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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By PJ Usanga The National Director of Social Communications, Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Rev. Fr. Dr. Michael Nsikak Umoh and his team received two seminarians, Bro. Williams Emmanuel Oshla, VC and Abah Emmanuel Ojonugwo, VC of the Via Christi society on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at the Communications office of CSN. The seminarians who
The Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan, Most Reverend Gabriel ‘Leke Abegunrin, has commiserated with and prayed for the victims of the deadly explosion in the Bodija area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Tuesday 16 January 2024, which claimed lives. Archbishop Abegunrin, who visited the site of the disaster in company with some priests and
By Rev. Fr. Anthony Adetayo The Diocesan Widows’ Apostolate was inaugurated with the installation of the Holy Bible on Friday 24th November 2023. The programs started at about 4:15 p.m. at St. Sebastian Catholic Cathedral Ijebu-Ode. In attendance were few Priests and multitude of widows across all the parishes in Ijebu-Ode diocese. At the introductory
By CSN Media The Pastoral Agents Department at the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN) is set to host a joint meeting of all Catholic Knights in Nigeria from Thursday, January 25 to Saturday, January 27, 2024 at the CSN Resource Centre, Abuja. The event with the theme: “Collaboration in Support and Defence of the Catholic
By Nna Anulumadu The rector Holy Family Youth village Amansea, Awka, Rev Fr Dr. Dominic Obielosi on Tuesday eulogized the Chief Shepherd of Onitsha Archdiocese His Grace Most Rev Valerian M Okeke for empowering thousands of students of higher institution through Holy youth village hostels . The rector while pouring the encomiums stated that the
At the Angelus, Pope Francis announces a “Year of Prayer” ahead of the upcoming Jubilee, and invites the faithful to pray for Christian unity and for peace throughout the world. The Holy Father also calls for the release of a group of people, including several nuns, who were kidnapped last week in Haiti. By Christopher
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, one of the dangerous PRESUMPTIONS of a number of Christians is that with Baptism, they have already secured a permanent position in heaven which nothing would ever take away from them. The above presumption can only lead to an unfortunate end. Now, with BAPTISM, we have actually secured an
By Elise Ann Allen Jan 15, 2024 Senior Correspondent Rolando Álvarez, bishop of Matagalpa, gives a press conference regarding the Roman Catholic Church’s agreeing to act as “mediator and witness” in a national dialogue between members of civil society and the government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 3, 2018. (Credit: AP Photo/Moises Castillo, File.) ROME –
Bishop Gerald M. Musa A friend gave me some self-motivational books, one of which was titled, “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment” by Eckhart Tolle. In this book, Tolle argues that true fulfilment and spiritual awakening can only be found by being fully present in the here and now. “The Power of
By Fr. Charles Uganwa The 1992 graduating set of Saints Peter & Paul Major Seminary, Bodija, Ibadan, gathered for the 28th edition of their annual reunion, from Tuesday 16 to Thursday 18, 2024, hosted by Very Rev. Fr. Stephen Oluwatade Folorunsho, in the Domus Pacis facility at the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Generalate in Ikeja,