Gerald Woode appointed GHANCYC Gen. Secretary, IMCS Pax Romana national coordinator

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June 11, 2025

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The National Catholic Secretariat (NCS) in Ghana has announced the appointment of Mr. Gerald Ekow Woode as the new General Secretary of the Ghana National Catholic Youth Council (GHANCYC). In addition to this new role, Mr. Woode will also serve as the National Coordinator for IMCS Pax Romana.

Mr. Woode’s appointment took effect on Monday, 9th June 2025, and marks a significant development in the leadership structure of the Catholic youth movement in Ghana. With a strong background in youth ministry and Catholic student leadership, Mr. Woode is expected to bring renewed energy, strategic direction, and a deep sense of commitment to the growth of GHANCYC and IMCS Pax Romana in Ghana.

The National Catholic Secretariat has called on all stakeholders, youth leaders, and partner organizations to offer Mr. Woode the full cooperation and support required to succeed in his dual role.

His leadership comes at a pivotal time as GHANCYC continues to strengthen its impact on youth formation, civic engagement, and faith-based development.

GHANCYC is the umbrella body for Catholic youth organizations in Ghana, working to promote spiritual development, leadership training, and social engagement among young Catholics

The International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) Pax Romana is a global movement that engages students in intellectual, spiritual, and social action based on Catholic values.

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Gerald Ekow Woode, a respected and visionary figure in the Catholic Church in Ghana, continues to make a significant impact on youth development and church service through his dedicated leadership. His journey began in 2018 as Chairman of the Our Lady of Mercy Parish Youth Council, where he led for five years, fostering spiritual growth and unity among young parishioners.

Woode’s influence expanded quickly, serving as Vice Chairman (2018–2020) and later Chairman (2021–2022) of the Tema-Bator Deanery Catholic Youth Council.

In 2021, he was elected Chairman of the Accra Archdiocese Catholic Youth Council, leading initiatives to strengthen youth structures and participation across the archdiocese until 2023.
Currently, he serves as Chairman of the Accra Ecclesiastical Provincial Catholic Youth Council, a role he has held since 2021.

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Daily Reading

Friday of the Eighth week in Ordinary Time

First Letter of Peter 4,7-13.

Beloved: The end of all things is at hand. Therefore, be... serious and sober for prayers.
Above all, let your love for one another be intense, because love covers a multitude of sins.
Be hospitable to one another without complaining.
As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of God's varied grace.
Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God; whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as if something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice exultantly.

Psalms 96(95),10.11-12.13.

Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He... has made the world firm, not to be moved;
He governs the peoples with equity.

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them.
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult before the LORD.

The LORD comes,
he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy.

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Mark 11,11-26.

Jesus entered Jerusalem and went into the... temple area. He looked around at everything and, since it was already late, went out to Bethany with the Twelve.
The next day as they were leaving Bethany he was hungry.
Seeing from a distance a fig tree in leaf, he went over to see if he could find anything on it. When he reached it he found nothing but leaves; it was not the time for figs.
And he said to it in reply, "May no one ever eat of your fruit again!" And his disciples heard it.
They came to Jerusalem, and on entering the temple area he began to drive out those selling and buying there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves.
He did not permit anyone to carry anything through the temple area.
Then he taught them saying, "Is it not written: 'My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples'? But you have made it a den of thieves."
The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.
When evening came, they went out of the city.
Early in the morning, as they were walking along, they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree that you cursed has withered."
Jesus said to them in reply, "Have faith in God.
Amen, I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it shall be done for him.
Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours.
When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions."

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