| Society of Divine Word Missionaries |
| Fr. Chester Smith, SVD |
| Fr. Ken Hamiton, SVD |
| Fr. Charles Smith, SVD |
| THE BOWMAN-FRANCIS MINISTRY TEAM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAM/EVENT IMPLEMENTATION |
The Bowman Francis Ministry is comprised of three Society of Divine Word (SVD)
priests whose order has given them the charge to minister internationally to evangelize
to African American young adults and youth to recharge their interest, commitment,
and devotions within the international Roman Catholic diaspora. As missionary
priests they travel around the world preaching and teaching the Good News of Christ
to a global world community.
Churches and communities benefit greatly from the Bowman Francis Ministry's level
of theological education and spiritual enrichment programs designed for evangelizing
and instructing parishioners with an appreciation for African culture. Their worldly
travel and exchange of ideas and programs internationally will give a wider range of
creative program/event planning options to reach out and evangelize to young adults
and their youth who are not attending church while still keeping within the norms of
the Roman Catholic faith.
The priests proudly have seven chapters of the Ambassadors of the Word (AOW)
youth program here in the U.S. and in the British Virgin islands. AOW recently
celebrated its 15th anniversary. Approximately 700 youth have participated in the
Rites of Passage program and a great number of them have gone on to receive
advanced degrees after high school.
A young adult retreat program was started four years ago to recruit lay young adults in
parishes to develop young adult ministries in their church. Each year the young adults
gather to recharge their faith so that they can return to their parish to minister to other
young adults. The Bowman Francis Ministry has other programs for revivals, retreats,
study of Africans in the bible, relationship bridge building, Christ Kwanzaa, Father &
Son parish programs, individual spiritual strength development, and group led
spiritual development.
priests whose order has given them the charge to minister internationally to evangelize
to African American young adults and youth to recharge their interest, commitment,
and devotions within the international Roman Catholic diaspora. As missionary
priests they travel around the world preaching and teaching the Good News of Christ
to a global world community.
Churches and communities benefit greatly from the Bowman Francis Ministry's level
of theological education and spiritual enrichment programs designed for evangelizing
and instructing parishioners with an appreciation for African culture. Their worldly
travel and exchange of ideas and programs internationally will give a wider range of
creative program/event planning options to reach out and evangelize to young adults
and their youth who are not attending church while still keeping within the norms of
the Roman Catholic faith.
The priests proudly have seven chapters of the Ambassadors of the Word (AOW)
youth program here in the U.S. and in the British Virgin islands. AOW recently
celebrated its 15th anniversary. Approximately 700 youth have participated in the
Rites of Passage program and a great number of them have gone on to receive
advanced degrees after high school.
A young adult retreat program was started four years ago to recruit lay young adults in
parishes to develop young adult ministries in their church. Each year the young adults
gather to recharge their faith so that they can return to their parish to minister to other
young adults. The Bowman Francis Ministry has other programs for revivals, retreats,
study of Africans in the bible, relationship bridge building, Christ Kwanzaa, Father &
Son parish programs, individual spiritual strength development, and group led
spiritual development.
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AKOBEN (War horn) Symbol of a SUMMON TO ACTION or A CALL TO ARMS, READINESS & VOLUNTEERING