In the spirit of ecumenism, The Church of Pentecost in the New Tafo Area has renovated the Abirem Roman Catholic School.
A report by thecophq.org indicates that the Church of Pentecost in the News Tafo Area moved in to renovate the Roman Catholic Basic School building after realising the impact of the deteriorated building over the years.
The Church of Pentecost handed over the renovated structure to management of the school in a ceremony held on March 22.
Following months of concerted efforts, the school now boasts a refurbished building with fresh paint and upgraded facilities.
During the handover ceremony, Prophet Samuel Tetteh Doku, the Area Head, stressed the significance of creating conducive learning environments and imparting moral values to children. He reiterated the Church’s commitment to its “Possessing the Nations” agenda, which seeks to spread God’s love worldwide.
Assuring continued support, Prophet Samuel pledged the Area’s ongoing assistance to address the educational needs of the Abirem Roman Catholic Primary and Junior High School.
Nana Ohemeng Manu, the School Management Committee Chairman, called for sustained support to tackle challenges such as overcrowded classrooms.
Although the term ecumenism is widely used outside Catholic circles to refer to efforts at mutual understanding among all religions, or even between religion and atheism, the Catholic Church treats relationships with non-Christians very differently, because non-Christians have a fundamentally different relationship with Catholics than do other baptized Christians. Vatican II also issued a Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions (Nostra Aetate).
In 1993, the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity issued guidance for ecumenism in the form of a Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism.
In 2000, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (under Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, later Pope Benedict XVI) found it necessary to re-emphasize the centrality of the one and only universal Catholic Church for true ecumenism in Dominus Iesus (On the Unicity and Salvific Universality of Jesus Christ and the Church).
Recent popes, including Benedict XVI, have devoted many addresses, homilies and weekly audiences to ecumenism. Other authors have commented on various problems and misunderstandings connected with the ecumenical movement. Many such documents may be found by searching on “ecumenism” or “ecumenical” in the Library.
