Cardinal Christian Tumi, Was Cameroon's First Cardinal
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30 CATHOLIC NEW YORK April 8, 2021 St. Simon Stock... CONTINUED FROM PAGE 32 Cardinal Farley died. The Carmelites feared the promise of a new parish might have died with the cardinal. However, in April 1919, Father John SPIRITUAL HOME— Cogan, O. Carm., who was the Irish provincial, Faithful parishioners pray made a visit to the new archbishop, Cardinal during the March 20 clos- Patrick Hayes, who assured him the promise of ing Mass celebrating the a parish was still alive. This promise became a 100th anniversary of st. reality in March 1920. simon stock in the Bronx. The first Mass in the new parish was celebrat- auxiliary Bishop Peter ed in “a house on the hill” which was located on Byrne served as principal the southwest corner of 182nd Street and Valen- celebrant and homilist. tine Avenue where the school building now sits. Founded in 1920, the par- Father William G. O'Farrell, a Carmelite from ish has been administered Ireland, who had only been ordained for about from the beginning by three years, was appointed the first pastor of the Carmelite Friars. the the new parish. The first Mass was celebrated in current pastor is Father the house on Palm Sunday, March 28, 1920. The Michael Kissane, o. Carm. church building was constructed in 1921. St. Si- mon Stock School opened in 1926. Nuns from the Sisters of Mercy taught at the Maria r. Bastone school from soon after the opening until the 1970s. Tara Braswell is principal of the K-8 el- education, where about 170 youths are registered. and wife Hilda have been married 43 years. ementary school, which has 200 students, most Jose Rosario, 71, has been a St. Simon Stock pa- “This is a blessing; this celebration is very im- learning remotely this year. rishioner for 35 years; he is involved with the par- portant, 100 years,” Rosario, a father of two and (A parish high school, which opened in 1929, ish’s Cursillo group and often helps to take up the grandfather of four, told CNY last week. Parish- closed in the early 1970s.) collection during Mass. A maintenance worker, ioners are “very thankful” to Bishop Byrne for Lourdes Victor is director of parish religious he is New York-born of Puerto Rican ancestry. He celebrating the anniversary Mass, he said. Cardinal Christian Tumi, Was Cameroon’s First Cardinal Even in his old age, Cardinal Christian Tumi, of the population of the entire, mainly French- He always committed himself “with courage the retired archbishop of Douala, Cameroon, speaking, nation. to the defense of democracy and the promo- was a force for peace and reconciliation in his The crisis began in 2016 with protests over tion of rights.” country, Pope Francis said after the 90-year-old government appointments of French speak- Born in Kikaikelaki, Cameroon, he was or- cardinal died April 2. ers to government posts and imposing the use dained to the priesthood in 1966 and named In fact, in November, a month after his 90th of French in courts, schools and administrative bishop of Yagoua in 1979. Appointed coadjutor birthday, the cardinal and 12 other people were centers in the English-speaking regions. archbishop of Garoua in 1982, he became the kidnapped in the northwest region of Cameroon, But even before the present crisis, he had a archbishop in 1984. St. John Paul II elevated him interrogated and held for a day before being re- long record of working to overcome poverty to the College of Cardinals in 1988, making him leased unharmed. and ethnic divisions in Cameroon and trying to Cameroon’s first cardinal. Cardinal Tumi had been actively engaged in foster peaceful resolutions where there was dis- In 1991, St. John Paul named him archbishop of trying to resolve a crisis that has engulfed Cam- crimination and injustice. Douala, a position he held for 19 years, retiring in eroon’s Anglophone regions in the northwest “Cardinal Tumi left an unforgettable mark 2009 at the age of 79. and southwest, which had once been British- on the Church and the social and political life He received the Nelson Mandela award in ruled territory; the English-speaking people of his country,” Pope Francis said in a message 2019 for his work in building peace and justice in there represent a minority— about 20 percent— of condolence to the Archdiocese of Douala. Cameroon. —CNS SENIOR CARE SEEKING EMPLOYMENT - SITUATIONS WANTED POLISH CONNECTION QUALITY IN HOME CARE FOR SENIORS CERT HOME HEALTH AIDE / CERT NURSES AIDE Experience with Alzheimer’s, Dementia, Parkinson’s SANTA CRUZ, SERAG CAREGIVERS INC. PROVIDE THE Serving your community since 1992 BEST CAREGIVERS IN AMERICA - THE FILIPINO PEOPLE. Agency licensed and bonded. 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