2021-08-19 GHANA

First Provincial Chapter of the Marist Province of West Africa

The Brothers of the Marist District of West Africa marked the beginning of their Chapter on the 9th of August 2021, which led to the birth of a new Province in the Marist world: Marist  Province of West Africa. The delegates to the chapter totalled 25 persons representing Brothers from the countries that make up the Province (Cameroon, Chad, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Liberia), the General link Councillors for Africa (Brothers Óscar Martín and Ken McDonald), Brothers Juan Carlos and Aureliano Garcia (respectively Provincial and elected Provincial of Mediterránea) and Mr Samuel Nontwiri, a lay Marist from Ghana.

The theme of the chapter, ‘Dying to Self; Generating New Life’, was an invitation for all the   Capitulants to sacrifice in order to build a new Province of West Africa.

During the ceremony, the new Provincial Leader, Br. Cyprian Gandeebo, was installed. Delivering his speech, Br. Cyprian thanked all the Brothers for reposing their trust in him to lead them for the next three years.

The delegates reflected and studied the various reports which were presented to the chapter. This was followed by the creation of   Commissions to formulate proposed priorities which will help guide our mission for the next three years. The selected themes included Communion, Vocations, Mission and Sustainability.

Then followed the reading and approval of the norms of the Province and the election of the Provincial Councilors. Brothers Oliver Tata, Germain Beda, Eric Kramo and Pascal Birkem were elected Provincial Councilors to help the provincial in his mission.

Finally, the Memorandum of Understanding between the Mediterranean Province and the Province of West Africa was signed by the two Provincials and their vice. Thereafter, Br Cyprian Gandeebo gave his closing remarks. He thanked all the Brothers of the Province for their massive participation as well as all the artisans of the first Provincial Chapter. And to finish, he exhorted us to be sowers of new life. We concluded our Chapter with Holy mass in gratitude to God.

You can read all the history about the Chapter in that PDF

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Br. Cho Nchang

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