This year's pastoral week has come to an end in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. The week ended with a call on all the lay faithful to be torchbearers in the prophetic Ministry of Jesus Christ by being living signs of the Gospel.
His Grace,the Archbishop of Bamenda, Cornelius Fontem Esua, made the call in his homily during a pontifical Holy Mass at the St. Joseph's Metropolitan Cathedral Mankon, Bamenda, marking the end of the Pastoral week. The Archbishop invited Christians to be exemplary witnesses of Christ. To do this, they must shun the unguarded quest for wealth and material things because true security and happiness cannot be guaranteed through the longing for earthly possessions but by living according to God's commands.  He called on Christians to study and understand the Word, deepen their faith, and study the Church's doctrine as contained in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Organized and facilitated by the Archdiocesan Pastoral Formation Team, led by Rev. Father Anthony Bangsi, the Pastoral week took place at the Paul VI Memorial Pastoral Center Bamenda Nkwe under the theme: "Evangelization, new in its ardour, method and expressions."
An innovation in the pastoral week this year was the participation of Religious in the Archdiocese. Commenting on this, some of them said their participation was an impetus to their work in the pastoral Ministry in the Archdiocese.

Archbishop Cornelius Fontem ESUA at Holy Mass

Christians at Holy Mass during Pastoral week

The pastoral week brought together on different days, religious, priests, catechists, the laity council, the Archdiocesan pastoral council, seminarians, and leaders of different commissions in the Archdiocese of Bamenda.