Ho, 22 October, 2024 / 9:17 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Diocese of Ho in Ghana has postponed its 2024 diocesan pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto in Kpando Agbenoxoe to ensure that the people participate in the country’s Presidential and Parliamentary elections scheduled for December 7.
In a circular issued on Sunday, October 20, the Ghanaian Episcopal See said that the event that had fallen on the same day with the elections will now take place from Saturday, December 14, to Sunday, December 15.
The Diocese announced the postponement in a circular that was addressed to all Priests, Religious, and lay faithful, saying, “It is a civic responsibility for all qualified citizens to participate in this national exercise.”
“It would be impractical on our part as a diocese to place our diocesan pilgrimage to the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Kpando Agbenoxoe on that weekend,” the Diocese indicated in the October 20 circular that ACI Africa obtained on Tuesday, October 22.
The guidelines in the circular indicate that the new pilgrimage schedule will begin with arrivals at Kpando Agbenoxoe on Saturday, December 14, and will include a Penitential Service with individual confessions, Holy Mass, a talk on the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a candlelight procession.
