The Marist Community of Accra is a three-member Community. The District Superior; Brother Cyprian Bankakuu Gandeebo and the District Bursar/Secretary; Brother Birkem Pascal are part of this Community. Being a Community with a special character, Brother Gilbert Asong Dakora often finds himself alone when the other two members are away on duty. The Lockdown period has therefore been the longest uninterrupted time all the members of this Community have lived together; that is from March 20th till today.
During this time of the lockdown, the Community Cook was absent. Brother Gilbert who is the Community Bursar took over the preparation of meals. He was supported in this task by Mr. Solomon who is a house Assistant responsible for keeping the Community house and the Compound clean. Brothers Cyprian and Pascal concentrated on their duties and the building of the website for the District and the maintenance work in the house. For the first time, a District Council meeting would take place through skype.
Regularity and punctuality improved in our prayer life. We found ourselves having more time for Community prayer and adoration, Community meetings and personal prayer. We spend more time at table enjoying one another’s presence and sharing information on the lockdown, statistics on contamination worldwide and reflect on the future and likely changes in our mission as a result of the covid19. The lockdown also gave us an opportunity to have an elaborate evaluation of our plan for Community living.
On Easter Sunday and some other Sundays we were lucky to have Fr Marcellin Ouedrago from Burkina Faso celebrate mass with us in the Community.
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A great and lovely family…
A great and lovely family. Kudos!!
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