My YAHOO Email is Hacked

Please I want to use this forum as well to inform you that someone has hacked into my yahoo email trebor6000@yahoo.com and is sending out emails in my name requesting for money with the lie that I am in Spain. Please desregard that email should you recieve it. It is a scam.  I am well and in Ghana. The hacker has deleted all my yahoo contacts as well and so i do not have access to my contacts to alert you. Due to this I am no longer using my yahoo email. my email address now is abotrobert@gmail.com.
Thank you so much and may God bless you.

Junior Cadets and Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of St. John Internation

This past week, the Junior Cadets of and Auxiliary of the knights and Ladies of St. John International held their Jamboree in our Parish. It was a four day program. I helped them in a few areas that they need my assistance. I was very happy to see these young boys and girls on fire for their Faith.

I had the privilege of exposing the Blessed Sacrament for Adoration and inasmuch as I could see that some of them had never had that opportunity to adore the Lord, I could feel the hunger in them to be so close to the Lord. It is my hope that God willing other groups will be introduced to Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament outside Mass. Below are a couple of Pictures for that Occasion

 Adoration

 Adoration

Adoration

 

Benediction

 

 

On their final day last Sunday, they had a parade and joined in the procession. It was very well organized and again I was filled with you to see all these young ones on fire for the Lord. Below are more pictures.

Closing Parade

Closing Parade Junior Auxiliary

Inspecting the closing Parade (Kadet) with Fr. Tony, a visiting native priest

Inspecting the closing Parade 

cross section of the Band

Solemnity of the Assumption of Our Blessed Virgin Mary

On November 1, 1950, the Holy Father Pope Pius XII in his Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus Deus defined the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. He said that the Virgin Mary “having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory”

This special Feast day has attracted lots of celebrations all over various dioceses and parishes in the world in honor of our Lady. In my Parish Our Lady of Seven Sorrows here in Navrongo, this feast was marked with the celebration of two Masses with the Basilica filled to capacity in both Masses. We had the various groups all dressed up in their uniforms to celebrate this great feast of our Blessed Lady. Below are some pictures of the congregation after Mass when they processed to the Grotto for the final blessing.

procession to the grotto

at the Grotto

Final Blessing

After Mass was over, the Christian Mothers processed to the Rectory in honor of Mary as they continued to sing and celebrate Her Glorious Assumption in Heaven.

Ave Maria :)

Our Lady of Seven Sorrows- Three Months Pastoral Experience

Thank you so much for viewing my blog. We will continue to be united in prayer.


I have been assigned to the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in a town called Navrongo for three months prior to my Ordination on December 1, 2012.

This basilica is very historic in the whole country. It was the First Church and the first Parish to be established in the Northern Part of Ghana when the Missionaries came to evangelize the people of the north of Ghana in 1909.

This parish is one of the very busy parishes in my beloved Diocese of Navrongo-Bolgatanga. There are always activities going on in the parish besides it being a good tourist center for many people from far and near. It is built with mud and it is still standing strong.



I am one week old here and I continue to be grateful to God for using me in this parish. Part of my assignment is to witness weddings, funerals, all the blessings, and other activities. Right now there is a week-long retreat going in preparation for the Feast of the Assumption of our blessed Mother on August 15. I gave a talk to the pilgrims Yesterday on John 2:5 "Do Whatever he tells you" Every evening all the pilgrims gather at the Grotto to pray the Rosary. It is amazing out here.

This morning I blessed pilgrims from the parish belonging to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Confraternity who were travelling to Ouagadougou for the upcoming Feast of Assumption.

One Unique thing about this parish is that every daily Mass, the basilica is full and I am always tired when distributed Holy Eucharist to them. I admire the faith of the people.

Here are some pictures of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows

front view

Grotto

One of the ways the Priest and Clergy feed are the gifts they recieve from the people. I was called to blessed a shop and this is the product of that blessing....

I got a roster for dinner :)

ORDINATION AND TRAVELING DETAILS

ORDINATION DETAILS

DATE: DECEMBER 1, 2012

VENUE: ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH, BAWKU

MASS OF THANKSGIVING:

DATE: DECEMBER 2,2012

VENUE: ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA PARISH, BAWKU

AQUIRING A GHANAIAN VISA

Check this website for details of requirements for a Ghana Visa.

http://ghana.visahq.com/

I am still working on the itenary and letter of invitation

I will let you know about that. I would be very grateful if you emailed me at abotrobert@gmail.com or trebor6000@yahoo.com to let me know if you plan on coming so I can include you among my preparations.

Also send me questions that you need clarifications and I will be very glad to help.

Always united in prayer

blessings to you all :)

PS: I am still learning to blog :) but i will continue to update this blog for you all.

Last weekend in my home Parish St. Anthony of Padua Parish

This past weekend was my last weekend in my home parish St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Bawku before leaving for my new assignment in the Basilica of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows in Navrongo.
I preached the Sunday homily and I stressed on how Jesus longs to feed us all and how we should be prepared to recieve him which involves us going for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
I also used the opportunity at the end of Mass to thank my parishioners for all their prayer support for me while I was in the United States.
God has been good always and i will forever be grateful to him for bringing you all into my life. What I acn offer him is my life "With you O Lord I want to offer my life  everyday, that you may be all in all."
I offer you my dear ones in the US, my prayers. I do miss you all.

Below is a picture of my Mom and I

Me at Mass in St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Bawku