"Unless You are Planted, You Cannot Bear Much Fruit"

On Wednesday, 25th January, 2023, the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua, Most Rev. Joseph Afrifa-Agyekum ordained 9 men to the ministry of Diaconate at St. Peter Catholic Church, Somanya. They are as follows: Revs. Dickson Nukunu Abotsi, Simon Asimeng, Benjamin Danso, Richard Sam-Adjekum, Stephen Foli, Melchizedek B. Agyeman, Richard Edem Mawusi, Charles K. Duah Jnr., and Silas K. Modzi.

The Bishop in his homily thanked the Parish Priest of Somanya, VRev. Fr. Bright Agyapong and the Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) for accepting to host such an august ceremony. The Bishop in reference to the Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul the Apostle stated that he was a great preacher of the faith and that Christians all over the world are encouraged to celebrate and pray for unity. The Bishop asserted from the first reading, 1 Tim. 3:8-13 that St. Paul through the text was addressing all levels of the human person through the grace and mercy of God. The Bishop in his reflection on the Gospel reading from John 12:24-26 reiterated that unless the deacons understand that like wheats, they must be planted in the soil, which will die, then they cannot bear trees with big branches and fruits which will serve as food and shelter for all people—resonating evangelization.

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Most Rev. Joseph Afrifah-Agyekum has inducted into office a new Headmaster for Pope John Senior High School and Minor Seminary (POJOSS) at Effiduase, Koforidua in in the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua, on Saturday 21st January 2023.

Very. Rev. Fr. Benjamin Opoku Ohene, the newly inducted Headmaster of the school is a priest from the Catholic Archdiocese of Accra. He becomes the 10th Substantive Headmaster of the Seminary Secondary School since it was established in 1958 by the late Bishop Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD.
The induction ceremony also coincided with the commemoration of the Founders’ Day of the school. The Founder’s Day commemoration is marked annually to remember those who birthed and laid down their service for the development of the school. Those gallant personalities in whose memory a wreath was laid include Most Rev. Joseph Oliver Bowers, SVD (Founder of POJOSS), Rev. Fr. Alphonse Elsbernd, SVD (First Headmaster of the School) and Nana Frempong Mposo II (Effiduasehene at the start of the school through whose instrumentality, the school land was acquired), all of Blessed Memory.

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The National Union of Ghana Catholic Diocesan Priests’ Associations (NUGCDPA) held its 28th National and 16th Biennial Congress with a call to seriously consider the welfare of the Ghana Diocesan Priests. The Congress that brought about 600 delegates from the 20 Dioceses and Archdioceses all over Ghana was held in Koforidua, from 3rd to 6th January, 2023 with President Akufo-Addo as the Special Guest of Honour.

The theme for the congress was: "A synodal Church and the welfare of the Diocesan Priest in a changing world". This National gathering of Catholic Diocesan Priests afforded the Congress Fathers the opportunity to re-evaluate the sense of the Sacramental Brotherhood and to foster a common union, devoid of competition for “A true brother is not a competitor but a gift for the shared ministry”. 

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