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2304, 2019
Easter celebration with new pews
We had a great Easter celebration of a picnic style in Sankpala, to inaugurate the installation of new pews in the Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. It was a great occasion to see parishioners from all the outstations, with majority from Yapei, gather to celebrate with such great joy in the Easter mood. A year ago we
0604, 2019
Walling around parish property
Encroachment on church land has become a very common practice here that goes with impunity. A few years back there was such a case which, when sent to court, produced no results, and so the case was later dropped out of court. We lost a good portion of our church land to such encroachers. On Christmas day last year, we
1407, 2018
Primary School Completed on Schedule
I am glad to be able to now update you on this site with the latest on our primary school project. I have had some troubles logging on to the site, but it seems to be corrected now. With great relief and excitement, I can now say that the final phase of the Sankpala primary school is completed. As indicated
1104, 2018
New Church Blessed
Happy Easter to you all. What a memorable day in the life of this parish as our newly built outstation church (soon-to-be new parish, we hope and pray) was blessed on this Easter Sunday. There couldn’t have been a more appropriate and fitting day for the blessing of this church than on the day of Christ’s resurrection, a church dedicated
2601, 2018
Church Building Update
Even though it may be a surprise for many especially those who know how it all started, I am glad to say that we are seeing amazing progress on the Holy Rosary Church building in Sankpala. I find it important to update all of you on the current status of the project, mainly through the photos, knowing that some of
2601, 2018
Primary School – Final Phase Underway
It is very exciting to finally arrive at this stage of the Holy Rosary Primary School construction which started nearly four years ago. We owe a lot of gratitude and appreciation to our friends and generous donors who are seeing us through in what has been achieved so far. It all began with the kindergarten which construction was completed in
1001, 2018
Family Week Observed
The feast of the Holy Family saw the launching of a week-long celebration in honor of the Family in the parish with various activities which climaxed last Sunday, the feast of Epiphany. During the launching, the parish priest emphasized in his homily the need to uphold those traditional Christian family values that will distinguish our families as truly modelled after
2312, 2017
First Carols Night
This year’s Christmas festivities were ushered in with the celebration of the first ever Carols Night in the parish. The success in organization, the turn out at the event, and the active participation of those present showed that it was a worthwhile initiative which will come to stay. As a parish that is made up of mainly the youth, we
0911, 2017
Mothers Initiated
St. Francis Xavier Parish marks a memorable day in her life as fifteen Christian Mothers were initiated into the association. Present during the initiation ceremony were the Diocesan Christian Mothers’ Organiser in the person of Madam Adriana Bille, the Diocesan Christian Mothers’ President Madam Gladys Sala Petey, and the Parish Chaplain Rev Fr Aurelio Angbing. The fifteen newly initiated mothers,
2709, 2017
Holy Rosary Church
In the space of three years, it can be said without any doubt that a lot of progress, with regards some social interventions aimed at the improvement of the lives of the people, has been recorded in the Sankpala area in preparation for a future parish. Now, all seem ready for the building of a Church structure for the future
2609, 2017
35th Anniversary of Partnership
The Tamale Ecclesiastical Province of Northern Ghana has been in partnership with the Diocese of Münster in Germany for 35 years. This 35th Anniversary of Partnership is scheduled to be celebrated later at the provincial level in November in Navrongo/Bolgatanga Diocese and hopefully in Münster as well. As part of the local celebrations prior to the provincial one, our diocese
1909, 2017
New Kindergarten Started
Education promotion, especially in this part of the country with a very high illiteracy rate, continuous to be a priority area in our evangelizing mission. The community of Fufulso, one of our outstations, is a proud beneficiary of a new kindergarten which will offer an opportunity to the many children of school going age, but who are without access to
1806, 2017
Corpus Christi In Grand Style
The people of this parish celebrated the solemnity of Corpus Christi in grand style, concluding with the Eucharistic Procession through the principal street of the town. Even though some of the parishioners, who formed part of a delegation led by Fr Aurelio left for Damongo to join the climax of the diocesan celebration of the Eucharistic Congress, those left didn’t
0702, 2017
New Borehole Commissioned
The community of Darevogpe near Sankpala are again the proud beneficiaries of a new borehole. Water, as they say, is life. However finding potable water for many of the communities within the catchment area of our parish has been a nightmare. Women and children are often the victims of this unfortunate circumstance, since they have to travel several kilometers in
3001, 2017
Sankpala Primary School Completed
With great excitement, we can now say that the primary school building for the Holy Rosary School in Sankpala has been completed. It has taken a lot of hard work to be able to meet this target. This however will never have been possible but for the great encouragement, prayers, and above all the generous financial support from many of