Ua ʻākoakoa he mau kaukani katolika, nā Karistiano a me nā poʻe ʻole Karistiano ʻē aʻe ma ke kūlanakauhale mākaʻikaʻi kahakai o Tanzania o Bagamoyo i ka Lāpule e hōʻailona 150 Iubile o ka ʻelele a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā lawelawe kaiāulu ma East a me Central Africa.
Ma waho o Tanzania, ʻo ka ʻākoakoa i hana ʻia ma ke kaona mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Ke Kai ʻInikia ʻo Bagamoyo kahi i hoʻokipa i nā malihini mai ʻApelika me nā malihini kūikawā mai ʻEulopa a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe o ka honua.
Aia ka mākaʻikaʻi, ke kūlanakauhale mōʻaukala o Bagamoyo 75 mau mile mai Dar es Salaam, ke kapikala nui o Tanzania.
ʻO ke kaona kālepa kauā ma mua, ʻo Bagamoyo ka wahi komo mua no nā mikionali Kalikiano mai ʻEulopa ma kahi o 150 mau makahiki i hala aku nei, e hoʻolilo nei i kēia kaona mōʻaukala e lilo i ʻīpuka o Faith ma ʻApelika Hikina a me ʻApelika Waena.
Hoʻomohala ʻia me nā hōkele hoʻokipa hou a me nā hale hoʻokipa, ʻo Bagamoyo i kēia manawa kahi paradaiso nui e ulu wikiwiki ana ma ke kahakai ʻo India ma hope o Zanzibar, Malindi, a me Lamu.
Ma ka lā Malaki 4th, 1868 ka ʻO ka Katolika Uhane Hemolele Ua hāʻawi ʻia nā makuakāne i kahi ʻāina e kūkulu i kahi Halepule a me kahi Monastery na Bagamoyo nā luna kūloko ma lalo o nā kauoha no ka Sultan o ʻOman ʻo ia ka luna o Zanzibar.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka Misiona Katolika mua ma ʻApelika Hikina ma Bagamoyo ma hope o ke kūkākūkā maikaʻi ʻana ma waena o nā mikionali Kalikiano mua a me nā lunamakaʻāinana o Sultan Said El-Majid ke Sultan Barghash. ʻO kēia mau alakaʻi koʻikoʻi ʻelua nā aliʻi i hala o Tanzania i kēia manawa.
Ua hoʻokumu ʻia ʻo Misiona Bagamoyo i ka makahiki 1870 e hoʻopakele ai i nā keiki mai ka noho kauā ʻana akā ua hoʻonui ʻia i kahi hale pule Katolika, kahi kula, nā papa hana ʻenehana, a me nā papahana mahiʻai.
Ua koho aku ʻo Pope Francis iā Kenyan Cardinal John Njue, ka Archbishop o Nairobi nāna i pani iā ia (ʻo ka Pontiff) ma ka hanana i ʻumeʻume i nā Bihopa Katolika a pau mai Tanzania a me nā poʻe ʻē aʻe o ka ʻAhahui o Member Episcopal ʻaha kūkā ma ʻApelika Hikina (AMECEA).
Ma lalo o kahi kumuhana o “150 Makahiki o ka ʻEuanelio; ka hauʻoli o ka ʻeuanelio ”, nā Katolika mai Tanzania a me ke koena o ʻApelika i kahakaha i ka hanana me nā hōʻike o ka wā kahiko o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma ʻApelika me nā kuleana o nā mikionali e pili ana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana, ka hapa nui o nā lawelawe olakino a me nā lawelawe olakino
ʻO ka hale pule Katolika a me nā hui ʻeuanelio ʻē aʻe ma ʻApelika ke alakaʻi nui o ka hoʻonaʻauao, olakino, a me nā lawelawe kaiāulu nui i nā kaiāulu ʻilihune ma ʻApelika.
ʻO ka Vatican Letter i kapa ʻia ʻo "Africa Terrarum" mai ka Pope Paul VI i paʻi ʻia ma ʻOkakopa 29in 1967 ua koi ikaika i ka hale pule e hoʻomau i ka kūpaʻa i nā kuʻuna o ka hoʻomana Kalikiano ma ʻApelika.
Wahi a ka leka, pili ka waiwai, waiho, a me ka hoʻoilina o nā kuʻuna mai ʻApelika me ke kaʻina o nā kūkākūkā haipule e kūkulu a mālama i nā kumumanaʻo o ka hoʻopono, ka maluhia a me ka hoʻolaulea ʻana i waena o ka poʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Pope Paul VI i loko o ka leka kahu hānai ʻo ke kūpaʻa kahi kumu no ka hoʻomau hoʻomau i ʻApelika ma o ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana ua hoʻopōmaikaʻi ʻia ka ʻāina i loaʻa nā kumu no ka ʻohana, ka ʻuhane a me ka nohona kanaka.
He waiwai ko ka ʻāina e hoʻomohala i ka hoʻokae, ka lāhui, nā hakakā haipule, ke kaua a me ka hakakā. I kēia leka, ua kūkākūkā ka Pope me ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka ulu ʻana, ka mahalo i nā kuleana kanaka, ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka naʻaupō, ka ʻilihune a me nā maʻi.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- The joy of the Gospel”, Catholics from Tanzania and rest of Africa marked the event with reflections of the past history of Christianity in Africa with the roles of the missionaries on development, mostly education and health services.
- Wahi a ka leka, pili ka waiwai, waiho, a me ka hoʻoilina o nā kuʻuna mai ʻApelika me ke kaʻina o nā kūkākūkā haipule e kūkulu a mālama i nā kumumanaʻo o ka hoʻopono, ka maluhia a me ka hoʻolaulea ʻana i waena o ka poʻe.
- On March 4th, 1868 the Catholic Holy Ghost Fathers were granted a land to build a Church and a Monastery by Bagamoyo local rulers under orders for the Sultan of Oman who was the ruler of Zanzibar.
