Dagara Cultural History: Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery

Theme : Thinking Pass Missionary Christianity and the Generation of Cardinal Dery ( Rev. Fr. Edward B. Tengan @70) Introduction By the beginning of the 1950s, missionary Christianity as propagated by the White fathers under the leadership Fr. R. McCoy and supported by the pioneer generation of converted Catholics led by, now ‘servant of God’ Cardinal Peter Dery, had taken firm roots in northwest Ghana. This was particularly so among the Dagaaba/Dagara and Sisaala populations. Signs that the local church in northwest Ghana was growing into maturity began to show with the ordination of Peter Poreku Dery to the priesthood in 1951. The mass numbers of people turning up every Sunday in the many parish churches that has been constructed between 1929 and 1951 was not waning but continued to grow and there were now more infant baptisms in each parish church than that of adult ones. The rapid growth and maturity of the church soon led to the creation of a new diocese, the diocese of ...

Launching: The national launching of the centenary birthday celebrartion of Cardinal Dery took w on 26th May at Jirapa during a Eucharist celebration presided over His Excellency Most Rev. Jean Marie Speich, the Apostolic Nuncio Ghana. Archbishop Philip Naameh of Tamale gave the keynote address. Delegates were invited from the Dioceses and Groups linked to Cardinal Dery. It was not meant to be a big celebration since there were to follow diocesan launchings afterwards. The launching was limited to a one day celebration (26th May); however, the Centenary activities were being planned to run  throughout the year (May 2018-May 2019). Main Theme: CARDINAL DERY A MAN OF FAITH, A MAN FOR OTHERS. Sub-themes: •         Youth •         Women •         Catechists •         Laity •     ...

Call for Paper Contribution to Cardinal Dery 3 rd Colloquium August 2015 Topic:  Religion, Culture, Society and Integral Human Development. Date: 11 to 13 August 2015 Place: Ss. Peter and Paul Pastoral Institute, Wa, Northern Ghana Deadline for Paper Abstract Submission: November 1 st 2014 (All Saints Day) Cardinal Dery Colloquia: General Introduction Cardinal Dery Colloquia is part of an action research movement and study initiated by Dr. Alexis B. Tengan since 2003 which is seeking to provide a heritage institution of integral human development in the fullest sense of the term. The focus of the movement is to create intellectual awareness for self and guided education into the depths of religious, cultural, economic social and philosophical movements and ideas before and after foreign religious (Islam, Christianity etc.) arrival particularly in northern Ghana and in Africa generally. The main objective is to identify and document the tangible and intangible...

1. Memoirs of Most Rev. Peter Porekuu Dery; Archbishop Emeritus of Tamale , by Peter Porekuu Dery, GILLBT Press, Tamale, (2003); 162 pp; 9 illustrations. Synopsis: This book is a significant publication by Dery and has been the most influential up to date. It does not only recount the personal story of Dery's life and religious career which began as a priest in formation within Dagara religion and ended with his retirement as an archbishop of the catholic church, but also deal with heroic deeds of the first catholic missionaries who are responsible for the planting of Catholicism in Northern Ghana. In this context, it is book about cultural contact, dialogue and reconciliation. As such, the book is an important contribution to the cultural history of Northern Ghana. Content: Sunset in the morning for Mwankurinaa - My roots and early years; a Dagao with the Dagara, a Sisala with the Sisala - How I cam into contact with the Missionaries - My formal education and seminary tra...

Alexis B. Tengan (ed.) Religion, Culture, Society and Integral Human Development: proceedings of Cardinal Poreku Dery third colloquium First published in 2017 by Sub-SaharanPublishers P.O.Box 358 Legon-Accra Contact/Order: click Synopsis: The present book presents a collection of papers presented during the third Cardinal Poreku Dery Colloquium held at Wa, Ghana. Cardinal Dery Colloquia are part of an action research movement and study initiated by Dr. Alexis B. Tengan since 2003 which are seeking to provide a heritage institution of integral human development in the fullest sense of the term. The focus of the movement is to create intellectual awareness for self and guided education into the depths of religious, cultural, economic, social and philosophical movements and ideas before and after foreign religious (Islam, Christianity etc.) arrival particularly in northern Ghana and in Africa generally. The main...