Pray for me - Akufo-Addo tells Catholics

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to the Catholic community in Ghana to pray for him and members of his government so that they can administer the country to the benefit of all.

“Pray for Ghana, for peace and unity, her progress and prosperity, for me and for the men and women of my team so that God will grant us courage, honesty, strength, wisdom and a good heart to administer the affairs of this nation to the welfare of the Ghanaian people and the glory of God,” he requested at a Jubilee Thanksgiving Mass held at the Our Lady, Star of the Sea Cathedral, Takoradi to climax the year-long celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Catholic Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi, presided over by Most Rev. John Bonaventure Kwofie, Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese.

Rev. Kwofie, in his homily, called for an “attitudinal change: “Let us change our mental attitude. Let us change the way we think, let us change our way of doing things,” he appealed, urging the congregation to “repent from our old way of doing things.”

Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Dolphyne, Communications Director of the diocese and secretary of the Golden Jubilee Planning Committed in an interview also encouraged Catholics in the diocese to “continue to remain faithful to God and the church.” He added that “though the Jubilee has ended, the living of our faith continues.”

The Catholic Diocese of Sekondi-Takoradi was carved out of the Cape Coast Archdiocese on 20th November, 1969 with 13 indigenous priests. Presently, the diocese can boast of 140 priests working in Ghana and 27 priests on further studies and other missionary assignments outside the country.