Cardinal Turkson dedicates Mankessim Catholic Church

Mankessim (C/R), July 12, GNA - Peter Cardinal Kojo Appiah Turkson, Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast on Sunday dedicated the St. Paul's Catholic Church at ceremony at Mankessim.

The occasion coincided with the 10th Anniversary of elevation of the Church to a parish status.

His Eminence Cardinal Turkson reminded the congregation that buildings alone did not make a church.

He said the most important component of a church was the members and added that dedication of a church building was meaningless if the members did not adopt change of heart towards their fellows and God. "The Bible has stated that our body is the temple of God and therefore it must be used in an acceptable way for God. You are the image of God therefore you belong to God," the Cardinal stated.

Mr Stephen Asamoah-Boateng, Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Environment noted that people including leaders who did not submit themselves to God never succeeded in life and advised Christians to seek God's guidance in whatever they did.

"Before I take my seat at my office every morning I pray and invite the Holy Ghost to take the seat first for me to seat on his laps", the Minister stated.

He appealed to churches to support the government's sanitation drive.

Mr Asamoah-Boateng, who is also Member of Parliament (MP) for Mfantseman West said with the commencement of work on the Baifikrom water supply system, water problems facing communities in the District would be a thing of the past.

The Minister and the District Chief Executive Mr Robert Quainoo-Arthur pledged a joint donation of 100 bags of cement and five million cedis to support the Church in its development programmes. Some members including the Most Reverend Father James Robert Myers, Vicar-General of Cape Coast Archdiocese were honoured for their contributions towards the development of the Church.