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

THE HOLY MASS = THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM

Dearest friends, you and I are really privileged to always be among the invited guests at this Heavenly Feast โ€“ THE HOLY MASS. But do our attitudes and dispositions always show that we are sincerely grateful to God for allowing us to always be part of such a gathering and sharing the same table with

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

DELIBERATE OMISSION OF SUNDAY MASS: A SIN?

Dearest friends, it is true that sometimes, a number of Catholics deliberately omit Holy Mass on SUNDAYS and even on other Holy Days HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: How many are they?without knowing that it is a GRAVE SIN that requires repentance and sacramental CONFESSION. Now, for a sin to be GRAVE/MORTAL, there must be 3

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

HOLY DAYS OF OBLIGATION: How many are they?

Dearest friends, a number of Catholics who have been hearing about Holy Days of Obligationย since childhood may not have been able to know more about such Holy Days. Now, Holy Days of Obligation are those Days which are NOT Sundays but are meant to be treated as Sundays because of the DEEP MYSTERIES that HONOUR

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Reflections By Rev. Fr. David Okolie

WHAT VALUE HAS THE ROSARY?

Rev. Fr. David Okolieย  Dearest friends, do you really think that the ROSARY is simply a repetition of words; and perhaps has no EFFICACY? Well, I humbly wish to tell you otherwise today. The ROSARY is actually very efficacious. Down the history of the Church, God has done great miracles through the ROSARY such that

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BREAKING: NUC HANDS OVER PROVISIONAL OPERATING LICENCE TO THE 36 NEWLY APPROVED PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

Today, 9th June, 2023, at Abuja, The National Universities Commission (NUC) which is a parastatal under the Federal Ministry of Education (FME), in charge of promoting quality education in Nigeria, handed the Provisional license-to-operate, to the proprietors of the newly approved 36 Universities. The Registered Trustee of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha, Archbishop Valerian

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Sermon: Archbishop Audu on Corpus Christi: The Body and Blood of Christ Year A

  โ€œI am the living bread which has come down from heaven. Anyone who east this bread will live forever; and the bread I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world.โ€ In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy spirit: Amen! Good morning brothers and

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Covid-19 is over, stop Communion in the hand – Catholic priest admonishes

  Fr George Adimike Emergencies are autonomous. They are a law unto selves and are their own rules, imposing their principles and forcing humans to respond according to possibilities. Not long ago, a health emergency, the COVID-19 pandemic, demanded that the Church review a number of her practices to prevent the worsening of a bad

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Catholic Clerics protest against Elrufai’s utterances, as Islamic group faults CAN islamisation fears

Worried over the controversial utterances of the immediate past Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir el-Rufai while addressing a group of Islamic clerics where he disclosed alleged plot to islamise the nation, Catholic Diocesan Priests Association (NCDPA), of Kaduna, Zaria and Kafanchan dioceses have have issued a protest letter to the Governor of Kaduna State, Uba

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Catholic Diocese of Benin loses Priest

Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Benin, Rev. Fr. Charles Onomhoale Igechi has been reportedly shot death in the late hours of yesterday June 7, 2023. According to a release signed by the Archbishop of Benin City, His Grace Archbishop Augustine Akubeze, the deceased Cleric, who until his death, was the Vice Principal of St.

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Fr. Mike Umoh visits Raymond Dopkesi Home

By Fidelia Angbalaga, CSN Media The National Director of Social Communications, Very Rev. Fr. Michael Nsikak Umoh was at the home of the veteran media enterpreneur, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi to sign the condolence register on behalf of the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria. The widow of the media guru was at hand to receive

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