The Congregation of the Sons of the Immaculate Conception, otherwise known as the “Conceptionists” are an Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right. It was founded on 8th September 1857 by Blessed Luigi Maria Monti. It is made up of Priests and Brothers with equal rights and duties. The present Superior General is a Rev. Brother. Their charism is Charity, serving the needy youth and the sick.
They have been in the Archdiocese of Bamenda since 1989. The Parish of Our Lady Queen of Peace, Njimafor has been entrusted to their pastoral care. The priests do full time services in the pastoral work while the Brothers, as students, cooperate in the service of the Parish. They have special attention and care for needy children, sponsoring a good number of them in the school and for the medical care when they are sick. They are the Custodians of the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady, Mother of the Redeemer – Redemptoris Mater – Jangma which is located in Njimafor Parish.
They have a Formation House in Njimafor and a good number of vocations from the Archdiocese of Bamenda and the Diocese of Kumbo. Some of them are already Perpetually Professed and priests serving in the missionary field of the Congregation in different continents. Presently, the community in Njimafor is made up of two Priests and three Brothers. The brothers are currently running the Medical Health facility that the Congregation opened last year, 2020.
We are grateful to them for the services which they are rendering to the People of God in the Archdiocese of Bamenda.
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