Golden Jubilee For Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops’ Conference years of white minority rule, to the near populist or pro-communist era of independence in the 1980s, including the periods of the economic structural adjustment induced labour unrest in the 1990s and these times of political and economic strife. The ZCBC has managed to whether the storm in all the phases. The ZCBC participates in labour market surveys to see market trends in terms of remuneration. Industrial relations are a topical issue, which has seen the Church encourage and promote formation of workers committees and works councils. Workshops have been held to equip administrators and employees with the necessary skills and attitude in the business environment. Since 2014, the ZCBC has been on a gradual change management process to ensure that the strategic and operational plans are evidence informed. Various initiatives like team building sessions, ICT trainings, child safeguarding policies and board charters have been conducted or rolled out with able assistance of consultants, Caritas Internationalis member organisations and ZCBC employees. This is all to ensure that the Church lives to its prophetic role and in the process become an employer of choice. Pope John XXIII in his Mater et Magistra encyclical of 1961 exhorts on workers and employers to 'regulate their mutual relations in accordance with the principle of human solidarity and Christian Brotherhood'. What has been consoling is the fact that in times of organisational difficulties – there have been a couple – is the ability of the Church as an organisation to acknowledge and employ corrective measures. Exercises such as staff audits, financial audits (internal and external) and organisational development have become a culture for the ZCBC. Recommendations from these have contributed to a strong, resilient and adaptive organisation. The ZCBC is a sought after partner both by government and non-government institutions. As we look forward with hope to another Jubilee, the ZCBC looks towards selfsustenance in its human and financial resources. The continuous development in personnel resources, education and awareness in dioceses, which should eventually lead to a fully empowered Church. The Church strong in its hierarchy, effective in its works and commissions, owned and cherished by its clergy, religious and laity. It is befitting to conclude with the advice of Pope Francis in Laudato Si that all economic activity should be at the service of mankind. 21