Patayamatebele: The cradle of local Catholicism

Friday, February 15, 2019

Catholic pilgrims at the tombs of Fathers Charles Fuchs and Anthony de Wit, Patayamatebele

The recent demise of Bishop Emeritus Boniface Setlalekgosi, the First Motswana Catholic Bishop got us thinking about the earliest traces of Catholic activity in Botswana.

One would think that Forest Hill with its hosting of Moreneng, a convent and St. Josephs College, represents the earliest part of the Catholic Church activity in Botswana.

The present day splendour of hosting the Commerce Park, Game City, Ave Maria Centre and the budding new prime residential location may be a good example of a thriving and affluent Catholic mission anywhere, but it was not the very first.

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Patayamatebele: The cradle of local Catholicism

The recent demise of Bishop Emeritus Boniface Setlalekgosi, the First Motswana Catholic Bishop got us thinking about the earliest traces of Catholic activity in Botswana.