Martin Jumbam

Catholic Meditation - Fourth Sunday of Easter - Year A

Mother Church celebrates May 03, 2020 as the fourth Sunday of Easter, Year A. It is also called Good Shepherd Sunday. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord; by the word of the Lord the heavens were made, alleluia!”

Catholic Meditation - Third Sunday of Easter - Year A

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, April 26, 2020 as the third Sunday of Easter – Year A. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Let all the earth cry out to God with joy; praise the glory of this name; proclaim his glorious praise, alleluia.” 

I was a member of the Top Executive in CCAST Bambili

Did you say culture shock? That feeling of disorientation when you are suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes? Yes, I experienced one just within a few days of my arrival in the then prestigious, elitist and yet-to-be rivalled Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology (CCAST) in Bambili in northwestern Cameroon.

Catholic Meditation - Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy) - Year A

Mother Church celebrates Sunday, April 19, 2020 as the Second Sunday of Easter. It is also known as Divine Mercy Sunday because it is originally based on the devotion to the Divine Mercy, which Saint Faustina reported as part of her encounter with Jesus. It is therefore associated with special promises from Jesus and indulgences issued by the Church.  In the entrance Antiphon we pray: “Like newborn infants, you must long for the pure, spiritual milk, that in him you may grow to salvation, alleluia.”

Catholic Meditation - Easter Sunday - Year A

Sunday, April 12, 2020 is Easter Sunday in the Liturgical Year A. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “I have risen: I am with you once more; you placed your hand on me to keep me safe. How great is the depth of your wisdom, alleluia!”

Catholic Meditation - Palm Sunday - Year A

The Universal Church celebrates Sunday, April 05, 2020, as Palm Sunday, also known as Passion Sunday, because the theme of Jesus’ suffering and death begins with the reading of the Passion. Palm Sunday begins Holy Week. In the entrance antiphon we pray: “Hosanna to the Son of David, the King of Israel. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. Amen.”

The internecine rift within the Anglophone community in Yaoundé of the Ahidjo days: The Muna-Fonlon confrontation.

 I have had a feeling for sometime now that the rift within the Anglophone community of the Ahidjo-Foncha-Muna days in Yaoundé has not been sufficiently addressed, if it has ever been given any serious thought at all.