Posted on 03.13.2023 at 11:17 am by Blaise MOMBENGA
Monsignor Jean Vincent Ondo Eyene, through a press release, announced the organization in all the parishes of Gabon of Eucharistic celebrations on Wednesday March 15, 2023 for all the castaways.
« We ask the parish priests to organize masses in suffrage for all those who passed away during this shipwreck, on Wednesday March 15, 2023 at 5 p.m., in all the parishes of our dioceses, and invite all the people of God to participate actively. “, it is with these words that the President of the Episcopal Conference of Gabon, Bishop of Oyem, invited all priests, deacons, nuns, religious, consecrated persons, laity, men and women of good will to unite their voice for the victims of the sinking of the boat Esther Miracle which sank a few days ago in Gabon.
In his press release, the Bishop of Oyem did not fail to thank God for the survivors of this shipwreck. We give thanks to God for all the survivors of this shipwreck and ask the Lord to be their strength and their courage. ».
As a reminder, it was on March 9, 2023, around the early hours of the morning, that the ship Esther Miracle sank with more than a hundred passengers on board, including three deaths and 3 people, 34 people who are still wanted in the waters and 124 people who have been rescued.
