ETHIOPIA: Meki Vicariate Celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Apostolic Vicariate of Meki celebrated the Feast
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (according
to the Ethiopian Liturgical Calendar) while also thanking her for keeping them
under her protection as the vicariate is recovering from the looting incident of
the Vicariate’s property in Gighessa town.
of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (according
to the Ethiopian Liturgical Calendar) while also thanking her for keeping them
under her protection as the vicariate is recovering from the looting incident of
the Vicariate’s property in Gighessa town.
H.E. Bishop Abraham Desta, Bishop of the
Apostolic Vicariate of Meki, while presiding over the Holy Mass on the occasion
said “even though the Vicariate lost properties worth millions of birr, (Ethiopian
Currency) in the looting, the clergy, religious men and women were not harmed.
Our Lady of Perpetual help kept them under her protection and as always, we are
grateful for her protection.”
Apostolic Vicariate of Meki, while presiding over the Holy Mass on the occasion
said “even though the Vicariate lost properties worth millions of birr, (Ethiopian
Currency) in the looting, the clergy, religious men and women were not harmed.
Our Lady of Perpetual help kept them under her protection and as always, we are
grateful for her protection.”
The Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Meki
also took the occasion to thank the Ethiopian
also took the occasion to thank the Ethiopian
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Catholic Bishops’ Conference, the
Ethiopian Catholic Secretariat and all Catholic institutions in Ethiopia as
well as partners for standing by the Vicariate in solidarity at its time of
distress.
He also blessed the young Ajitu Yadoto, a 20-year-old
Catholic, who, along with her sister rescued the Blessed Sacrament from the
looters at the Parish of Our Lady of Consolation in Gighessa town. The young
siblings hired a bajaj (a 3 wheeled scooter) to take the Blessed Sacrament to
the Parish in the next town.
Catholic, who, along with her sister rescued the Blessed Sacrament from the
looters at the Parish of Our Lady of Consolation in Gighessa town. The young
siblings hired a bajaj (a 3 wheeled scooter) to take the Blessed Sacrament to
the Parish in the next town.
In the end the Bishop said “such an incident
may slow us down but it cannot stop the Church’s evangelizing mission; we will
recover from this challenge and continue our journey forward.”
may slow us down but it cannot stop the Church’s evangelizing mission; we will
recover from this challenge and continue our journey forward.”
By
Johannes Makeda, the Social Communications and Public Relation Officer
Johannes Makeda, the Social Communications and Public Relation Officer
