St. Theresa of the Child Jesus

 

NAME OF ORGANIZATION:

 

St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Society

 

Numerical Strength:

 

814 members 

 

Aims and Objectives:

 

The basic aim of the society is to bring together all catholic women in Ghana and other parts of the world both communicants and non-communicants. 

 

To obtain and maintain personal sanctification and advancement in spiritual life by following the footsteps of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus in her little ways of spiritual childhood. 

 

To promote vocation and to aid in the sponsoring and maintenance of seminarians and aspirants.

 

To pray for vocation and for missionaries 

 

To assist Parish Priest, Religious and the entire Roman Catholic Church wherever, whenever and however possible for the greater glory of GOD. 

 

To empower our women with skills through regular training programmes.

 

Mission and Vision Statements:

 

To bring together all catholic women both communicants and non-communicants; to contribute to the progress of the Church and more importantly assist them to lead good Christian ways of life through prayers and traditional Christian practices. 

 

Vision

 

To become a society of choice for all catholic women that members are proud to associate with and can confidently refer to other church members for their spiritual and material growth and total emancipation.

 

CURRENT LEADERSHIP AND THEIR CONTACTS

 

NO

NAMES

POSITIONS

BRANCHES

CONTACT

1

Very Rev. Fr. Ebenezer KennethAbban

Spiritual Director

St. Dominic Hospital Akwatia

024 664 7025

2

Opanin Victoria Assan

President

Akosombo

0242628674

3

Opanin Grace Senanu Amevin

Vice President

Suhum

0243272915

4

Opanin Patience Bedzo

Secretary

Nsawam

0244152766

5

Opanin Constance Asare

Vice Secretary

Oda, All Saints

0244842093

6

Opanin Gladys Owusu Antwi

Financial Secretary

Effiduase

0244097725

7

Opanin Margaret Marfo Appiah

Treasurer

Oda, Our lady of Fatima

0242036594

8

Opanin Mercy Tufour

Chaplain

Akim Swedru

0542672104

9

Opanin Francis Peri

Organizer

Ntronang

0241275432

10

Opanin Margaret Asamoah

Vice Organizer

Kade

0242704512

11

Opanin Stella Homuame

Porter

Akwatia

0244469699

12

Opanin Paulina Lartey

Vice porter

Effiduase

0205095951

13

Opanin Victoria Fareyson

Past President

Adoagyiri

0244132290

 

 Parishes where the organization exist.

 

Adeiso

 

Adoagyiri

 

Adweso

 

Akim Swedru

 

Akosombo

 

Agomanya

 

Akwatia

 

Akuse

 

All saints

 

Asamankese

 

Asokore

 

Asuom

 

Bososu

 

Effiduase

 

Kade

 

Kibi

 

Mampong Akuapim

 

Mpraeso

 

New Abrim

 

New Tafo

 

Nkawkaw

 

Nsawam

 

Ntronang

 

Ofoase

 

Our lady of Fatima

 

Pepease

 

Saint George Koforidua

 

Somanya

 

Suhum

 

 Brief History

 

St. Theresa of the child Jesus Society was formed in 1964 at St. Peter’s Cathedral Parish in the Archdiocese of Kumasi, Ghana as a result of the visionary leadership of Madam Margaret Afful.

 

She observed at the time that, there was no women society in the Parish. As a result, women participation in the parish activities was very abysmal. She therefore shared this idea of forming an all-female society with a handful of men with some friends and this marks the beginning of the society in Ghana. Through one of her friends Mrs. Anna Oduro’s dedicated work their meeting started in her residence at Fante Newtown. Rev. Fr. Tsiquaye was also consulted to give them spiritual direction and it was through his instrumentality that the society was named “St. Theresa of the Child Jesus” with service to GOD and Mankind as its Motto.

 

In the Catholic Diocese of Koforidua, the Society was introduced by Monsignor Sylvester Kwasi Agyapong, in 1991, when he was the parish priest of St. Michael Catholic Church, Nkwakaw.

 

According to him, there were a lot of women at his parish who could be very useful to the development of the church. These women were however not organized and thus dormant in the development agenda of the parish.

 

He therefore invited the leadership of St. Theresa of the child Jesus society from Kumasi to visit and introduce the society to his parishioners. Through his effort, the first St. Theresa of the child Jesus society in the Koforidua Diocese was inaugurated at Nkwakaw in 1991.

 

After the society had grown in numbers there was the need to have a Diocesan Council. So, the council was inaugurated on Saturday 21st May, 2009 after a three day congress which started from 20th to Sunday 22nd May 2005 at the St. George Cathedral, Koforidua. This Congress ended with the election of Opanyin Many Boakye as the first Diocesan President.

 

Monsignor Sylvester Kwasi Agyapong worked tirelessly as the Spiritual Director for all these years until his retirement in 2017 when the Bishop on 22nd October, 2017 appointed Very Rev. Fr. Ebenezer Kenneth Abban, the hospital administration of St. Dominic Hospital, Akwatia as the second and current Spiritual Director.

 

 

 


Contact Us / Follow Us
Address: Box KF 625,
Koforidua, Ghana
Tel: 0595-222-361(Office)
E-mail: [email protected]

 
  

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