30th Anniversary of Martyrdom
editOn the 1st of February 2020 thousands of the people gathered at the Benedict Daswa Shrine Site in Tshitanini to witness the 30th anniversary celebration of the martyrdom of Blessed Benedict Daswa. His Eminence Cardinal Wilfrid Napier was the main celebrant, assisted by Bishop Joao Rodrigues and Bishop Emeritus Hugh Slattery of Tzaneen Diocese. The Cardinal based his homily on the gospel of the day: 'unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies it remains itself alone, but it if dies it produces many more seeds like itself.'