Blessed Benedict Daswa/Footprints

Footprints for Blessed Benedict Daswa are tour-depth life-trace places — walkable stops, shrines, and mission sites for pilgrimage maps. They are not a second copy of the five infobox significant locations, and not every church dedicated to this person. Full catalog: Footprints · trails: Tour Regional Trails · nearby: NearMe. This tour: 6 stop(s) stored in Cargo VisitAccess: Public = open to pilgrims · Limited = hours/appointment or exterior · Private / Unknown = do not treat as a tourist stop. Prefer a real source URL before marking Public. Editors: Add or edit stops with form · Form help · Template fields Please keep life-trace scope (Footprints / lab SCOPE). A later fact-pack re-publish may overwrite form edits unless the YAML pack is updated too.

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Footprints

Main article: Footprints

• Tshitanini / Nweli (Limpopo) – martyrdom & shrine landscape (Family life, catechist work & martyrdom) [Public] Outdoor – Tshitanini / Nweli area near Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 1990
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Venda countryside where school principal and family man Benedict Daswa was murdered (2 Feb 1990) after refusing to fund a witchcraft “muti” hunt. Beatification Mass landscape (2015) and growing shrine pilgrimage — primary public South African pin.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Daswa

• Nweli Catholic church – parish & grave association (Parish life & burial) [Public] Church – Nweli, Limpopo, South Africa, Nweli, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 1990
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Local Catholic church landscape of Daswa’s worship, burial, and ongoing devotion. Public rural parish stop for Limpopo pilgrims.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Daswa

• Benedict Daswa pilgrimage centre association (Tshitanini) (Legacy shrine campus) [Public] Shrine – Tshitanini pilgrimage grounds, Limpopo, South Africa, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 2015
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Growing pilgrimage centre landscape at the beatification site of Blessed Benedict Daswa. Public rural campus for Limpopo pilgrims.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Daswa

• Mbahe – birthplace village association (Childhood) [Public] Outdoor – Mbahe, Limpopo, South Africa, Mbahe, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 1946
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Birth village association of Tshimangadzo Samuel Benedict Daswa (16 Jun 1946). Public Venda rural landscape near the martyrdom sites.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Daswa

• Thohoyandou – regional town & education ministry (Teaching & family life) [Public] Outdoor – Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa, Thohoyandou, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 1980
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Regional town of Daswa’s school leadership and family life in Venda. Public commercial centre for a Limpopo pilgrimage base.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict_Daswa

• Tzaneen – diocesan mother church context (Legacy) [Public] Outdoor – Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa, Tzaneen, Limpopo, South Africa
  • Year: 2015
  • Diocese: Diocese of Tzaneen
  • Diocesan seat landscape for the Church that promotes Daswa’s cause and pilgrimage. Public town pin complementary to Tshitanini shrine grounds.
  • Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic_Diocese_of_Tzaneen