Ghanaians and friends of Ghana are blessed to witness the first Ghanaian Catholic Missionary Priest's ordination in the USA. The history maker,Reverend Paul Prince Appiah-Kubi, will be ordained by the Catholic Church on May 26 2007 at Techny, Illinois.
The ceremony will take place at the Divine Word International Chapel, 2001 Waukegan Road at 3 PM prompt.
Following the ordination, the Ghanaian Catholic Community will celebrate the historic event with a Mass of Thanksgiving on Sunday May 27, at 1pm at St. Elizabeth Parish, 41st & Michigan, Chicago.
Rev. Appaih-Kubi was a former diocesan student/seminarian, studied for priesthood for the Catholic dioceses of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana and later at Konongo-Mampong in the Ashanti Region.
Rev.Paul Appiah-Kubi completed his philosophy studies at St. Paul's Catholic Major Seminary, Sowotuom-Accra and did a year of Theological Studies at St Peter's Regional seminary, Cape-Coast, Ghana.
Rev. Appiah -Kubi credits Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Archbishop of Catholic Archdiocese of Kumasi and Rev. Fr. Paul Baffour-Awuah for his selection to study at the prestigious Catholic Theological Union in Chicago. He will graduate on May 17, 2007 with a Masters degree in Theology and on May 26, 2007, be ordained as a Divine Word Missionary priest with 6 others.
Currently Rev. Appiah-Kubi is the pastoral minister in charge of the Ghanaian Catholic Community Church in Chicago and one of its founding fathers. The Ghanaian Catholic Church that began with a handful of worshipers has grown to be 120 member strong and still growing.
The Ghanaian Catholic Community will however miss Rev. Appiah-Kubi's services after HIS graduation. He has been assigned as an associate pastor to Oakland-California ,a multicultural parish.
Reverend Appiah-Kubi will be the first Ghanaian Missionary priest to be Ordained in the United States.
Earlier in his stay in the United States, Rev. Appaih-Kubi served as a regular preacher for the Church of the Ghanaian Community in Chicago.
Rev. Apiah-Kubi and the Ghanaian Catholic Community in Chicago invite the Ghanaian community and friends of Ghana to witness the historic ordination ceremony and the Thanksgiving Service.
