L'Effort Camerounais (English Version)

Understanding the changes in our New Roman Missal (Part I)

By Francline Javlon STAMS, Bambui, Theology III

It is wonderful to see and hear how Christians have accepted and are adapting to the interesting and more meaningful changes in the New Edition of the English version of the Roman Missal.

LAMP FOR MY STEPS: What is your Blueprint for the Year 2012?

The seasons succeed each other under the distant, blazing sun, and each man, in space and time, makes his way, step by step, inexorably, towards the end. Taking the stage at every turn, each man posits acts which today or tomorrow, make or mar, built or destroy, sow or squander.

Exposing the Bush-Faller Syndrome

By Fr. Peter Foleng, SM

Bush faller

Growing up further in-land, like the North West Region of Cameroon where I grew up, in the 60s, 70s and the 80s, was an exciting experience. Those who had never left the countryside imagined the coastal areas of the South West and Littoral to be out of planet earth.

LAMP FOR MY STEPS: The role of Christian fathers in the family and Church

By Rev. Fr. Jude Thaddeus Langeh Basebang

Out of all the roles a man may play in life, the role of father is the most fulfilling and cherished. In a society where we suffer from irresponsible parenthood, especially from fathers, there is great need today for responsible fatherhood.

Media Education Knocking at the Door of the Cameroon School Curriculum (Part III)

By Fr. Peter A. Foleng, SD

Whether school authorities ban or authorise the use of cell phones in schools or browsing in the school communication centres is immaterial. The children will have phones in school and at home and browse online in school and at home.

Media Education Knocking at the Door of the Cameroon School Curriculum (Part II)

A second conflict about the use of ICT concerns content. By content I am referring to what children send out and what they receive, or what they produce and what they consume.

Media Education Knocking at the Door of the Cameroon School Curriculum (Part I)

By Fr. Peter A. Foleng, SD

At the dawn of the last decade of the 20th century, while politicians began struggling with the advent of democracy, educationists also began discussing Information Technology (IT). A few Macintosh computers existed in some administrative units and there was already talk of introducing computer science into the school curriculum.

Reinforcing Moral and Civic Education in primary schools and teacher training Colleges in Cameroon (Part II)

By Fr. Peter A. Foleng, SD


Moral and Civic education cannot be left in the hands of a Minister

Pretending to be relegating Religious Studies to the background and promoting Moral Education does not actually make sense. This assertion is made from the focus on moral education, which must be conscience formation.

Reinforcing Moral and Civic Education in primary schools and teacher training Colleges in Cameroon

By Fr. Peter A. Foleng, SD

Moral and civic education are indispensable in a society that is becoming increasingy perverse

In the wake of popular uprising, rioting and looting, especially in the United Kingdom, Cameroon's  Minister of Basic Education on August, 17, 2011, made public a plan to reinforce moral and civic education in primary schools and teacher training colleges during the 2011/2012 Academic Year.

LAMP FOR MY STEPS: The phenomenon of "Carpet-Crossing": Evolution in Judgment or Betrayal?

By Rev. Fr. Giles N. Forteh

One of the most striking features of our staggering political process since the 1990s, when political parties began again to spring up on the national scene, has been the phenomenon of "carpet- crossing".