Cameroon<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div> June\u00a028,\u00a02014<\/p>\n<\/div> A ceremony of ordination of candidates from the religious congregations serving in Cameroon took place Saturday, June\u00a028,\u00a02014, at the Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of the Apostles in Yaound\u00e9, the capital of Cameroon. 19\u00a0men were ordained deacons and 22\u00a0priests. Bishop Bruno Ateba Edo,\u00a0SAC, who was named the new shepherd of the Diocese of Maura-Mokolo in northern Cameroon two months ago, officiated. Our deacon, Cyrille Augustin Bounoungou,\u00a0MIC, a native of Yaound\u00e9, was among the candidates to the priesthood. Father Cyrille is the second Cameroonian ordained to the priesthood in the Congregation of Marian Fathers.<\/p>\n The ceremony, attended by nearly 6,000\u00a0faithful, lasted close to five hours. Almost 150\u00a0priests concelebrated the Holy Mass. After the celebrations, Fr.\u00a0Cyrille\u2019s family and guests participated in the\u00a0agape<\/i>\u00a0at the Marian seminary in Ngoya.<\/p>\n Father Cyrille was born on Nov. 26, 1981. He got to know our Congregation through Fr. Bogus\u0142aw Gil, MIC, STD who served as the vocation director at our Atok mission from 2004. Father Cyrille joined our Congregation in 2006, having completed three years of civil law at the university in Yaound\u00e9. He did the first stage of his religious formation (postulancy and novitiate) in Rwanda, followed by the two-year philosophy course at the seminary in Kabgayi, also in Rwanda. In \u00a02010, Fr. Cyrille began his four years of theological studies at the inter-congregational St. Cyprian School of Theology in Yaound\u00e9-Ngoya, Cameroon. He made his perpetual vows on Sept. 15, 2013, and was ordained a deacon on Dec. 15, 2013, by Bishop Sosthena Bayemi, the Ordinary of the Diocese of Obala.<\/p>\n The day after his ordination, Fr.\u00a0Cyrille celebrated his first Mass at the Eucharistic Center in Minkama in the Diocese of Obala. The Center will shortly become the new mission of the Congregation of Marian Fathers in Cameroon and Fr.\u00a0Cyrille will be the parish vicar there. On Sunday, July\u00a06,\u00a02014, the newly-ordained priest celebrated his first Mass at the Divine Mercy Shrine in Atok. Father Zdzis\u0142aw \u017bywica, MIC, of Rwanda, who is in charge of Marian formation in Africa, also participated in the celebration. The faithful at both locations gave a warm reception to the newly ordained priest: they beautifully decorated their churches for Mass and organized festive communal meals afterwards.<\/p>\n The ceremony of ordination and the following first Masses became a special occasion for us to pray for new vocations to our Congregation.<\/p>\n Krzysztof Pazio, MIC<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>Cameroon: Cyrille Bounoungou, MIC ordained to the priesthood<\/h1><\/div>
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