Christians of St Francis Xavier Mission Station Boyui, gathered at the Catholic School Field to celebrate the centenary of the evangelization of their mission station. The occasion which took place on Saturday December 3rd 2022 started with Holy Mass celebrated by Fr Johnson Tatah and concelebrated by Guylain Agbasoa. In his homily, Fr Johnson stressed that according to the Bible, a jubilee year is a year of remission of debts and forgiveness. He then exhorted each Christian to try and forgive one person this year and let go all grudges against. Then he made reference to the Christians who started the church in Boyui and asked how many were ready to make sacrifices like them. Turning to the saint of the day he told the congregation that St Francis Xavier was a missionary priest, born in Spain, who sacrificed his life for the preaching of the gospel. At his time, when there were no modern means of transport, he ventured into India, Japan and China to preach the gospel. In the end he
The St Joseph’s Missionary Society in Cameroon has over the weekend celebrated 100 years of existence. The ceremony which was marked by the attendance of Friends of Mill Hill, religious and well wishers took place at the St Joseph’s Metropolitan Cathedral, Bamenda, with Archbishop Andrew Nkea as the main celebrant. The Archbishop, in his homily showered the Mill Hill Missionaries with words of thanks for all they have done in Cameroon. “We want the Mill Hill Fathers to get the message clearly and loudly, that we are very grateful to them and we shall always remain in a big debt of thanks for all that they did and are still doing for our local church,” the Bishop said. The Society’s Representative of the Mill Hill Missionaries for Cameroon, Fr Innocent Akum, was asked how he felt about the centenary celebration and he said, ” I feel happy; a lot of energy was put into it. What gave me the greatest joy was the response of the local church; they came out in their numbers, the priests w