The newsletter consists of a letter to Friends of Damaraland by Father George Pierce, President of the Southern African Christian Alliance. The newsletter thanks those people who wrote letters and prayed for the release of Father Philip Shilongo, Archdeacon of Odibo, after a month's detention and interrogation. Father Pierce says it was alleged that incriminating papers had been hidden behind the pulpit at St. Mary's Church (the church has no pulpit), and that the church had given injections to wounded soldiers of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The newsletter reports that the South African soldiers who arrested Father Shilongo broke down doors, smashed furniture, and beat...
The newsletter consists of a letter to Friends of Damaraland by Father George Pierce, President of the Southern African Christian Alliance. The newsletter thanks those people who wrote letters and prayed for the release of Father Philip Shilongo, Archdeacon of Odibo, after a month's detention and interrogation. Father Pierce says it was alleged that incriminating papers had been hidden behind the pulpit at St. Mary's Church (the church has no pulpit), and that the church had given injections to wounded soldiers of the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). The newsletter reports that the South African soldiers who arrested Father Shilongo broke down doors, smashed furniture, and beat catechist Michael Shishikusha. It quotes Bishop in exile Colin Winter. Father Pierce says at the General Convention it was a pleasure to see Bishop Roger Mize, for nine years bishop of Damaraland, who is now at St. Raphael's Church in Oakhurst, California. Brochures about the Diocese of Damaraland were distributed at the Convention. The newsletter describes the need for funds for work of rebuilding and asks people to write letters to Bishop James Kauluma in Windhoek, Namibia.
