L'Effort Camerounais (English Version)

Editorial:Lessons from the Beijing Olympic Games

By Ireneaus Chia Chongwain
The much-awaited and largely successful 2008 Beijing Olympic Games is now history. China used the occasion not only to showcase its economic and organisational prowess, but  also  to set an unprecedented record in the area of volunteerism and mobilisation. The slogan, where there is a will, there is a way,  assumed a hitherto unknown dimension as Chinese volunteers, both young and old, all worked together to ensure the games' success; a success that altered previously held pejorative perceptions of their nation. In Cameroon, where "motivation" is always requested militantly for the slightest service offered, the China example could help Cameroonians map out new ways of helping their country.

Enforcing Court Decisions

By Tazoacha Asonganyi Yaounde
Quite often social interactions in every society breed conflicts. It is the role of the court to resolve such conflicts. The court system uses intelligence and moral authority to contain and regulate the beast in members of society, and to contain the emotions that give rise to these conflicts.

How much would you 'pay' for one sacrament?

By Emmanuel F. Sanosi
Of the seven sacraments none is as central to Christian living as the Eucharist. It is therefore the culmination of Christian living on earth, in one's spiritual journey towards the heavenly kingdom, for "few things are more important in the life of the Church today than the worthy celebration of the Liturgy," The Second Vatican Council states, "By His power He is present and acting in the sacraments… so that when anybody baptises it is really Christ himself who baptises…" So how come stories abound of some priests denying some Christians access to those sacraments that have an initiation character, "because they or their sponsors have not paid their annual contributions…"?

Can cost deter Christians from receiving the Sacraments?

By Franckline Benjika W.
"One must fasten one's belt before attempting a Church wedding in this diocese," a Catholic Christian from the St Joseph Anglophone Parish Mvog-Ada, Yaounde, who opted for anonymity, observed. Other Christians L'Effort Camerounais contacted in Obili and the National Episcopal Conference of Cameroon, NECC, share his view.

Abuses can never be standards, Buea Diocesan Priests say

By Mirabel Azangeh Tandafor Fru
Going by the standards of the dioceses under the Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province; that is, Buea, Mamfe, Kumbo and Bamenda Archdiocese; and the Catholic Church's universal standards, the Church, cannot do business with the sacraments, some Buea Diocesan Priests have intimated.

Bamenda Ecclesiastical Province Education Council expresses concern over government's recruitment of Catholic teachers

Title  by the central news desk of L'Effort Camerounais
On Monday, 18TH AUGUST the Education Council of the Bamenda Episcopal conference, which is headed by Bishop Nkuo met and listened to reports from education secretaries of the four dioceses. At the end of the meeting the following recommendations were drawn.

Clashes and reconciliation at NOWEFU meeting

By Emmanuel F. Sanosi
The North West Fons' Union, NOWEFU, recently met behind closed doors in Bamenda to decide which Division the Union's next President General will come from. The media was not completely left in the cold, as angry outbursts from union members trickled out to media practitioners.

                        

Anti- corruption Commission bent on reining in all corrupt officials, even the Head of State, Commission head, Paul Tessa, says

By Franckline Benjika W
The National anti-Corruption Commission President, Paul Tessa, has said his organisation will leave no stone unturned in its fight against corruption. He said the commission's apparent long arm could seize anybody, even the Head of State, Paul Biya, if the need arises. The Commission head was speaking recently in Yaounde during a press briefing marking the solemn launching of NACC's communication activities.

Fru Ndi and militant detainees express satisfaction over adjournment of much awaited case

By Franckline Benjika W
The case brought against Ni John Fru Ndi, chairman of Cameroon's frontline opposition party, the Social Democratic Front, and some of his party militants by the Diboule family, was on August 19, adjourned to October 13, amidst satisfaction from SDF scribes and detainees who appeared in court with party T-shirts.

Eighteen (18) PSS Douala students receive the Sacraments of Baptism and First Holy Communion

By  Nanah Njenji Evaristus
Eighteen (18) students of the first batch of P.S.S Douala received the Sacraments of Baptism and First Holy Communion at the Our Lady of the Rosary Parish Mambanda on Sunday, May 11, which was Pentecost Sunday. Rev. Father Paul and the catechist, Sister Julia Lum, of Mambanda Parish, handled the students' spiritual guidance. They started doctrine classes with the students in September 2007 when the school opened its doors.