NEW JERSEY, AUGUST 7, 2015(CISA) – The Ghanaian Catholic Laity Council of New York, New Jersey and New England will hold its annual Retreat at Newark, New Jersey from August 14-16 2015. The Ghanaian Catholic Community of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Newark, New Jersey will host this convection at the Essex County College. In attendance will be about 600 Ghanaian Catholics from seven apostolates, which constitute the Laity Council. There will be representatives from Apostolates of St. Mary’s – Newark, New Jersey, St. Catherine of Genoa- Brooklyn, New York, St. Benedict the Moor-Queens, New York, St. Joseph’s from Bronx, New York, St. Mary’s from East Hartford, Connecticut, the St. Joan of Arc from Worcester and the St. John’s from North Chelmsford, both in Massachusetts. The Laity Council was formed in 1998 to foster unity and cooperation among Ghanaian Catholic communities in the tri-state of New York, New Jersey and New England, as well as to coordinate the activities of various Ghanaian Catholic apostolates.