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Stella Maris Women and Feast of Christ the King

Feast ofChrist the King marks the end of the church’s year. Last year the Church was inyear A as a result of the new liturgical year it is now moved to year B. Thereadings are placed according to such to suit the liturgy of the Word. Thewomen of Stella Maris Parish, commonly called Catholic Women’s Association,Bakau found it pertinent to celebrate their third anniversary during the feastand leave fruit for thought in the parish. These women are the pillars of allactivities in the Stella Maris...

Stella Maris Parishioners in Tears

Catholics in Stella Maris Parish, which comprises Holy Family and Star of the Sea churches were seen crying bitterly as Fr. Pius Gidi CSSp bid them farewell. He said he was going for vacation but upon return would not come back to the Stella Maris Parish but to serve in another parish in the country. The parishioners who had shared with him and whose lives he had touched were in tears crying bitterly when the news reached them. Fr. Pius Gidi CSSp belonging to the Spiritan Congregation of the...

Stella Maris Parish Starts Small Christian Community

In an attempt to keep issues raised at the Diocesan Assembly alive, the parish priest of Stella Maris parish of Bakau has put in place the Small Christian Community to kick start this tomorrow. According to Fr. Pius Gidi CSSp, the parish has agreed to start with 3 pilot groups. They will meet every other Friday in the month at 5pm. He says, “We have chosen three people to be on the Central Monitoring Team from the three zones. According to Fr. Pius, the Small Christian Community will enhance...

Stella signs off

After a long battle with cancer, Stella Brewer Marsden, the indomitable English lady who founded and ran the Chimp Re-hab Centre at the River Gambia National Park in CRR, died last Thursday. Stella and her father Eddie Brewer, then chief of Wildlife of The Gambia, founded the first-ever chimpanzee rehabilitation programme in1969, as a solution for a group of chimps confiscated from hunters and traders by the Gambian wildlife authorities. Funding for Stella’s project was always difficult and she...