Maputo, 03 December, 2025 / 8:54 pm (ACI Africa).
Bishop Diamantino Guapo Antunes acknowledged of Mozambique's Catholic Diocese of Tete has lauded Missionaries and local community members of Fonte Boa Monte Mission for their tireless commitment to sustaining the Church’s evangelization mission.
In a Sunday, November 30 Eucharistic celebration marking the 80th anniversary of the Mission, Bishop Antunes acknowledged the unwavering support to the mission’s evangelization efforts amid “decades marked by political transitions, social challenges, and economic hardship.”
“Fonte Boa stands today as a testimony of resilience,” Bishop Antunes is quoted as saying in a December 2 report by the members of Southern Africa Province (SAP) of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).
He further described the Fonte Boa Mission, founded on 16 October 1945 by Fr. Manuel Lopes and Br. Manuel Rodrigues, as a witness to “faith, and the tireless work of men and women who believed in God’s mission even when resources were scarce.”
The two missionaries are said to have “lived in a simple grass hut and often had to go from village to village asking for thatch to repair their roof.”
