Accra, 07 October, 2024 / 8:57 pm (ACI Africa).
The Catholic Archdiocese of Accra in Ghana is inviting the people of God to take part in a walk against illegal mining in the country, commonly known as Galamsey, to be realized on Friday, October 11 in partnership with the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious - Ghana (CMSR-GH).
In a letter addressed to members of the Clergy, women and men Religious, and the Laity, the Local Ordinary of Accra, Archbishop John Bonaventure Kwofie, emphasizes the importance of participating in the spiritual initiative dubbed “Environmental prayer walk against Galamsey (illegal mining): Caring for our common home – Laudato Si’”.
“This initiative reflects our civil, communal, and religious commitment to our country and its ecosystem which is being destroyed,” Archbishop Kwofie says in his letter dated Thursday, October 3, the eve of the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron Saint of ecology and composer of the words of the canticle, “LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”.
During the planned October 11 Walk to be realized in the streets of Ghana’s capital city, Accra, the Ghanaian Catholic Archbishop says, “we shall engage in a Peaceful Prayer Walk, praying the Rosary which is our weapon against any adversaries.”
“We shall congregate at the Holy Spirit Cathedral, Adabraka, to pray, go through the principal streets, and end with Holy Mass at Christ the King Grotto, Cantonment. We shall present a petition to the Presidency at the Jubilee House,” he says about the spiritual exercise that will conclude at Christ the King Cantonments Parish of Accra Archdiocese.
