Ho Diocese  Catholic Women Association celebrated the Feast of Holy Family. The celebration which was held from Friday 24th to Sunday 26th January 2020. Catholic Women Association has on Sunday January 26 celebrated the Feast of Holy Family.

The celebration was held at the St Cecilia Parish in Ho Dome. The Association also launched their 60th Anniversary. The Vicar General of Ho Diocese Very Rev. Fr William Horlu during the celebration gave a talk on the theme ‘Call to Holiness in the light of Guadate et Exultate’. “He admonished the women to sacrifice their resources for the growth of both the biological and the spiritual families ”. He asked them to emulate the life of Mary as the epitome of hope and Love.

Members of the Association visited the leprosarium at Ho to donate some items to support the cured lepers.

THE BIRTH OF THE PARISH

The birth of the Parish took a long and painful labour.  It all began when Mr. Urban, the dynamic Catechist at Wademaxe at that time made an appeal to Bishop Augustine Herman, the first Bishop of the Diocese after the departure of the German S.V.D. missionaries from the area. The Bishop, however. launched the debate on the topic among Anfoega and Vakpo communities. 

In 1953, the Anfoega, Vakpo communities comprising Aveme Danyigba, Aveme Berne, Awate - Todzi, Tsrukpe, Wusuta and Botoku held a meeting at Vakpo to discuss the possibility of forming a Parish either at Vakpo or Anfoega. That meeting, however, ended in a deadlock following the disagreement as to where the Presbytery would be.

The Bishop  Fianu Donates PPE to the Catholic Health facilities  in the Catholic Diocese of Ho 

Bishop Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, SVD on Monday, May 11, 2020 presented Personal Protective Equipment to five Catholic Health Facilities in the Ho Diocese.
They are Margaret Marquart Hospital, Kpando, Anfoega Catholic Hospital, Mater Ecclesiae Hospital, Sokode-Gborgame, St. George's Clinic, Liati, and St. Francis Clinic, Saviefe.
The items, which include gun boots, infrared thermometers, Disposable Aprons, Hand gloves, N95 nose masks, goggles, sanitizers, among others were sponsored by the Medical Doctors Association of California, USA.

The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ 

(Corpus Christi)

The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ was celebrated today at the Sacred Heart Cathedral, Ho Bankoe. The Mass presided over by the Vicar General Very Rev. Fr. William Horlu. In his homily, he urged the christ's faithful not to be disheartened amidst this COVID 19 pandemic. He said that all we need do is to trust in the ever-abiding presence of the Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. He added further that, the Eucharist is the source and summit of all Christian worship. He admonished us to live in communion with Christ and with one another. "We Catholics believe in the Real Presence of Christ because it was Christ himself who said so" was added by him. He continued to explain that all who eat and drink the Body and Blood of Christ will abide in him and he in them since Christ said so himself. Concluding his homily, he urged us to be loving, kind, and tolerant, eschewing all kinds of discriminations and divisions since we all share in the union of the same communion we receive in Christ Jesus. 

TZU Chi Charity Foundation Donates PPE to Catholic Health Facilities in the Catholic Diocese of Ho.

The Bishop of Ho, Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu, SVD, today Tuesday, 21st July 2020 handed over some Personal Protective Equipment to the health facilities of his diocese. These PPE were donations from Tzu Chi Charity foundation, a Buddhist Christian charity foundation in India. The items include; disposable medical facemasks, disposable isolation clothings, and hand gloves. These gifts, as stated by the bishop, were through the kind courtesy of  His Eminence, Peter Cardinal Appiah Turkson the former president of the Pontifical Council of Peace and Justice to assist the Catholic churches in Ghana.

Requiem Mass In Memory Of The Late Rev. Fr. Peter Kosi Akabu 

On the 17th of July 2020, Rev Fr Peter Akabua passed on to his Maker. Today, Tuesday, 4th August 2020, the Bishop of Ho, Most Rev. Emmanuel Kofi Fianu SVD, led a requiem mass in memory of him. In attendance were Bishop Gabriel Ababio Mante, Bishop of Jasikan Diocese, the Ho Diocesan Priests Association, priests and religious from all walks of life, the family, and also Knight of St John International and Ladies Auxiliary. Prior to the mass, various tributes were read in memory of him.