New building dedicated at Tornu
By Damian Avevor
A Gh¢37,600 Divine Mercy Building has been blessed and dedicated to the glory of God at the Sacred Heart Shrine at Toru, Dzodze in the Keta-Akatsi Diocese, the first in Ghana.
The building was started by the Diocese and completed and donated by Mr. Mark Kpovie and family, from Dzodze but domiciled in Accra. The three-room building, which would accommodate the Priest’s Office, a Sacristy and a rest room was blessed by Rev. Fr. Peter Johnson Senoo, Spiritual Director of the Shrine on Divine Mercy Sunday.
Fr. Senoo thanked the Kpovies, whose relationship with the Shrine dated back to the late 1990s, for donating the building and for their continuous contributions to the growth of the Shrine, assuring him that it would be properly maintained.
He said the building started after a fundraising event during the 28th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shrine in 2010 and the Kpovies decided to complete it as one of their numerous contributions to the Shrine.
Fr. Senoo, who is also Priest-in-Charge of the Sacred Heart Church, said the community had grown over the years and there was the need to transform and expand the art works of the Shrine to a place of spirituality.
Mr. Kpovie said it was the duty of Catholics to support Catholic Institutions like Shrines and Grottos which served as Spiritual centres, lamenting that in spite of the Shrine chalking 34 years, more needed to be done to transform the place.
He urged the Spiritual Director and the Diocese to draw a development plan for all pilgrims to know the needs of the place and support it accordingly.
A Gh¢37,600 Divine Mercy Building has been blessed and dedicated to the glory of God at the Sacred Heart Shrine at Toru, Dzodze in the Keta-Akatsi Diocese, the first in Ghana.
The building was started by the Diocese and completed and donated by Mr. Mark Kpovie and family, from Dzodze but domiciled in Accra. The three-room building, which would accommodate the Priest’s Office, a Sacristy and a rest room was blessed by Rev. Fr. Peter Johnson Senoo, Spiritual Director of the Shrine on Divine Mercy Sunday.
Fr. Senoo thanked the Kpovies, whose relationship with the Shrine dated back to the late 1990s, for donating the building and for their continuous contributions to the growth of the Shrine, assuring him that it would be properly maintained.
He said the building started after a fundraising event during the 28th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Shrine in 2010 and the Kpovies decided to complete it as one of their numerous contributions to the Shrine.
Fr. Senoo, who is also Priest-in-Charge of the Sacred Heart Church, said the community had grown over the years and there was the need to transform and expand the art works of the Shrine to a place of spirituality.
Mr. Kpovie said it was the duty of Catholics to support Catholic Institutions like Shrines and Grottos which served as Spiritual centres, lamenting that in spite of the Shrine chalking 34 years, more needed to be done to transform the place.
He urged the Spiritual Director and the Diocese to draw a development plan for all pilgrims to know the needs of the place and support it accordingly.
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