The Bishops with the Regent of Dagbon and his Elders
Bishops meet Dagbon Regent
14th Oct. 2016
The members of the Ghana Catholic Bishop’ Conference (GCBC), have commended the Regent and people of Dagbon forensuring that there was relative peace in the Traditional Area.
Leading the Conference to pay a courtesy call on the Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Abdulai Andani at the Gbewaa Palace at Yendi, Most Rev. Joseph Osei Bonsu, President of the Conference,saidYendi was dear to the hearts of the Bishops, hence the decision to visit the Palace to pray for and with the Regent.
The Bishops were in Tamale for their Annual Plenary Assembly from October 7 to 17 and for the national climax of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Bishop Osei-Bonsu pledged the GCBC’s support in ensuring lasting peace in Dagbon, adding that occasionally, the Prelateswere briefed by the Bishop of Yendi, Most Rev. Vincent Boi-Nai Sowah, SVD about the peace situation in Dagbon, commending the Regent for his cordial relation with the Bishop and the Church.
The Kampakuya Naa thanked the Bishops for their continuous prayers for peace in Dagbon, commending the Catholic Church for its numerous developmental activities in Dagbon, including the establishment of the St. Vincent College of Education in Yendi.
He thanked Bishop Boi-Nai for his peace-building efforts in Dagbon, expressing gratitude for his numerous forms of support he had offered to the widows of the late Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II.
The Regent appealed to the Conference to give their unflinching support to Bishop Boi-Naito continue his peace process since it was through him that relative peace had come back to Dagbon.
He stated that Dagbon was built on the bedrock of culture, which pre-dates the introduction of politics by the colonial masters and appealed to politicians to desist from interfering in Chieftaincy matters and using the Dagbon Chieftaincy crises for political gains.
He said as Traditional Authorities, Chiefs were the custodians of culture and traditions and by virtue of this, their roles were distinct from those of politicians, stressing that their roles were not bed-fellows.
He decried situations where people who were not royals or otherwise qualified to be Chiefs resort to illegal means to be installed as such which according to him, had the tendency to destabilise peace.
The Bishops also paid a courtesy call on the Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Abadallah Abubakar at the residency in Tamale during which they held discussions on national issues.
Bishop Osei-Bonsu also briefed the Regional Minister about the Plenary Assembly, assuring him of the GCBC’s continuous prayerful support.
Present at the meeting was Alhaji A. B. A. Fuseini, Deputy Regional Minister and some senior officers of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council.
The Bishops also visited the Nazareth Home of God’s Children Orphanage at Sang in the Yendi Diocese where they were welcomed with songs by the children.
Briefing the Bishops about the activities of the Orphanage, Rev. Sr. Stan Terese Mumuni of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love (MASEL), the founder, stated that the Orphanage was established in 2009 and was formerly located in town but moved over to the new facility.
She said it was commissioned in 2014 with the consent of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference with financial support from the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Missio Aachen and other benefactors.
She said since its inception, 64 children from various parts of the Diocese had been rescued, lamenting that 12 of them had died due to severe malnutrition they contracted prior to their rescue.
She said the Orphanage provided shelter for mainly orphans but had over the years become a safe haven for the so called “evil children”, because their mothers either died in the course of their birth or they were born with some form of disability or congenital deformities such as a sixth finger or toe or with only one limb.
Sr. Mumuni said children were rejected by their own families as “evil children” and according to local belief, killing them was necessary to cleanse the families of future misfortunes or calamities.
Sheled the Bishops to the various Units of the facility including the 20-bed Hostel and Conference Centre.
- Commend peace situation
14th Oct. 2016
The members of the Ghana Catholic Bishop’ Conference (GCBC), have commended the Regent and people of Dagbon forensuring that there was relative peace in the Traditional Area.
Leading the Conference to pay a courtesy call on the Regent of Dagbon, Kampakuya Naa Abdulai Andani at the Gbewaa Palace at Yendi, Most Rev. Joseph Osei Bonsu, President of the Conference,saidYendi was dear to the hearts of the Bishops, hence the decision to visit the Palace to pray for and with the Regent.
The Bishops were in Tamale for their Annual Plenary Assembly from October 7 to 17 and for the national climax of the Jubilee Year of Mercy.
Bishop Osei-Bonsu pledged the GCBC’s support in ensuring lasting peace in Dagbon, adding that occasionally, the Prelateswere briefed by the Bishop of Yendi, Most Rev. Vincent Boi-Nai Sowah, SVD about the peace situation in Dagbon, commending the Regent for his cordial relation with the Bishop and the Church.
The Kampakuya Naa thanked the Bishops for their continuous prayers for peace in Dagbon, commending the Catholic Church for its numerous developmental activities in Dagbon, including the establishment of the St. Vincent College of Education in Yendi.
He thanked Bishop Boi-Nai for his peace-building efforts in Dagbon, expressing gratitude for his numerous forms of support he had offered to the widows of the late Overlord of Dagbon, Yaa Naa Yakubu Andani II.
The Regent appealed to the Conference to give their unflinching support to Bishop Boi-Naito continue his peace process since it was through him that relative peace had come back to Dagbon.
He stated that Dagbon was built on the bedrock of culture, which pre-dates the introduction of politics by the colonial masters and appealed to politicians to desist from interfering in Chieftaincy matters and using the Dagbon Chieftaincy crises for political gains.
He said as Traditional Authorities, Chiefs were the custodians of culture and traditions and by virtue of this, their roles were distinct from those of politicians, stressing that their roles were not bed-fellows.
He decried situations where people who were not royals or otherwise qualified to be Chiefs resort to illegal means to be installed as such which according to him, had the tendency to destabilise peace.
The Bishops also paid a courtesy call on the Northern Regional Minister, Mr. Abadallah Abubakar at the residency in Tamale during which they held discussions on national issues.
Bishop Osei-Bonsu also briefed the Regional Minister about the Plenary Assembly, assuring him of the GCBC’s continuous prayerful support.
Present at the meeting was Alhaji A. B. A. Fuseini, Deputy Regional Minister and some senior officers of the Northern Regional Coordinating Council.
The Bishops also visited the Nazareth Home of God’s Children Orphanage at Sang in the Yendi Diocese where they were welcomed with songs by the children.
Briefing the Bishops about the activities of the Orphanage, Rev. Sr. Stan Terese Mumuni of the Marian Sisters of Eucharistic Love (MASEL), the founder, stated that the Orphanage was established in 2009 and was formerly located in town but moved over to the new facility.
She said it was commissioned in 2014 with the consent of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference with financial support from the Italian Bishops’ Conference, Missio Aachen and other benefactors.
She said since its inception, 64 children from various parts of the Diocese had been rescued, lamenting that 12 of them had died due to severe malnutrition they contracted prior to their rescue.
She said the Orphanage provided shelter for mainly orphans but had over the years become a safe haven for the so called “evil children”, because their mothers either died in the course of their birth or they were born with some form of disability or congenital deformities such as a sixth finger or toe or with only one limb.
Sr. Mumuni said children were rejected by their own families as “evil children” and according to local belief, killing them was necessary to cleanse the families of future misfortunes or calamities.
Sheled the Bishops to the various Units of the facility including the 20-bed Hostel and Conference Centre.
A section of the Bishops at the Gbewaa Palace
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The Bishops at the Nazareth Ho
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The Northern Regional Minister (Middle) with the Bishops
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