June 8, 2026
Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

BEGETTING FEW CHILDREN IN MARRIAGE (The other side of the Coin)

Dearest friends, recently, we have seen a brand of Responsible Parenthood that encourages very few children in marriages (even as few as 1 or 2 children); especially among some tribes in the country. My question is: Is that really the holistic understanding of RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD? Well, I would beg you to try and read to

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

REGULATING BIRTH/BIRTH CONTROL (Responsible Parenthood)

Dearest friends, kindly read the entire post and then feel free to make your contribution or ask your question. We will try our best to compress the presentation. Indeed, we have a MORAL OBLIGATIONย to constantly present to the world the authentic teaching, so that having been well informed, they will make life choices in accordance

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

16TH SUNDAY CATECHESIS: THE WHEAT OF HOLINESS AND THE WEED OF SIN

Dearest friends, in the parable of the WEEDS (Cf. Matt 13:24-30), Jesus laid bare the wisdom of the Father in our relationship with him. He is not always quick to treat us the way we deserve, but he offers us opportunities to change for good. Thus, none of us would deny the fact that he/she

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE WORLD YOUTHS DAY

Written by Ndukwe Theodore Nwabueze (CIWA Cohort, Nigeria) The spirit of the World Youths Day(WYD) is high at the moment and has electrified the entire atmosphere in many parts of the world, and good enough, Africa is not left out. I hereby wish to take us through a brief history of the event as some

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ADMISSION NOW OPEN FOR 2023/2024 SESSION AT ST. COLUMBANUS SECONDARY SCHOOL, IKWEN

There will be supplementary Placement Exam on FRIDAY 28th July 2023 at 9am in the school premises.

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

IS MASTURBATION ALSO A SIN?

Dearest friends, there is no doubt that MASTURBATION is a serious issue in our world today; which is largely marked by an unbridled quest for FREEDOM. However, inasmuch as our bodies belong to us, we are not free to treat it in ways that are contrary to the Will of God, who has given us

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

INTIMACY AND THE PRIESTHOOD

Priests and priestly candidates should not run away from relationships, both with the same and the opposite sex. However, they should seriously avoid INTIMACY (Exclusive Relationship). Intimacy hardly goes without bodily expressions and that brings in the whole idea of carnal pleasure. It may start at the initial stage with gentle patting, hugging and before

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RESPONSE TO A GERMAN PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY ON THE ALLEGED CHANGING FACE OF RELIGION IN GERMANY By Fr George Ehusani

Dear Benedikt, Greetings from Abuja, and thanks for your last mail. Many thanks for taking your time to respond at some length to my memorandum, which, as I indicated, was written over 12 years ago. I am well aware that I wrote the memo as an outside observer, coming from a different socio-historical and religious

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15TH SUNDAY CATECHESIS: BEYOND MERE HUMAN ABILITY

Dearest friends, the mistake that a number of persons make is the erroneous assumption that the WORD of Godย is like any other sound or literature that can easily be understood, retained and obeyed by mere human ability. Far be it from the above! On the contrary, to understand, retain and obey the the WORD of

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

โ€˜SEX SELLS’

Dearest friends, recently, we have seen many self-proclaimed teachers on the social media. These teachers teach on variety of topics but the one that seems to be very common is SEX. The above explains the saying that: โ€˜Sex sells.‘ Today, many persons FOLLOW these individuals, media pages, bloggers, etc.; without taking into consideration the negative

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