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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, the COMING of Jesus Christ in the flesh (i.e INCARNATION) is what actually defines this Season. Thus, Christ is meant to COME not only into the world but also into our communities and our individual lives. Therefore, when Christ COMES, there ought to be necessary concrete changes. Where these changes are
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, be reminded that from December 17 to 24, the Liturgy would take the following nature: 1. For Weekday Masses (NOT Sunday Masses) SPECIAL readings and responsorial psalms for each day are given; beginning with Dec. 17 (Kindly check the Weekday Lectionary). 2. PREFACE at Masses will be that of ADVENT
On the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Francis grants an interview to journalist Valentina Alazraki for Mexican broadcaster N+. By Salvatore Cernuzio Not so much a decision, much less a revolution, it is a promise Pope Francis made to the Virgin Mary: “I want to be buried in Santa Maria Maggiore. The place
The Catholic Diocese of Minna has disclosed its plans to provide tramme healing programmes for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and victims of terrorism in Niger state. This, according to the church, is due to the post-traumatic stress disorder faced by the victims and IDPs after experiencing attacks on their homes, families and farmlands or being
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UKEL TAKES 5oTH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TO KUJE CORRECTIONAL CENTER …inmates appeal for legal aid to facilitate freedom by PJ Usanga The Head of the Internal Audit Unit of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria (CSN), Dr. Godwin Undie Ukel celebrated his 50th birthday anniversary with inmates of the Nigerian Correctional Center in Kuje, Abuja. The celebration
Friday, December 8, 2023 was a colourful day at Ndi-Elu Ugwueke, in the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia, where all roads led to the Solemn Dedication of the Nativity Abbey for the Monastery of the Order of St.Benedict and the blessing of their pioneer Abbess, Rev. Mother Mary Bride Njoku,OSB, who had before then been elected
The bishop of the newly erected diocese of Katsina, Most Rev. Gerald Mamman Musa, disclosed that the new diocese will focus on three points to start with: first, engage in primary evangelisation in rural and urban areas; secondly, pastoral care of people who are physically sick, emotionally traumatised, educationally backwards; and thirdly, promote vocation to
KATSINA DIOCESE: ‘BECOME ANOTHER VOICE TO DENOUNCE THE MINDLESS, RECKLESS SPILLING OF BLOOD IN THE NORTH’, HOMILIST CHARGES NEW BISHOP The Catholic Bishop of Aba Diocese, Most Rev. Augustine Echema, charged the new Bishop of the new Catholic Diocese of Katsina, Most Rev. Gerald Mamman Musa to see himself as another voice that has come
A new Shepherd for the Church in Nigeria! We at Bayard Africa, both in Abidjan and Nairobi, are delighted to learn of Pope Francis’ appointment of Father Gerald Musa as bishop of the new diocese of Katsina, in Northern Nigeria. For several years, Bishop-elect Gerald Musa has accompanied readers of Living With Christ missal with