Mater Dei Parish (French: Paroisse Mater Dei), also known simply as Mater Dei, is a Roman Catholic parish church located in the Kimbondo neighborhood of the Mont Ngafula commune, within the Lukunga District in Kinshasa, situated in the western region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is part of the Italian Institute of Consolata Missionaries with primary hubs in Ngudia-Baka, Nsabuka, and Mitendi, along with sub-parochial outposts in Télécoms, Kimbanseke, and Masina Sans Fil.[1][2][3][4] The parish commemorates its patronal feast on May 8, a tradition dating back to 1980 when Pope John Paul II made his inaugural visit to Zaire.[5]
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- ^ "La division Emploi du Ministère de la Jeunesse marquée par la formation en entreprenariat à la paroisse Mater Dei" [The Employment Division of the Ministry of Youth marked by entrepreneurship training at Mater Dei Parish]. ACP (in French). February 17, 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Wak, Jose (January 2, 2023). "Enrôlement des électeurs: carence des machines au village Ngudia-Baka à Mont-Ngafula" [Voter registration: lack of machines in Ngudia-Baka village in Mont-Ngafula]. www.mediacongo.net (in French). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ Mulombe, Muyengo (2000). La moisson est abondante: instituts de vie consacre et societes de vie apostolique oeuvrant dans l'Archidiocese de Kinshasa (in French). Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lindonge. p. 42.
- ^ Linaka, Alain (May 9, 2011). "La fête patronale de la paroisse Mater Dei" [The patronal feast of the Mater Dei parish]. www.consolata.org (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-12-27.