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01.09.2008 Religion

Four-day prayer congress for peaceful elections ends at Bisease

01.09.2008 LISTEN
By gna

Ajumako Bisease (C/R), Sept. 1, GNA — The Cape Coast Catholic Charismatic Renewal has ended a four-day prayer congress for peaceful election and a prosperous nation at Ajumako Bisease in the Central Region.

About 1500 Catholic faithful from all the seven District Dioceses in the Central Region and some members of the Local Council of Churches in the town attended the congress dubbed; “Charifest 2008,” under the theme “Watch and Pray”.

The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese, Most Reverend Mathias Nketsiah, who led a team of Catholic Priests to the congress, called on Ghanaians to be activists of peace before, during and after the December 2008 general election.

Bishop Nketsiah said: “Irrespectively of our political affiliations, we should not allow politics to divide us”.

He said as Christians, “We must allow Christ to renew our way of thinking to symbolize the fact that we were all from the same creator”.

Bishop Nketsiah said it was only through unceasing prayers that we could conquer the Satan and its evil acts, live in peace with one another and have prosperous and successful lives.

He urged Christians to let the word of God guide them at all times and that even though there must be hard times, they must maintain their faith in Him.

Reverend Father Anthony Enyinful, Parish Priest of Bisease Saint Michael Church, and his deputy Rev. Father Isaac Essel, assisted the Bishop in the officiating mass.


Rev. Father Louis Emil, Rev. Father Maxwell Quaye and Rev. Augustine Koomson led the congregation in various intercessory prayers for the Ghanaians.

Rev. Father Enyinful said as one people with one nation and one destiny, we should avoid politics of insults, acrimony and hatred and live together in unity.

Mr Kenneth Obempong, District Chief Executive for the area, commended the organizers of the congress and advised the people to put into practice the message that was preached.

The DCE urged Ghanaians not to allow politics to divide them but rather go to the polls and cast their votes according to their conscience.

Nana Okofo Kwakora Gyan II, Odikro of Bisease, appealed to the head of the Cape Coast Archdiocese, Cardinal Appiah Turkson to establish a vocational training school at Bisease.

Brother Francis A. Amponsah, Co-ordinator of the Programme, told the Ghana News Agency in an interview that the congress had ended on a good note.

He said participants had been advised to praying for at least fifteen minutes daily for a peaceful election.

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