Three new brothers were added to the Institute of the Marist Brothers, when Brothers Ebenezer Owusu-Ansah Arthur (Ghana), Alvine Shiyntum (Cameroon), and Cletus Anekwe Chijioke (Nigeria) consecrated themselves to the Lord on Saturday 9th July 2022.
The mass was presided over by Most Rev. John Yaw Afoakwah, the bishop of the diocese of Obuasi and the Vows were received by Provincial of Nigeria, Br. Vincent Abadom.
Today, Sunday the 3rd of July, 2022, Brother Ivo Njongai Leynyuy, the principal of St Albert's Comprehensive College, Bafut in Cameroon, received a Medal and Certificate of longevity of faithful service; and as one of the distinguished administrators in School Management in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. The two awards were given by the Archbishop of Bamenda at the Our Lady of Lourdes College, Mankon during the Holy Mass and annual Come together of the Archbishop and all the Catholic teachers, principals and head teachers.
We regret to announce the death of our dear Brother Daniel Osei Kwadwo, which sad event occurred on Friday, 17th of June 2022, after a few days of illness.
Br Daniel Osei Kwadwo was born on Monday 21st of December 1958 to Mr. Kofi Anane and Madam Mary Yaa Serwah (both of blessed memory) at Boaman in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.
A Memorial mass was organized on Saturday 5th March 2022 at Sacred Parish, Trede in Kumasi for our late Brother Francis Attah. The mass led by Rev. Fr. Godfred Appiah-Appiah-Marfo, the Chancellor of the Diocese of Obuasi was attended by the Archbishop Emeritus Peter Kwasi Sarpong, many priests, religious men and women, friends, relatives, and all the Marist Brothers living and working in Ghana. Indeed there was no better way to say a final farewell to our dear Brother Francis Attah than to pray in thanksgiving to God for his life.
We painfully write to announce the death of our dear Brother Francis Peter Amoako-Attah, which sad event occurred this morning, Thursday 10th February 2022, at a Hospital in Granada, Spain, where he was receiving treatment.
The Superior General, Br. Ernesto Sánchez has appointed Brother Cyprian Gandeebo as Provincial Superior of the new Province of West Africa. He is expected to assume this office in August 2021 when the Administrative Unit will celebrate its first Provincial Chapter.
When the news of Br Jean Baptiste's demise got to his mom, she made two passionate appeals: That we should wear our habits and visit her before she dies. Secondly, on her death, we should come in our numbers to bid her farewell. This appeal rhymes well with the final words of our Lord Jesus Christ to his mother, and the beloved disciple as he hung on the cross - behold, your mother; woman, behold your son (Jn 19:26-27)
A 4-day Aspirants Encounter was organized for six young men from different dioceses in Ghana, from Sunday 27th to Thursday 30th December 2020. The program which took place at the Marist Community of Buokrom was on the theme: Nurturing Your Vocation.
The Marist Brothers of Kumasi, Ghana, of the District of West Africa, together with FMSI, have completed in November the construction of a new two-storey classroom block of the “Marist Preparatory School”, in Sabin Akrofrom.
The project, financed by the Italian Bishops’ Conference (CEI), aims to accommodate more than 1000 students, since due to the lack of space and the great demand for enrolment many were unable to attend.
On Sunday 13th December, the Marist District of West Africa celebrated the perpetual profession of vows of Br Joseph Kwaku Asante from Ghana. The ceremony, which took place in Kumasi, Ghana, was attended by priests, religious, as well as the lay faithful.
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