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VOL. 80 NO. 23 GHANA’S NATIONAL CATHOLIC WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 17, 2018 – SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2018 PRICE GH¢2.00 GALAMSEY FIGHT HAS IMPROVED QUALITY Read story on page 3 Nana Kwabena Amenemah II, OF WATER BODIES Chief of Asankran-Breman. Says Chief of Breman Don’t Staff Catholic ‘Teach Youth To Schools With Understand Non-Catholic Teachers Catholic Heritage’ – UDS Vice Chancellor From Fr. Emmanuel Dolphyne From Francis E. Monnie ost Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, CSSp, rofessor Gabriel Ayum Teye, the Vice the Bishop of the Sekondi-Takoradi Diocese, Chancellor of the University for has called for the education of the youth in orMder to help them understand their Catholic heritage. PDevelopment Studies (UDS), The Bishop described the youth as the light of the Tamale, has called on the authorities Continued on page 3 concerned, to reconsider the practice of staffing Catholic Schools with non-Catholic *Prof. Gabriel Teye, Vice Chancellor Four Operation of UDS. Continued on page 3 Vanguard IN Gossip Destroys Prez. Akufo-Addo swears gift of Peace in Development Soldiers sacked THIS – Pope Authorities, Zongo Development Fund Boards Read story on back page ISSUE See page 4 Read story on back page 5% PREMIUMS 2 THE CATHOLIC STANDARD Sunday, June 17 – Saturday, June 23, 2018 TH CATHOLIC 80 ‘Eucharist is heart of Church’s activity’ Anniversary 2018 World News 1938 noted that “a vigorous and prophetic e v. Fr. D o n a l d response is needed more than ever, that Zagore, an Ivorian offers a saving solution to this pastoral RTheologian of the problem that not only seriously Society of African Missions, undermines the missionary activity of has explained that the the Church in Africa, but also empties E u c h a r i s t r e m a i n s our Christian communities. Without essentially the heart of the concrete answers to their situations, our C h u r c h ’ s m i s s i o n a r y faithful turn to other religious realities”. activity and without it “Besides praying to the Lord of the nothing could be achieved. harvest, so that he can send workers for He noted in an interview his harvest, as the Gospel recommends, with Agenzia Fides that “as St. concrete actions must be taken to Teresa of the Child Jesus said, provide concrete answers to this i n t h e a b s e n c e o f t h e question. One of the plausible paths Eucharistic Jesus, the Gospel today is to work for an accurate cannot be announced, the sick formation of the Laity, Catechists or cannot be comforted and E x t r a o r d i n a r y M i n i s t e r s o f healed, and the world cannot Communion, and for those who have be led to the Kingdom of thirst and hunger for the Eucharist”, Heaven.” concludes Fr. Zagore. Agenzia Fides The reason for the missionary. Yet, without being Africa and in the world are existence of the mission, the responsible for this dramatic forced to a true ‘Eucharistic Theologian pointed out, is the situation, many Christian famine’, to the impossibility SECAM building the Church Eucharist. John Paul II said communities in Africa and in of sacramental communion. that ‘the Church lives by the the world remain for years Without exaggerating, one in Africa as a family of God Eucharist’. Without the without the Eucharist due to could even speak of a form of Eucharist, the Church no lack of Priests”. i n v o l u n t a r y e x - he Archbishop of longer has her reason for He noted that many communication”. Lubango in Angola b e i n g , c o n t i n u e s t h e Christian communities in In the light of this, he Tand President of Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and ‘God has entrusted us with the Madagascar (SECAM), Most Rev. Gabriel Mbilingi, responsibility of protecting children’ says that SECAM is an essential vehicle for African sexual and psychological abuse and lack of B i s h o p s i n f o s t e r i n g awareness among families regarding the right collaboration, solidarity and of their children, as the right to growth, to Archbishop Mbilingi fraternity among themselves education and medical care” are among the but also with other Bishops main causes of many psychological traumas that children develop over the years and that of the Universal Church. often result in suicide. Speaking on the side-lines of the just-ended joint meeting The Bishop explained that in order to of African and German Bishops, Archbishop Mbilingi combat this tragic phenomenon, the described the encounter in Antananarivo as fruitful and one Ethiopian Episcopal Conference appointed that served to reinforce the Church’s common mission in the the Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat (ECS) to service of integral human development. develop a document on the protection of He explained that SECAM as a Church Organisation minors to be used as a tool to sensitize Priests, brings together Africa’s Bishops in the 37 Episcopal Religious, Teachers, Catechists and Youth Conferences of the continent. Leaders as well as employees of Catholic SECAM was born out of the will of young African Bishops during the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and institutions. 1965. African Bishops wanted to speak with one voice. The The Catholic Church in Ethiopia is establishment of SECAM was, therefore, a desire by the working to ensure the safety, well-being and Bishop Markos Gebremedhin Bishops to build a continental structure that would put forward dignity of children, to satisfy their primary an African way of being Church within the context of the he Vicar Apostolic of Jimma Bonga, needs and offer them better education. “A Universal Church. E t h i o p i a , B i s h o p M a r k o s special office has been set up at the ECS for SECAM was officially launched in Uganda by Blessed Gebremedhin of the Congregation the protection of vulnerable children and Pope Paul VI on the first-ever visit of a Pope to Africa. T adults. At the same time a National Advisory of the Lazarists, has said that all followers “SECAM’s vision of the Church in Africa is that of a ‘Family of Committee was set up with delegates from of Christ have been entrusted with the task God,’” Archbishop Mbilingi said. each ecclesiastical jurisdiction”, Bishop of protecting and helping children grow. Archbishop Mbilingi emphasised that during the Second Gebremedhin explained . Synod for Africa in 2009, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wanted On the occasion of the official launch of On presenting the “Policy for the this identity of the African Church, as a family of God, to have a the “Politics for the Protection and protection of minors of the Catholic Church” mission: To be a Church at the service of reconciliation, Safeguarding of Minors” by the Ethiopian in recent days, the Bishop explained that “as justice and peace. Catholic Church, and the beginning of service Catholic Bishops of Ethiopia, we considered The President of SECAM also spoke of Africa as a for operators in charge of this delicate task, it our responsibility to prioritise the problem continent of hope, because it is mostly composed of a young Bishop Gebremedhin highlighted the abuse and strengthen the commitment of the population. The young people in the Church of Africa are the that many children suffer in the world, Universal Church towards the protection of hope for the Church and humanity. including those in Ethiopia. minors because everyone’s commitment is According to Archbishop Mbilingi, this hope was best In a note sent to Agenzia Fides, the needed to have a safe environment for articulated by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI when he referred to Bishop noted that “physical abuse, corporal vulnerable children and adults”. Agenzia Africa as “an immense spiritual lung” for all humanity. punishment, child labour, child trafficking, Fides vaticannews.va Sunday, June 17 – Saturday, June 23, 2018 THE CATHOLIC STANDARD 3 80TH interacted with the faithful, ‘Teach Youth To the Chiefs and the Elders of Anniversary 2018 ‘Galamsey Fight 1938 the communities and also Understand had a first hand experience Has Improved Quality of underground mining. Catholic Heritage’ Bishop Kwofie also of Water Bodies’ confirmed 149 candidates Continued from front page homily during a four-day and encouraged them to use News Desk Report pastoral visit to the St. Church and charged the their spiritual gifts for the he Chief of Asankran-Breman, Nana adults to ensure they were Francis Xavier Parish at benefit of the Church. Kwabena Amenemah II, has commended educated in the Catholic Prestea. T h e B i s h o p w a s TPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo faith. This, he said, would He centred his homily accompanied by Very Rev. and his government for the fight against illegal not only help the youth to on four key areas, namely: Fr. Ra p h a e l M e n s a h , mining (Galamsey). understand the Catholic the youth, the Catechist, C h a n c e l l o r a n d w e re “Ghana, Asankraguaman, Wassa Amenfiman, and faith, but also equip them to Church lands and the re- welcomed to St. Francis Enchiman are grateful to you. If God had not made you become teachers of the faith organisation of the Parish. Xavier Parish by Very Rev.

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