COURSES, WORKSHOPS & SEMINARS
FENZA offers quality language courses as well as workshops and seminars on a wide variety of topics. All offerings aim to equip participants for authentic encounters with others.
See photos from past workshops in this GALLERY.
2025 Language Courses
• NYANJA LANGUAGE INTENSIVE COURSES
Coordinator: Fr Phelim Malumo
1st course: 3 March – 25 April 2025
2nd course: 11 August – 3 October 2025
2025 Workshops & Seminars
• CHRISTIAN UNITY (ECUMENISM)
25 January 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Philip Meraba
• WELCOME TO ZAMBIA (INITIATION)
24 – 28 February 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Venerato Babaine
• PASTORAL AWARENESS ON WITCHCRAFT & SATANISM (OUTREACH)
4 or 30 April 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Philip Meraba
• CIVIC EDUCATION & CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT
30 May 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Venerato Babaine
• ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION & FOOD SECURITY
25 June 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Venerato Babaine
• JUSTICE & PEACE
25 July 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Phelim Malumo
• WELCOME TO ZAMBIA (INITIATION)
4 – 8 August 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Phelim Malumo
• YOUTH ADDICTION & SUBSTANCE ABUSE
27 September 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Phelim Malumo
• GENDER-BASED RELATED ISSUES
17 or 18 October 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Venerato Babaine
• CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC RENEWAL (ECUMENICALLY ORIENTED)
22 November 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Phelim Malumo
• CONCERT: CHRISTMAS CAROLS (ECUMENICALLY ORIENTED)
20 December 2025 / Coordinator: Fr Venerato Babaine
Information & registration
For more information on any of the workshops or courses above, or to register, contact the listed coordinator:
Fr Venerato Babaine — 0979931510 / director@fenza.org
Fr Phelim Malumo — 0971563064 / supervisor@fenza.org
Fr Philip Meraba — 0776962498 / administrator@fenza.org
FENZA Workshops
FENZA hosts speakers and teams that offer workshops and seminars on a variety of cultural and religious topics. They can also be held at the parish, deanery, and diocesan levels, or arranged for schools, colleges, and other institutions. Time-frames and methods for running the workshops are flexible. As well, they may be conducted in English, Bemba, or Nyanja. Fees are normally charged to cover workshop expenses, but we try to keep the fees as low as possible.
Workshop and seminar teams at FENZA promote a multi-dimensional and dialogical approach to issues, and have an ecumenical focus. Some of the topics covered in the past include:
- Cultural changes
- The variety of different churches
- Christian prophecy
- Faith healing and the Gospel of Prosperity
- Bemba initiation rites (for marriage instructors and couples)
- Spirit possession & witchcraft
- Traditional healers
- Child protection & parenting
- Environmental care
- Migration & human trafficking
- Addiction & recovery
FENZA language courses
The White Fathers' language courses at FENZA cover all aspects of grammar and basic vocabulary. Courses require a full-time commitment from participants. Each day consists of three-and-a-half hours of intensive teaching in the morning, and in the afternoon students are expected to devote their time to revision and practice. The language courses are built on solid linguistic foundations and are at the same time very practical. White Fathers have had experience teaching Zambian languages for more than 100 years!