His Excellency , Most Rev. Julien Kabore, Apostolic Nuncio to Ghana, has shared with Consecrated Persons in West Africa the transformative power of the Music and urged them to cultivate the habit of singing more.
He was speaking during a Cultural Evening programme at the Christian village – Santasi, Kumasi, in the Ashanti Region of Ghana on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
The Cultural Evening was part of activities to conclude the just ended Regional Conference of Major Superiors of West Africa (RECOMSWA) and the Africa Religious Union of Ghana (ARUG) meeting.
The Nuncio entreated the Consecrated Persons to imbue in them the transforming power of music.
“Music, especially liturgical music is a powerful tool of transformation. Music has this incredible power to transform disharmony into harmony, cacophony into a symphony, diversity into unity, and even into communion,” he underlined.
He thanked the Choir of Archbishop Emeritus Peter Kwasi Sarpong for their beautiful rendition during the Cultural evening, highlighting the deep connection between their performance and the Theme for the Conference: “Consecrated Life for Transformation.”
Further recognizing the transforming power of liturgical music, the Nuncio implored the Consecrated Men and Women to spend a little more time in chanting the Psalms during Prayer in their communities, instead of just reciting “as fast as possible”.
He further encouraged Religious communities to not only sing, but also to cheer those among them who may be talented in music to compose songs, noting that such practice is not a waste of time.
“Give space to music in your communities, and you may see a difference, its transformative power,” he buttressed, sharing the firm belief that “Heaven is music, God’s music”.
Archbishop Kabore prayed that the lives of the Consecrated People may be as musical as the choir that just entertained them, and such will transform the world, he maintained.
The Apostolic Nuncio expressed profound appreciation to Consecrated Persons gathered for all the rather silent works they were doing for the poor and less privileged in their respective Pastoral environments, of which he is a personal witness.
He urged them to keep up with the spirit, even if their efforts do not seem recognized by the society.
“God knows what you are doing,” he encouraged, assuring them of his constant Prayers.
Dignitaries present at the Cultural Evening event were: the Most Rev. Gabriel Justice Yaw Anokye, Archbishop of Kumasi, Most Rev. Peter Kwasi Sarpong, Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi, the two delegates from Rome – Sr. Tiziani Merletti, SPF, Secretary to the Dicastery of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, Vatican, Rome and Rev. Fr. Clement Nandou, Official of same Dicastery, some guests that accompanied the Nuncio, among others.
By Sr. Sylvie Lum Cho, MSHR (Catholic Sister Communicators Network, Ghana – CASCON-GH).
