Bishop Bushu was also representing the other bishops of Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province who form the Minor Seminary's board of governors. The seminary's three resident priests assisted the Bishop during the Eucharistic celebration which Minor Seminarians themselves animated.
While preaching, Bishop Immanuel Bushu thanked God for the success recorded during the previous academic year in which Minor seminarians scored a clean sheet of 100 percent in the Cameroon General Certificate Examination at the Ordinary and Advanced levels. Bishop Bushu said a thanksgiving and inauguration Mass for a new academic year was the best thing the Minor Seminarians could do as Christians.
He enjoined every one present not to be servants of God and of riches, for none can serve the two with the same zeal. He added God created people with a free will, but as Christians, every thought, word, and deed should be owed to the Creator's Divine Will. "When our actions are good, things work out well, but when we are filled with evil thoughts and actions, we continue to separate ourselves from God," the Bishop noted.
Mgr. Immanuel Bushu warned against allowing our spirits to think only of money and material wealth "--- for such are the challenges preventing us from serving God dedicatedly," he pointed out. He urged Minor Seminarians to be more prayerful to steer clear of worldly distractions which could divert their attention from their priestly vocation.
The Local Ordinary asked formators to be role models, "--- for children by their very nature learn to do not the things they are told to do, but what elderly people in their community are doing." The Bishop called on all present to fill their hearts with God's love and every good thought, word and deed will naturally flow and spread to the rest of the world.
Before the final blessings, the Rector, Rev Fr. Bartholomew Anyanwu expressed gratitude to the Bishop for leaving other pressing duties to celebrate the inaugural Mass for the seminary community. He welcomed new seminarians and formators, while calling on the older members not to loose the vision Bishop Rogan had when he created the Minor Seminary 40 years ago. "That of forming young boys who aspire to serve as priests in Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province," Fr. Anyanwu stressed.
The rector re-iterated the college objective for the 2010/2011 Academic Year, which is, "Co-responsibility, Priestly formation and Academic Distinction." He enjoined BIROCOL family members to ensure the objectives are met and to know that God's Will for them is to be in the seminary and not in another college.
While preaching, Bishop Immanuel Bushu thanked God for the success recorded during the previous academic year in which Minor seminarians scored a clean sheet of 100 percent in the Cameroon General Certificate Examination at the Ordinary and Advanced levels. Bishop Bushu said a thanksgiving and inauguration Mass for a new academic year was the best thing the Minor Seminarians could do as Christians.
He enjoined every one present not to be servants of God and of riches, for none can serve the two with the same zeal. He added God created people with a free will, but as Christians, every thought, word, and deed should be owed to the Creator's Divine Will. "When our actions are good, things work out well, but when we are filled with evil thoughts and actions, we continue to separate ourselves from God," the Bishop noted.
Mgr. Immanuel Bushu warned against allowing our spirits to think only of money and material wealth "--- for such are the challenges preventing us from serving God dedicatedly," he pointed out. He urged Minor Seminarians to be more prayerful to steer clear of worldly distractions which could divert their attention from their priestly vocation.
The Local Ordinary asked formators to be role models, "--- for children by their very nature learn to do not the things they are told to do, but what elderly people in their community are doing." The Bishop called on all present to fill their hearts with God's love and every good thought, word and deed will naturally flow and spread to the rest of the world.
Before the final blessings, the Rector, Rev Fr. Bartholomew Anyanwu expressed gratitude to the Bishop for leaving other pressing duties to celebrate the inaugural Mass for the seminary community. He welcomed new seminarians and formators, while calling on the older members not to loose the vision Bishop Rogan had when he created the Minor Seminary 40 years ago. "That of forming young boys who aspire to serve as priests in Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province," Fr. Anyanwu stressed.
The rector re-iterated the college objective for the 2010/2011 Academic Year, which is, "Co-responsibility, Priestly formation and Academic Distinction." He enjoined BIROCOL family members to ensure the objectives are met and to know that God's Will for them is to be in the seminary and not in another college.
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