Zambia
Telephone:
0211840210
0211840211
Email:
director@fenza.org
library@fenza.org
webmaster@fenza.org
Where to find us
From Lusaka city centre, proceed along Leopards Hill Rd, heading out of town. Just after the Bauleni turn-off, go past the Catholic Church and Radio Yatsani, turn left and follow the FENZA signposts.