Mass Offered on March 1, 2026 for Seminarians

A Mass was offered on March 1, 2026 for all seminarians that they will grow in holiness and lead us all in love. Every month, we have a Mass offered for this intention. As our seminarians will be the future shepherds and our children are their future flock, it seemed a beautiful way for the children to help with their prayers.  It is our goal to feature a different seminarian on the first of the month every month by inviting him to share something of himself and giving all our readers the opportunity to pray for him. This month, we are featuring Br. Gabin Brice Tayrou, a seminarian in Cameroon. Asher was able to meet Br. Gabin during his visit to Yaoundé, Cameroon (see picture below). Br. Gabin is a member of the order of the Missionaries of the Holy Apostles. In addition to generously facilitating Asher’s stay in Cameroon, the MSA order has also helped to get Children’s Rosary groups up and running in and around Yaoundé. They are an Oder whose charism is the formation of priests, which they do for both dioceses and religious orders.

My vocation as I remember it 

It all started between 2001 and 2002 when my family moved to Mballa II, a neighborhood in Yaoundé. My mother quickly got into the habit of taking us to the 7 o’clock Mass at the nearest parish: Saints Peter and Paul of Mfoundi-Assi. It was during this Mass that I fell in love with the liturgy. At first, it was only admiration; until my mother took the initiative to enroll my older brother Daniel and me in catechism. From catechism, we were asked to join a parish group. That’s how the two of us joined the altar server group. What I admired, I could now experience. Shortly after beginning the Mass service, we left the initial catechism because the schedule conflicted with the group’s activities: we then dedicated ourselves exclusively to the Mass service. It was during those first years, more precisely in 2005, that I felt for the first time the call of the Lord. The triggering event was the funeral of the one who is today Saint John Paul II. I cannot explain how, but during that period I felt like a call to continue the work of the Holy Father, since he was no longer there. When I had to take the CEP and the entrance exam for 6th grade, I told my mother that I wanted to go to the minor seminary. But she explained to me that it was possible and preferable to first obtain the Baccalaureate and enter directly into the major seminary. She did not leave me much choice. I then took the entrance exam for Jean Tabi College, which I passed by the grace of God. It was also in that year, 2007, that my father began to express his reservations about our parish activities and my vocation. But with my mother's encouragement, I continued to attend the parish. When I got my baccalaureate in 2014, my father clearly refused for me to enter the major seminary. Not being of age and without his authorization for the major seminary, I resigned myself to pursuing studies in industrial robotics engineering for 5 years at the Faculty of Industrial Engineering in Douala (2014-2019). It was during my final year of study that I met the Society of Missionaries of the Holy Apostles, to which I belong today by the grace of God for already 7 years.