Discussions on this first day, which also witnessed the presence of the Vicar Generals, focused on reports presented by different arms of the Province including Caritas, BEPHA, and CATUC. Other issues discussed included the final document on the Synod on Synodality, the National Pilgrimage to Marienberg scheduled for the 27th of April, 2025, and the 25th anniversary of the Provincial Pastoral Plan to be celebrated on the 23rd and 24th of July in the Diocese of Buea.
Prelude to this meeting, the Bishops alongside some of the members of the formation team, conducted faculty exams in St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary, involving some 29 deacons. This was followed by a closed door meeting of the Bishops with the formators of St. Thomas Aquinas Major Seminary in Bambui and St. John Paul II Major Seminary in Bachuo Ntai, to review the formation activities carried out in these seminaries. Seminary formation it should be recalled, has the objective to raise up men to be virtuous leaders, humble servants and devout men of prayer who are eager to give their lives fully to Christ and his church.