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| Newly Ordained Father preparing to inspect the parade before his 1st Mass |
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| With Brothers of Togo Grand Commandery |
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| with Queen of Peace Officers |
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| With Queen of Peace Sisters |
A
contingent of brothers and sisters from Queen of Peace Commandery #604 and Aux #510 converged on Friday 7th
August 2015 en-route to be part of history, the Ordination of 20 New Priests
among which one of their own, Brother Knight Elisee Yao Attiogbe was part. The
33-seater bus zoomed off exactly at 3pm and the travelers went through a
vigorous border checks until finally got to their destination around 8.30pm and
with the wear and tear, they could only enjoy the supper of the day and kissed
their pillows till the next day.
By
6am on Saturday 8th August 2015, the contingent was aboard their
shuttle to the Cathedral in Lomé where the event, Ordination of 20 Priests, was
taking place. The major event started at 8am under the command of the Mgr.
Denis Amuzu-Dzakpah, the Archbishop of Lomé. Over 100 Priests were in
attendance and each of the Candidates had only 5 family members allowed into
the inner peripheral of the Cathedral. The rest were humbly planted under
canopies outside the Cathedral but were entrusted with giant television screens
to watch events from inside.
In
his Homily, the presiding Archbishop dwelt on the first reading from Numbers
11:11-25; where Moses was lamenting about the Israelites and God asked him to
select 70 men on which were entrusted God’s spirit as prophets. From the Gospel
of Luke 10:1-9; he said, “The harvest is plenty but the workers are few” and counted,
“the new priests are being sent out like sheep among wolves without shepherds.
They should therefore be as cunning as snakes and help with the harvest”. He concluded
entrusting his spirit on them to go out there like prophets.
The
event finally came to a close exactly at 1pm and invited family members and
friends were treated to refreshment after which the contingent returned to
their hostel.
At
6am on Sunday 9th August 2015, the contingent left the hostel to the
church la Croix d’Agbalepedo where Rev. Brother Knight Elisee Yao Attiogbe, SMA
was having his first Mass with one of his colleagues, Rev. Augustin Tontasse,
SDB. The Ghanaian contingent was met on arrival at the church premises by
another contingent of brothers and sisters from the Togo Grand Commandery led
by the Grand President Brig. Gen. Michel Dosseh-Anyron and his 1st Vice
Col. Agbodjan Edward.
The
combined team went about one kilometre outside the church to meet their new
brother Priest in his Cap and Sash who inspected a parade flanked by the Togo
Grand President and the leader of the Ghanaian Queen of Peace Commandery and
Auxiliary delegation, 14th District Commander, Captain James Klu.
Queen of Peace squad trooped him into the church with presentation of swords
for the Mass to begin.
There
was presentation of gifts in the form of items and cash in which Queen of Peace
contingent did the honour of presenting him a Stole and Cash. The squad again
led his exit from the church with the crossing of swords to signify the end of
Mass. Our brother Priest and the Togo Contingent could not hide their joy as
they expressed their gratitude for our coming to do our brother the honour.
As
anything that has a beginning must surely have an end, the Togo Grand
contingent and our Brother Priest bade farewell to their Ghanaian contingent
even as refreshment was ongoing.
The
return journey started immediately after the afternoon meal and by God’s grace,
the bus finally came to a halt at the Queen of Peace Church compound before 6pm
where each and every one set off to their various homes.
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