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CELEBRATION OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF CLARETIAN PRESENCE IN BAMENDA
Bamenda, Cameroon. These few days have been filled with Joy and Thanksgiving for the Claretian family in the Archdiocese of Bamenda. Festivities started in Saint Claret Relief Academy, followed by the final profession of three Claretian students: Joseph, Moise, and William. In effect, this celebration began last year with the arrival of the General Superior Fr. Mathew Vattamattam, CMF.
Five Claretians from the then Claretian Province of the USA: Fr. Ralph Berg, Br. Rene LePage, Fr. Alberto Ruiz, Fr. Gerry Caffrey, and Br. Richard Suttle implanted the Claretian charism in Anglophone Cameroon. From Bamenda, the Congregation spread to Douala, Buea, Kumbo, and Kumba.
These Claretians arrived in 1986 at the heart of the Lake Nyoss disaster and were very involved in their relief services through water tanks and toilets in the Cathedral.