The Cursillo Movement in Togo

The CCM has four Diocesan Secretariats in Togo: Lomé, Atakpamé, Kpalimé and Sokodé. A National Secretariat (currently in reorganization) was established in 2006.

 

 

 

 

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In Lomé

The seventh Cursillo in the Diocese of Lomé was held August 11-14, 2011

A well-organized School is in place, led by Robert Kpotor, founder of the CCM in Togo, and his team. The main mandate of the School is to ensure the integration of new cursillistas, the support to the leaders of Group Reunions and a good understanding of the Fundamental Ideas.

In Atakpamé

The ninth Cursillo in the Diocese of Atakpamé took place on August 4-7, 2011. Noteworthy: Among team members was Peter OUALBEOGO, from Ouagadougou, from Burkina Faso, who had lived his Cursillo in Sotouboua last April. With him were four of his Burkinabe friends. They are now considering implementing the CCM in Burkina Faso.

In Kpalimé

The next Cursillo will be held in Kpalimé on November 3-6, 2011.

In Sokodé

The First Cursillo in the Diocese of Sokodé was held from March 31 to April 3, 2011 in Sotouboua. This implementation was conducted by the CCM of the Diocese of Atakpamé and is the result of a sponsorship made entirely by African cursillistas.

Brief statistics

Upto now (August 2011), the CCM is implemented in 4 dioceses of Togo, and 21 Cursillo weekends were given to a total of 507 candidates

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In Togo, it is through our website that the CCM has become known. Four Togolese, Robert KPOTOR (Diocese of Lomé) Godfroy ANAGONOU and Isaac DABLAS (Diocese of Atakpamé) and Ignace LOKOSOU (diocese of Kpalimé), and two Canadians, Yves Methot and Jean-Pierre Gingras, members of the CEI ("Comité d'Expansion Internationale", an adhoc committee put forth by the Francophone Cursillo Movement of Canada), are at the origin of this great adventure.

Robert Kpotor, from the Lomé diocese, was a candidate to the first cursillo in Benin, on december 2003.   After his cursillo experience he said with great enthusiasm: "I now have but one dream: to see all Togoleses become cursillistas". Those were not empty words and mere lip service. Robert went immediately into action, taking part to the 2d cursillo in Benin on august 2004 as a rollist and most of all bringing with him six Togolese friends as candidates. These young people, a few months later, would form the foundation of the team of CCM in Togo.

In January 2005, the Cursillo Movement was implemented in Togo with the holding of the first Cursillo in the diocese of Atakpamé followed, a month later, by another in the diocese of Lomé. The foundation team was made up of cursillistas from Togo, from Benin and from Quebec (Canada).  A particular care was taken to ensure that good foundations were laid down concerning not only the cursillo 3-days but the precursillo and the postcursillo as well.

The year 2006 saw the foundation of the Cursillo Movement in a third diocese, the Diocese of Kpalimé, plus holding of cursillo weekends in the dioceses of Lomé and Atakpamé, and the formation of a National Secretariat.

Father Germain Grenon, m.s.a., and Huguette Duclos, members of the CEI, took advantage of their stay of ten weeks from January to March 2006, to focus on training both leaders and new cursillistas. Rollists were helped with their rollos, new cursillistas were trained in Group Reunions and many leaders were taught about the "Fundamental Ideas of the Cursillo Movement".  Supporting documents were created.

Cursillo leaders of the new Togo Cursillo Movement manifested a desire to maintain a regular correspondence with Huguette Duclos, A remote monitoring through the Internet was set up allowing them to seek help and information so that the movement be maintained and developed according to the Foundational Charism and the mentality and structures recalled by the "Fundamental Ideas of the Cursillo Movement".

In 2007, a first cursillo whose team was composed entirely of Togolese cursillistas took place in Lomé in March. The same was realized in Kpalimé in April, and in Atakpame in August. Since then, cursillo weekends took place each year in the three dioceses.

Early 2011, the Cursillo Movement was implemented in a fourth diocese in Togo: Sokodé.
Upon his arrival in his new parish Agbandi, 75 km north of Atakpamé, Father Emile MIDAHOE, diocesan spiritual leader, was quick to sponsor candidates in the twelve villages of his pastoral unit. A first Cursillo was held in Agbandi in April 2009 which was attended by some candidates from Sotouboua from the diocese of Sokodé, including Catherine KOMBATE. Around her and Father Emile MIDAHOE, a group was formed which led to the founding of Cursillo in this fourth diocese.

(under construction)

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To know more about the Catholic Church in Togo (in French)

• Église du Togo
• Diocèse de Lomé
• Statistiques

To know more about the Country

• Togo - from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

On Facebook:

The Cursillo Movement in Togo is present on social networking site since March 2011 (In French) : http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002198115477&sk=wall