‘Be role models of Catholic faith’
The Catholic Archbishop of Freetown, Most Rev. Dr Edward Tamba Charles, has urged members of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall, a Catholic friendly society, to be shining examples and soldiers of Christ.
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“I congratulate you and assure you of my maximum support and prayer. Be true role models of the Catholic faith and work as shining examples, as true soldiers of Christ in the evangelising process,” he said
He described as laudable the fundamental principles of the Noble Order,—unity, charity, fraternity and service— which are prerequisites for the development of one’s spirituality.
Most Rev. Charles said this in a homily at a thanksgiving Mass to climax the consecration of the new Council and Court of the Knights and Ladies of Marshall at the St Anthony Catholic Church, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Present at the Mass were the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Marshall, Sir Kt Bro. Joseph Ekow Paintsil, his Deputy W/B, Ernest Amoako Arhen, the Grand Lady of the Ladies of Marshall, Most Respected Lady Sis. Margaret Yirenkyi, her deputy, Respected Lady Alice Ayebi and about 200 Marshallans from Ghana, Liberia, Togo and Sierra Leone.
Also present included Past Supreme Knight, Sir Kt Bro. James Adomako, Most Respected Ladies, Sisters Dame Theresa Pobee and Victoria Yellu, all from Ghana.
Advice
Most Rev. Charles stressed on the need for Christians to prepare themselves adequately for the arrival of the Lord Jesus Christ so that they could give a good account of their stewardship.
“The time has come for Christians to change the course of their lives by doing what is pleasing to Him,” he advised.
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Most Rev. Charles appealed to the Marshallans to assist in promoting vocation, as well as organising a viable laity council in the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown.
In his remarks, Sir Kt Bro. Paintsil thanked Archbishop Charles and the Catholic Archdiocese of Freetown for their encouragement and support which had culminated in the establishment of the first Council and Court in Sierra Leone.
He told the congregation that the fundamental principles of the Noble Order had found expression in all activities – through united activities, networking, intensification of fraternal relations and the rendering of charity to the poor and needy by all operating councils and courts in Ghana, Togo, Benin, Liberia, the United Kingdom, and now Sierra Leone, with an estimated membership of about 10,000.
He invited the congregation, especially the youth to, among other things, consider joining the Noble Order to experience the benefits associated with the Noble Order’s inspired fundamental principles of unity, charity, fraternity and service.
At the Mass, the new Grand Knight, Bro. Thomas W. Tingan and Noble Lady Sis Rachael Abie Parker presented a church organ with combo and US$1,000 cash to the church. The hierarchy of the Noble Order also presented an undisclosed amount to support ongoing projects.