Matthew 25: 35-40
Then the King will say to those on his right, Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.

After being ordained 100% of the Priest are committed to serve 50% of thier time serving as a Priest in the most needy of Parishes in the USA. You know we have a shortage of Priests in many Dioceses in the USA. Your donations to the Claretians Missionaries in Cameroon will assist Parishes in the USA.

Father Jude Thaddeus Langeh

Responsible for all Fiscal and Operational Processes in Cameroon
 

Deacon Hector J. Ibarra
Resposible for all Fund Raising Activities in USA

Christopher Maher
Responsible for Coordinating, Music, TV, Phone, telecommunication, Video Productions for New Evangelization

Serving in the peripheries of Cameroon: Mission Talk 2018

The Claretian Missionaries from Canada and the USA arrived in Cameroon in 1970 and 1986, respectively. They worked very hard in the religious, social and humanitarian spheres. Today, thanks to their hard work, the Claretians    (50 priests and almost 100 seminarians) are serving in nine dioceses, and in 18 parishes in Cameroon. Their apostolate is based on working with the poorest of the poor, and the marginalised in the peripheries. Pope Francis has encouraged all Christians to go to the peripheries and help those living there. Some of us are privileged to be missionaries in these peripheries. I have come to tell you today that you can be privileged to be part of this as well, through your prayers and above all your financial and material support.

The Social Reality of Cameroon is presently in a very deplorable and sub-humanitarian position. Cameroonian society is heterogeneous. It consists of several ethnic groups, and it inherited the colonial system of two linguistic traditions and policies, that is, Francophone and Anglophone. Therefore, the problem of unity in diversity arises in the socio-political field. There have been many conflicts, with nefarious consequences. In the North, the Boko Haram crises, whose aim is to Islamise the population, has led to many, many deaths from Suicide Bombing, and many refugees. So many are homeless and lack food and water. Many die of malnutrition. The war in the neighbouring Central African Republic has also led to the influx of so many refugees especially women and young girls. We work in these zones of Conflict.

Many of our parishes are located in areas where there is conflict known as the Anglophone Crisis. They have felt abandoned by the central government, and marginalised in so many capacities. On this note, there have been several strikes, leading to the loss of lives. Schools have been shut down, or moving ahead in fear for two years now. This has led to the displacement of many families whose houses and properties have been burnt. In the midst of this crises, our Christians are highly affected. Many of them come to live in the Church building as their only source of hope.

In some parishes, there is so much insecurity from shooting, and many have lost their lives to bullets. In such zones, the parishioners have moved to the forest, living under a hot sun and heavy downpour of rains. Some pregnant women have had to give birth in such situations. Our missionaries have moved with them to these areas. They serve not only as priests, but as nurses, midwives, teachers, etc. It has been extremely hard to feed our Christians as the local food supply is running out. They cannot move to the nearby towns toget food because of the heavy military shooting.

We urgently need help to feed them, and give them basic water and medication. Do not hesitate to contribute any amount. Every contribution will save a life of so many innocent people. If we do not help them they may take up arms for self-defence. Some of the boys have already left due to hunger and frustration to fight against the military forces. Many corpses are decaying in the forests. We fear the outbreak of many epidemics in such deplorable situations. It was already announced that Monkey Pox has started devastating some of these areas.
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On this note, we are appealing for your support to save a life from premature death. We intend to sink bore holes to give them potable water. We also wish to engage them in basic subsistence agriculture to work for their own food. We also want to put up dispensaries to cater for the medical welfare of these people.