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FUNERAL MASS FOR FR. RAPHAEL ADEBAYO Today Thursday 12 January, 2023. 10am. Holy Cross Cathedral,
By PJ Usanga The Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria (APKMN) expressed deep concern over Nigeria’s current state of sorrow, pain and socioeconomic hardship. In a communique issued at the end of their 16th annual conference held in Lagos from November 14 to 17, 2024, the Papal honorees highlighted the nation’s challenges, including
By CSN Media In a remarkable recognition of her transformative humanitarian work, Nigerian Catholic nun, Sister Francisca Ngozi Uti, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Opus Prize worth $1.2 million. As the founder and executive director of the Centre for Women Studies and Intervention (CWSI) in Abuja, Nigeria, Sister Uti has dedicated her life to
PREAMBLE: Members of the Association of Papal Knights and Medalists in Nigeria (APKMN) met at the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, (EHJ) Domus Fidei Centre, Ikeja Lagos from 14th -17th November 2024, for the 16th Annual Conference of the Association. The Conference opened with a Holy Mass presided over by the Archbishop of the Metropolitan See
By Jude Atemanke Vatican-based Nigerian Church leader Cardinal Francis Arinze has urged priests to avoid lengthy homilies, saying a homily should not be an exhibition of “theological acrobatics” but rather a reflection of the priest’s prayer life and a clear, concise proclamation of the Gospel. In his keynote address during the 12-day centenary celebrations of
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, As Christians, we strongly believe that our lives will NOT end in FUTILITY. Hence, bodily DEATH ushers us into another realm of existence (Heaven or Hell; not excluding the intermediate – Purgatory), which will be determined by the judgment of God. Thus, DEATH is the end of man’s earthly
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, God does not actually forbid us from acquiring the things we can call ours. But the problem is how we use what we have acquired. PRIVATE OWNERSHIP of property has to do with the exclusive right of an individual or a group in the control over a thing acquired. This
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, During one of my Apostolic works as a Seminarian, I met an elderly man who happened to have served Archbishop Stephen Ezeanya of blessed memory. He told me that this Bishop taught him, among other things, that: ‘You have time for who you LOVE’. Over the years, I have
Rev. Fr. David Okolie Dearest friends, The PRIESTHOOD we are considering here is the ‘Ministerial Priesthood‘ of Bishops and Priests (cf. CCC nn. 1547, 1549). This Ministerial Priesthood is a means by which Christ unceasingly CARES for his Church. This priesthood is brought into effect through the sacrament of Holy Orders (cf CCC, no. 1547).
Rev. Fr. David Okolie As I packed my car and entered this very parish that I just visited, I didn’t notice that one of my tyres had picked up a nail. Only after Mass, when I returned to my car, did I see that the tyre was losing air. Worried, I wondered what to do.
Inter-faith relations took another leap forward in the Catholic Diocese of Oyo, on Sunday November 17, when a devout muslim, Alhaji Barrister Ahmed Raji, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria donated an assembly hall to the diocese at St John the Baptist Catholic Church Isalu, Iseyin. The modern 400-seater assembly hall, built to replace the former