SIR JAMES MARSHALL FEAST DAY CELEBRATION – ACCRA EAST REGION

This year’s Sir James Marshall feast day came off on Sunday the 4th of May, 2014 at the St

Ephraim Catholic church, Danfa. It was a very colourful event since it was organized with

the various Councils and Courts in the Region attending in their numbers. The Councils and

Courts in attendance were as follows Council 63(Madina), Council 94(Adenta), Council 10

(Christ the King), Council 100(Osu), Court 58(Madina), Court 5(Christ the King), Court 96

(Osu) and Court 90(Adenta) respectively. In all a total number of 430 brothers and sisters

were present for the program with the breakdown as follows; Brothers (Adult Council) 185,

Sisters (Adult Court) 112, Junior Knights (61) and Junior Sisters (73).

 

This year’s celebration was characterized with a medical outreach program. Some of the

services that were provided were checking of blood pressure, sugar level, diabetes and some

other health conditions. The feast day celebration was preceded by a colourful parade by the

Junior Knights and Ladies. The parade was inspected by the the main celebrant, the Dean of

the Madina Deanery Very Rev, Fr Anthony Oppong and the regional Grand Knight and regional

Noble Lady Worthy Bro. Michael Kwarteng and Most Respected Lady Janet Barrigah respectively.
The readings for the day were as follows; first reading 1st Acts 2:14, 22-33, second reading

1st Peter 1:17-21 and Gospel Luke24:13-35. Very Rev, Fr Anthony Oppong before the homily

welcomed the Marshallan fraternity to St Ephraim one of his outstations and spoke of the

immense contribution the Noble Order has provided for the growth of mother church. In his

homily he spoke about that Sunday being the second Sunday after Easter still commemorating

the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ signifying the victory we possess as Christians

and children of God. He admonished us that no matter how big our problems or challenges

might be we have a savior who would always come through for us. He also said that Christ did

not remain in the grave but conquered death and resurrected and as Christians we shouldn’t

remain in our graves such as our disappointments, financial difficulties, joblessness etc

but exercise our faith in Christ for our breakthroughs. He challenged us to let our life

situations reflect the goodness of our God.

 

The Regional Grand Knight and his counterpart the Regional Noble Lady were given the

platform after post communion to address the congregation about the Noble Order and to

solicit for members. The Regional Grand Knight gave a brief history, aims and objectives of

the Noble Order which served as an education on the role Sir James Marshall played in the

revival of the Catholic Church in the then Gold Coast. This address was immediately followed

with the presentation of some money which is usual of the Noble Order to assist the church

in undertaking its developmental projects. The presentation was done by the Regional Noble

Lady. The donation was received by the Vice Chairperson of the Parish Pastoral Council Mrs

Abobila who thanked the Marshallan fraternity for the kind gesture. Very Rev, Fr Oppong also

seized the opportunity to thank the Marshallans for their various good works by citing some

key examples.

 

The program ended with the final parade from the Junior Marshallans right after the Mass.

There were some announcements and further instructions from the Regional Grand Knight and

his Regional Noble Lady after the Mass after which brothers and sisters were given the

opportunity to socialize, make new friends and to have fun.

 

By: Michael Awatey
REPORTER, COUNCIL 63.

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