{"id":3534,"date":"2019-07-30T13:54:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T18:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marianistestg.org\/?p=3534"},"modified":"2020-06-25T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T18:15:49","slug":"lay-marianist-communities-in-cotonou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/?p=3534&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Lay Marianist Communities in Cotonou"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3534\" class=\"elementor elementor-3534\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72ba7f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72ba7f8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2866516\" data-id=\"2866516\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f750619 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f750619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">The Lay Marianist Community of Cotonou was built around Yvon AMOUSSOU, Edwige AMOUSSOU, P\u00e9lagie KOUSSO, Charmise KOUASSI, B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte BAKI, Vicky AMOUSSOU and Marius MENSAH. It is a seed of lay Marianists totaling on average more than 10 years of experience at the heart of our beautiful and large Marianist family in C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire and Togo. <\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">The first meeting took place <\/span><span lang=\"en\">on Saturday September 22, 2012 <\/span><span lang=\"en\">at P\u00e9lagie KOUSSO from C\u00f4te d&#8217;Ivoire, temporarily residing in Cotonou .<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd1a030 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd1a030\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b76c5d1\" data-id=\"b76c5d1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68ba206 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"68ba206\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2788\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton1-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton1-80x60.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a6bb8e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a6bb8e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b6cb022\" data-id=\"b6cb022\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f40a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f40a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">First Meeting on September 22, 2012 at KOUSSO P\u00e9lagie&#8217;s<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47a8990 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47a8990\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd8a6ba\" data-id=\"bd8a6ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f00b7f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f00b7f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">At the end of this meeting, P\u00e9lagie KOUSSO contacted Father L\u00e9o by internet who recommended us to make the pilgrimage on the World <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Day of <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Marianist Prayer during the year in progress to Our Lady of Mercy of TOGOVILLE in order to recommend the CLM creation project in Cotonou. <\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">On Sunday October 14, 2012 we went to TOGOVILLE with the vehicle of Edwige AMOUSSOU although she could not travel. Throughout the pilgrimage we prayed the rosary and entrusted the New Fraternity and our lives to Our Lady of Mercy without knowing that the group was going to evolve and give birth to other Fraternities. On the pilgrimage site we recited the 3 o&#8217;clock prayer in union with all Marianists in the world and entrusted the future Fraternity to Our Lady of Mercy.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e845c3c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e845c3c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-461a8be\" data-id=\"461a8be\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8775c gallery-spacing-custom elementor-widget 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srcset=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton2-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton2.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7d8775c\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6Mjc4NiwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL21hcmlhbmlzdGVzdGcub3JnXC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDE5XC8wN1wvY290b24zLnBuZyIsInNsaWRlc2hvdyI6IjdkODc3NWMifQ%3D%3D\" href='https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3.png'><img width=\"208\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3-208x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3-208x300.png 208w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3-768x1110.png 768w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3-709x1024.png 709w, https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/coton3.png 861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0e499f6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0e499f6\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2506236\" data-id=\"2506236\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c376b07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c376b07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Pilgrimage in TOGOVILLE to Notre dame de Mis\u00e9ricorde <\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">P\u00e9lagie, Yvon and Marius on October 14 2012<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c44fb99 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c44fb99\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c841af1\" data-id=\"c841af1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d393eec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d393eec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">The day after the pilgrimage, we met Father DONATIEN AMEGE, the parish priest of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy (same name as our pilgrimage site) who by the action of divine providence already knew the Marianists in Abidjan during a brief stay he had in Ivory Coast while he was a seminarian (the connection was therefore easy between the parish priest and us). Father DONATIEN AMEGE authorized us to start our activities in his parish. Thus on the advice of Father L\u00e9o Pauels SM in Abidjan and with the encouragement of Agathe SENOU (Alliance Mariale), we contacted some catechists of the Notre Dame de Mis\u00e9ricorde cathedral in Cotonou who later joined Marianist spirituality and certain catechumens were recruited. This was the beginning of the CLM in Cotonou. About twenty people (Teachers, Technician, workers, Students and Pupils &#8230;) have subscribed to our charism. Our approach in Cotonou was based on the advice of Father L\u00e9o Pauels that catechesis constitutes good land for Marianist spirituality. <\/span><\/p><p class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Since then, we have carried out activities including: <\/span><\/p><ul><li class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Study of the Manual Origin and Spirituality, of Father L\u00e9o Pauels (2012-2013) <\/span><\/li><li class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Faith Practice, by Father L\u00e9o Pauels (2013-2014) <\/span><\/li><li class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">Saint Joseph at the crossroads of the New and the Old Testament, Father L\u00e9o Pauels (2014-2015).\u2026 <\/span><\/li><li class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" dir=\"ltr\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span lang=\"en\">We organized retreats and engaged in several activities in the parish. We actively participated in the activities of the diocese and we extended our activity there. We are in 2019 at four Fraternities who try to live according to the Marianist charism in harmony with the Society of Mary in the North of Benin, the CLM, SM, AM and FMI of neighboring Togo. <\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9edde36 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9edde36\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70d514c\" data-id=\"70d514c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d2eb7e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d2eb7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>AMOUSSOU Yvon<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Lay Marianist Community of Cotonou was built around Yvon AMOUSSOU, Edwige AMOUSSOU, P\u00e9lagie KOUSSO, Charmise KOUASSI, B\u00e9n\u00e9dicte BAKI, Vicky AMOUSSOU and Marius MENSAH. It <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/?p=3534&#038;lang=en\" title=\"Lay Marianist Communities in Cotonou\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2787,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[153],"tags":[296],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3534"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3857,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3534\/revisions\/3857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marianistestg.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}