The Spiritans (Holy Ghost
Fathers),
Vocation and Postulancy in Ghana...
The population of Ghana is
18,900,000. About 38% of the total are Catholic.
Ghana has 18
Dioceses with 4 of them being Archdioceses.
Ghana has one Cardinal, 3
Archbishops, and 15 Bishops with one being an Auxiliary Bishop.
The Holy
Ghost Fathers are operating in 8 Dioceses.
The area of
Ghana is 92,100 square miles, or 238,537 square kilometers
SPIRITANS (HOLY
GHOST FATHERS), VOCATION AND POSTULANCY IN GHANA.
Vocations Report
Notice the yearly increase.
2001/2002=6
2002/2003=12
2003/2004=15
2004/2005=
SOURCES OF VOCATION:
We recruit from the entire
country, and are not restricted to a particular place or diocese.
1. We
have two youth camps during the year, Christmas and Easter.
2. We have two
retreat periods for our aspirants every year.
3. We have a three days of
prayer and interviews to select candidates for the postulancy every year. It is
always animated by a three member assessment team.
4. The vocations director
visits schools and tries to work with diocesan chaplains of different
institutions.
5. Our vocation team joins the diocesan vocation teams to
organize vocation programs during the vocation week celebration.
6. The
vocations director visits the aspirants who apply to join the congregation, and
talk to their families.
POSTULANCY:
Postulancy is a one year program
designed for the young men to discern their vocation before they go to the
Novitiate for their Spiritual Year. During this year they get the opportunity to
learn more about the congregation, and we also get to know more about them. The
statistics given did not count those who did not continue for the
postulancy either by themselves or because they were not recommended.
PROBLEMS:
Although we get the vocations, we lack the resources to
train them. We therefore take as many as we can afford to train. Today our
province pays between $4,000 and $6,000 a year for a student of Philosophy and
Theology depending upon where they are studying.
Donations are most welcome. If you find it in your
heart to support this postulancy, please send to:
Spiritan Postulancy
P.O. Box 1185
Kumasai
Ghana, West Africa
Phone: 233-51-38170
Thank you and may God
Bless you.
Fr. John Osei Yaw CSSp
718-729-5273
