The official blessing & opening of the Capuchin friary in the Diocese of Buea as a Domus Ordinis by the Provincial Minister Angelo Borghino on the 29th September 2023
One of the greatest fruits of the Extraordinary Custody Assembly convoked by the General Curia animated by the General Councillor fra. Kilian Ngitir, who providentially is the second Cameroonian Capuchin friar, accompanied by Fra. Akilu Petros from the Solidarity office of the Order and the Provincial Minister fra Angelo Borghino held from the 25th – 26thof September 2023, was the official opening of the Capuchin friary in Buea.
The Occasion commenced with a Pontifical high mass presided over by fra Kilian Ngitir, concelebrated by Fra Kenneth Kinyuy (Custos), fra cyril Kerla (Guardian of the said fraternity) and the Provincial Minister. Furthermore, in attendance was the august guest, fra Akilu Petros and fra Theophile Seka, a member of that fraternity.
The blessing proper of the sacred vessels, the Lectern, the liturgical books, the Cross of Saint Damian and the general blessing of the house graced the Capuchin presence in the Diocese of Buea with a Domus Ordinis a Landmark in the administration of fra. Kenneth Kinyuy and his council, the first indigenous Major superior of the Capuchins in Cameroon as the Custody celebrated her 40th Anniversary (1982- 2022).
