Dr. Dewah celebrates Family Feast on all Saints Day.

Dr. Dewah, the Chief Executive Officer of Dewah and Bros International Modern Traditional Clinic together with family, close friends, colleagues and Christians of the Kumba Diocese celebrated the Annual Family Feast and thanks giving Day on November 1, 2016. This day which is commemorated by the Church as Feast of All Saints began with a Holy Mass celebrated by Rev. Father Polycarp Fonjock, Canon of the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Kumba.

Thanksgiving and fund raising during mass for the construction of a church at Puletin Quarters was led by Dr. Dewa and wife.

In a message packed homily, Rev. Fonjock said it was wonderful to conceive the feast of all Saints as a family feast. He said it was a day billions of Gods Children were rejoicing in the Kingdom as Saints. The Padre said Saints were normal people who had experienced and gone through the same things that we are experiencing now. The perfect example he said was that of Saint Paul who set out to destroy the Church until God converted and gave him a new orientation which was that of building the church. Other examples he mentioned were Ignatius of Loyola and Saint Augustine. While the former was a soldier, the latter started off as a rough fellow but today Saint Augustine is one of those who have written so much. Rev. Fonjock concluded that God chooses and uses any person and that we are all candidates for Sainthood.

Dr. Dewah whose Palace played host to the holy Mass said this year’s family feast day was celebrated under the theme God in the center of our initiatives and successes.

This 9th family feast and thanks giving day he said was to raise funds for the construction of the house of God. The Family feast and thanks giving day he said was celebrated in Balikumbat for the first 8 editions before being shifted to Kumba in order to raise funds for the construction of a Church, the mission station of St. John Paul II, in Kumba.

His Lordship Bishop Nfon Agapitus who was unavoidably absent during the occasion was ably represented by Rev. Polycarp Fonjock, Canon of the Sacred heart Cathedral.

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Arrival of Bishop Agabitus Nfon sets stage for stronger Church in nascent Kumba Diocese.

The aura surrounding the arrival of Bishop Agabitus Nfon, the maiden Bishop of the newly created Kumba Diocese sent across the message that the Roman Catholic Church in Kumba was entering an era which will see a loving shepherd uniting his sheep in a stronger church bound together by love which doesn’t fall short of that propagated by Jesus Christ and His earliest Apostle to the gentiles; Saint Paul. The joy in the air and the love emanating from the prelate for those who had turned out to welcome him were palpable.

 

Bishop receives a bouquet of flower from little girl on arrival at Barombi Kang

At about 2 PM on Monday April 26, 2016, the Bishop’s impressive convoy was received at Mile 40 somewhere around Banga Bakundu in the Mbongue Sub-Division as you drive towards Kumba. The crowd that thronged the street to receive the Bishop was unprecedented and it kept growing as he approached the city of Kumba. Stopping at Bombe Bakundu, Mbalangi, Barombi Kang Check Point and at Saint John of Padua Parish at Buea Road in Kumba, the prelate stepped out of his jeep and blessed the crowds that turned out to meet him.

In the heart of Kumba at the Common Wealth Avenue entrance, His Eminence Bishop Agabitus Nfon did not resist the urge to get out of his jeep and walk with the waiting and expectant population. After embracing the population, the prelate regained the comfort of his jeep and was driven as was his convoy to the Sacred Heart Parish Fiango which is now known as the Sacred Heart Cathedral. 

Bishop's Convoy en route to Kumba

Just before Benediction, which took place on arrival at the Cathedral, a brief word was said in guise of a welcome to all who had braved it to the Cathedral and to the Bishop. 

The brief speech acknowledged the fact that the Bishop of Kumba had finally arrived and that it was a breathtaking event. The events of the day were described as unprecedented in the history of Kumba. The long awaited baby had finally been born and the occasion was seized to thank the prelate for challenging such a challenging task of heading the newly created Kumba Diocese.

 The brief speech equally expressed appreciation that Fiango had been privileged to be the seat of the new Diocese. The events of the day, the welcoming priest said were proof of the fact that the people of Kumba were set to work with the Bishop and together he said, they would build a vibrant church. Equally present during the Benediction Service were Bishop Nkea Andrew of the Mamfe Diocese and Bishop Nkwo of the Kumbo Diocese accompanied by a college of priests. 

Sacred Heart Cathedral Fiango, Kumba in festive mood

While the adoration services that characterized the Benediction went on, a festive mood was going on outside the cathedral amongst those who couldn’t make it into the church which was packed full. Dance groups from a cross section of tribes from the Northwest and Southwest that had turned up to grace the occasion were vibrantly giving the occasion colour.

The installation proper of the new Bishop of the Diocese of Kumba which geographically is made up of Meme, Ndian, and parts of Kupe Manenguba Divisions will take place on May 7,2016 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral at Fiango in Kumba.  

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