The 50th anniversary for the Focolare Movement and the Bangwa people of Cameroon

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14 to 17 December 2016

DSC3183-olswc_orgThe first focolarini doctors arrived in Fontem in 1966. The state of emergency of the Bangwa people became a priority for the whole Focolare Movement.

This jubilee year will come to its end with a solemn celebration to be held from the 14 to 17 December 2016. The Fons and other heads of institutions have been actively involved in the preparation of this celebration.

The programme includes: the success of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, which, with 500 students per year, is among the best five pre-university institutions in the anglophone Cameroonian system; life and work experiences of the Focolare Movement in Fontem; an International Conference on Interreligious Dialogue between Christianity and the African Traditional Religion, in these last 50 experience among the Bangwa people.

 

Press release – December 12, 2016

Programme

“Christian testimony in the face of African Traditional Religion”, by Bishop Andrew Nkea

 

Updated on December 15, 2016

SIF – Focolare Information Service

 

 

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