Most Rev. Peter Kwaku Atuahene, Bishop of Goaso Diocese recently administered the Sacrament of Confirmation on 138 students at the Boakye Tromo Senior High Technical School at Duayaw Nkwanta in the Tano North District of the Brong Ahafo Region.
The Confirmandi were drawn from the different non Catholic Second Cycle Institutions in the Diocese as well as Tepa Nursing and Midwifery Training School.
In a homily, Bishop Atuahene urged the Confirmandi to always uphold the Catholic faith and defend it boldly by word and deed advising them to live exemplary lives.
The Prelate urged them to avail themselves of the gifts of the Holy Spirit; wisdom, understanding, knowledge, counsel, fortitude, piety and the fear of God which were received at Confirmation to empower them to bear good fruits.
He stressed that Christians who were animated by the Holy Spirit must be loving, caring, peaceful, patient, kind, joyful even in adversity, faithful, humble and have self- control.
He entreated the Confirmandi to strive to be agents of peace and desist from antagonism, pride, racism and all types of vices advising them to be patient and wait on the Lord always.
The Bishop urged them to be faithful and exhibit the fruit of humility in an environment where people were proud and wanted everyone to bow before them, saying that they must exercise self control in an environment where people wanted to live their lives the way they want, without any restriction.
Bishop Atuahene reminded Christians to honour their bodies as temples of God by respecting themselves and others; physically, spiritually, psychologically, emotionally and in all dimensions so that God would be honoured in each and everyone.
He commended the Chaplaincy of non-Catholic Institutions for bringing the students together to receive the Sacrament and prayed that it would empower them to live in faith hope & charity.
In a welcome address, the Headmaster of the School, Mr. George Awuah Jnr, thanked the Bishop for the honour done to School through the visit and appealed for his assistance for a borehole to address the perennial water shortage in the School.
In attendance were Rev. Frs. Bernard Obeng-Gyamfi, the Diocesan Coordinator of Schools, Theophilus Acheampong Pepra and Henry Oduro Asante, the Parish Priest and Assistant of St. John of God Parish, Duayaw Nkwanta respectively, Religious, St. John of God Choir, staff, students, and friends of the Confirmandi.
