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VOL. 4 NO.2 APRIL 1994 - OCTOBER 1994.
THE PLACE OF WOMEN
IN THE LIFE OF A CLERIC:
(By
Mrs. Grace O. Amobi)
Women as Relations, Friends/Co-Workers:
Women who
saw you through as mothers and teachers still have vital roles to play in your
lives as clerics. You will meet them in different capacities and in different
church groups with you now playing the role of
"Father", even to your mothers, (Nne Fada) to friends and relations.
These people will certainly influence your live as a cleric.
The priestly vocation should not be seen as a
money making profession. There was the story of a young priest whose mother
lashed with words calling him a stupid priest because he was not able to build
a house in his home after "three whole years" as a priest like
"Fr. A" was able to do in his own village. Should we say to such a
mom: "Do not lead your son into temptation." What about relations who
think that becoming a priest means taking over all family responsibilities?
Your
sisters, unties, nieces could make difficult demands which you are unable to
fulfil. Remember that they are women who have some roles to play in your lives
whether positive or negative. You should let them know when their demands are
beyond your reach. It is not appropriate to please them even when it means
displeasing your conscience.
Never allow
yourself to be dragged into family politics because of your mother, your untie
or your sister. Whenever you visit home it could happen that someone starts to
enumerate a catalogue of offenders in your family and then instead of playing
the role of a peace maker, the role of the "Father" that you are, you
join in the fight and then use your influence as a priest to subdue the course
of justice.
Women, be
they "Nne Fada", Sisters, Unties etc. occupy important positions in
your lives as clerics, such positions should help you positively rather than
negatively.
Shall I now
take a look at you once again from another perspective - the perspective of a
youth with all your youthful exuberance. This means that as a youth you are
fresh, vigorous and daring. You are full of joyful, high spirited, unrestrained
and overflowing prolific enthusiasm. As youths you are characterized by such
positive qualities. Such qualities could
also be put into negative use.
As youths
you are in the midst of friends, well wishers and admirers, women inclusive,
Catholics and non Catholics alike. With these groups you would find genuine
friends and well wishers but since we are in a sinful society, temptations come
in one form or the other. That should not be surprising, after all Christ
Himself was tempted. The most important thing is to realize when the tempter
comes and how to fight the temptation. The place of a woman in the life of a
cleric could be that of a temptress, so watch out!
For the
Christian mothers and women in general you had better watched out and be
careful of our gossips, character assassination. sycophancy, formation of
cliques and gangs to disrupt the smooth running of the parish or any place of
your work. Be careful of such groups that may wish to mortgage your conscience
with riches and promise of earthly pleasures.
The place
of women in the life of a cleric is not all stones of woes. Women are referred
to as "sweet mothers" and indeed they are sweet - very sweet. Women
are wonderful advisers, encouragers, helpers, psychologists. A mother
immediately identifies when her son has some problems. Like the Holy Women in
the bible, who played positive roles to enhance the teachings and work of
Christ, women in our society today also play active roles that help to enhance
the work of the cleric in various capacities. Their roles range over a wide
area - from feeding the priest, cleaning the church, active participation in
harvest, bazaars and other fund raising activities. Women engage in laudable projects both short term and long term -
all geared towards effective envangelization; make regular contributions to the
poor, the motherless, the prisons, etc., encourage the spiritual growth of
members through seminars and workshops. Women play innumerable roles either
working as members of church groups or working in other areas.
When women
are well mobilized and sufficiently motivated and sensitized they can become real
asset to the effective growth of the church. The place of women in the life of
a cleric should therefore be positively assessed. Women should help the priest
grow both physically and spiritually. We should enable the priest fulfil the
purpose of his calling so as to enjoy a fulfilled life for the greater glory of
God. The priest on the other hand should help the women achieve their goal.
( These are excerpts from the talk given by
Mrs. Grace Amobi, President General of Catholic Women Organization Aba Diocese,
to candidates of diaconate ordination, Aba Diocese, on December 27, 1993).
NEWS FROM ANNUNCIATION SEMINARY AMAUDARA
Annunciation
seminary played host to the father from February 28 -
FROM OUR APOSTOLIC WORK REPORT
As advised by the parish priest, I
carried out my functions well. I did my best to call people together for holy
communion, baptism, marriage and confirmation.
I lived with the villagers
happily and in full attention to their problems. The father in charge, whom I consulted
sometimes, also helped me. He gave me corrections which I happily effected. I
have to mention that I centered most of my preaching on the theme given us
"The poor amongst us". I carefully pointed out to the faithful the
need to help the poor and I witnessed
some changes in them. I avoided in every way being in enmity with the people,
but made them feel at home with me. I think I pleased God and the people in the
way I worked with them and for them. (Matthew Erilim S.M.M.M at St. Hyacinth
Ogwe via Ngwaiyiekwe - Asa Parish).
I did not embark on home to home
visitation because of the erroneous view the people had about the program. In
my first week in the parish, about three Christian Mothers came to me advising
me to embark on home visitation if I want to go back with enough money. Thus I did my best to correct such
impression. The parishioners are generally lovely and hospitable. I enjoyed my stay
among them. (Basis Onyia at St. Margaret Umuokpoji).
Those of them who were not yet baptized were enlisted for the
sacrament of baptism, while a few others were enlisted for the reception of the
First Holy Communion. This therefore made for the grouping of the classes into
two. One, comprising of those for baptism and general catechism. While the
second was for the first holy communion
candidates. This grouping depended on the attendance for each day. The classes
began at 3.30 P.M. and concluded at 5.30 P.M. daily followed by prayers and
sing songs, which the pupils never dreamt of missing. Even those who never
would have attended, would quickly jump in from all nooks and corners, the
moment they heard the enchanted songs of their colleagues. ( Jude Mary Nwaubani
at St. Theresa's Umuaja-Amankwu,, Osokwa - St. Odilia's parish Osokwa).
I saw in the people of Omoba that
"I don't care attitude". This may be traced to the fact that there
exists in this little town people from different parts of Igbo land. This is a
"little Eden", a town with many good things, but with one serious
problem and that is the materialistic outlook of the people. In the Church and outside the church, they
only understand the language of money, and any attempt to castigate this
problem always makes a person an object
of derision. This demoralizing attitude has been gradually imbibed by the youth
who are hardly enthusiastic about religious associations. On a positive note,
the people love liturgical exercises with the choir towering high. It is
however sad to note that they are less enthusiastic about the Eucharist. From
my little interview, I noticed that they hardly had confessions and some do not
make efforts to reach their parish priest for this. On the whole, there is
still progress in this Catholic community. The faithful at Umuoko are generous.
They make every effort to see that their seminarian feels comfortable. A
founding member of this community Mr. J. Njoko (85yrs) has been a great comfort
to his brethren. Till date he has been making every effort to see to the growth
of the Church at Umuoko. (Emmanuel Anaba at St. George's Station
Omoba and St. Mary's Umuoko - Amairi Parish).
Constant visitation and prayers were
rendered to the poor and the sick in the church. This good gesture helped in
reducing their difficulties. At St. Mary's Church Oberete Asa, there was hatred
and disharmony among the members. When the move for Unity was made they
accepted it. The move made by the vocation ministry for this year's apostolic
work titled "the poor amongst us"
made them have a sense of belonging. It should be encouraged. (Domnic
Agbara at St. Mary's Station Oberete Asa - Holy Trinity Parish Obuzor).
In St. Luke's station Ntigha
Okpuala, I was privileged to be the first seminarian to work there since the
advent of the Catholic Church in that
place. There are many protestant churches in that place. The station has
about seven Catholic families. They have no land on which to build their own
church and the parish in general is planning seriously to acquire land for
them. Our separated brethren there were
very happy to see a Roman Catholic seminarian for the first time living among them. Besides I worked at St. Peter's
station . Both stations receive strangers
well. (Mbahaotu Paul C. at St.
Luke's And Peter's stations - St.
Benedict's Parish Ntigha).
I worked
at St. Patrick's Ntigha, St. Peter's
Umuhu and St. Theresa's Umuetagha. At. St. Theresa's Umuetagha I discovered
that many of our church members have left the church due to the attitude of
their fellow members during the burial of some of their family members. According to them, these
people have refused to attend the burials because they are afraid to contact
the disease that killed the dead
person. I lived well with the people in these three stations and I never
regretted being sent there. They
organized a nice send-off for me. (Ogwuegbu Nelson at St. Patrick's
Ntigha, St. Peter's Umuhu and St. Theresa's Umuetagha - Nvosi Parish).
As
the theme of this year's apostolic work is "the poor amongst
us", at Catholic community Ohuhu
Nsulu I stressed the need to be charitable especially to those who are materially
poor. The result of this appeal is that monetary gifts, clothing and food items
were given to some individuals in the community who could not afford them. The
need to internalize the gospel message
was also emphasized because certain
people still employ pagan methods to settle disputes. Besides, I worked at
Umuakwu a small and poor community with
about 30 Catholics. The catechist travels quite a long distance to minister to
the people only on Sundays. Their Church building is still under construction
and the people are willing to make sacrifices. They however complained that for
the past two months holy mass has not been celebrated in their station and
appealed to the parish priest to take note of this. They regretted their
numerical strength but would wish to host seminarians in future. I was the one
and only seminarian they have ever lived with. They made donations to the poor.
( Agbara Felix at Catholic Community Ohuhu Nsulu and Catholic community Umuakwu ).
On
arrival the parish priest received us very warmly and gave us the keys
to our rooms. We organized a one week
retreat for the parents and youth in
the parish and that retreat brought our apostolic assignment in the parish to
an end. Certain things are however very
pertinent: First and foremost there seems to be a sort of segregation between members of one pious society and another and
this ugly development has brought much misunderstanding in the parish. Secondly
some parishioners live very far from the parish and this affects their
punctuality and regularity. We are of the opinion that the out-sketch of World Bank Parish needs a
station which can as well be under Holy Cross parish. This will help ease the
burden of the parishioners living within that area. ( Onwutuebe Emmanuel and
Nwambu Paul at Holy Cross parish Umuocham
Aba).
All
Saints station Mbutu Nta is the
youngest station of St. Odilia's parish Akpaa I. It has a numerical strength of
less than seventy people both young and old. The station is made up of four villages namely Amuzu, Umuimo, Ibeku
with Mbutu Nta as the centre. Some of these villages have one or two Catholic
families. Mbutu Nta herself has four Catholic families. Since I had no bicycle
, my apostolate was mainly on foot. I made serious efforts to strengthen the
spiritual life of the people during my short stay there. However, the people
are very much after their farmlands and business. This is why land disputes,
court cases, complaints about poisoning etc. are very prevalent. If they are
insistently instructed on the need of brotherly love and virtuous life they
would surely make better Christians (Aloka, Kenneth Okechukwu at Mbutu Nta - St. Odilia's parish Akpaaa)
We conducted a general retreat which lasted one week. After the
retreat, those for first holy communion received the sacrament on August 8, 1993. We did house visitation also
and were able to fish out many children for catechism classes. The sick and the
aged benefited a lot because we were able to console them. (
Boniface Omattah C.S.Sp. and
Francis Opara S.M.M.M at St. Jude's Parish Amapu Ntigha).
I had a lot of experiences. I
encountered a lot of pagans and had some of them converted. Also, with the help
of the Lord, I put many Catholics who were not wedded in place to wed soon. Most of the people find it difficult to
contribute to build the parish on account of their "thick skulled"
nature. ( Bonaventure Akwarandu at Ss.. Peter and Paul Mbutu Ngwa).
I gathered a lot of experiences.
Most of these people are lukewarm with regard to Christianity. Many of them are
merely camouflaging, though an
encouraging number of them are faithful. The poor among them were well cared
for and strategies that would maintain the care were set up ( James Ndukwe at
Ss. Peter and Paul Mbutu Ngwa).
I
wish to call attention to the
hypocritical activities of members of some societies in this parish. These include the C.B.I.U.,
C.B.M. or Charismatic Renewal Movement.
Some of them see visions during
consecration and often make one queer
noise or the other thus causing distraction. In fact these menaces go
unchecked. I am yet to find an atom of system in the way things are done in
this parish. It seems anything goes. How I wish the parishioners attend
Masses and other activities in some other parishes in the diocese like C.K.C.
and Our Lady of Lourdes and learn how time is respected, how things are
regulated, ordered, planned and executed. ( Canice Okere at Our Lady of Fatima,
Umuagbaghi, Aba).
The
three stations are made up of mostly strangers. Most of the indigenes
told me that they have no concrete reason for not coming to church. They just
decided not to come to church. Others maintain that they can't meet up with the
church's demand, in terms of contributions.
All these notwithstanding, most people contend that the reason for lack
of faith in this locality is owing to the fact that other Christian
denominations had long been established before the emergence of the Catholic
church. It is quite unbelievable to find out that most of them do not know the
simple Catholic teaching. I definitely, took time to explain some of these teachings. (Emedolu Christian at
St. Paul's Owaza; St. Mary's Obibor & Umu Elechi - Holy Trinity Parish,
Obuzor).
One thing is very peculiar about
this people: Many of them claim to know but only few were in minimal possession
of the basic Christian truth. Some prefer remaining prisoners to their pharisaic
attitude and as such are stunted in their Christian knowledge of God. The undue
quest for autonomy by the individual stations is very prevalent. This
constitutes a major destabilizing Factor to the healthy growth and progress of
the parish in its totality. ( Alaribe Felix at St. Gabriel's Nnentu - Our Lady
of Fatima Parish Umuagbai).
Obohia people are generally good and
generous but the proliferation of protestant Churches is hampering the growth
of Catholicism in the community. There
were so many broken families and the members belong to different churches. I
taught catechism and prepared more than fifty-four candidates for baptism,
first holy communion and confirmation. I equally organized Block Rosary Crusade
and centres were opened at different places. Chaplets were distributed to the
less privileged members of the community. I reorganized the Alter boys and a
series of instructions and more training programs were given them. I conducted
morning prayers for the faithful every
day after which we had morning mass. I suggest that viable parishes help small
ones like Obohia Station with a population of about six hundred and sixty
Catholics. ( Akwari Godwin at St. Pius Church Obohia Ndoki).
I was assigned to teach Catechism,
help out in the Catechist's office, visit pious associations and above all
assist at masses. The orderliness during offertory and Holy Communion is really
commendable and I therefore call on other Church-Warders to copy from their
C.K.C. counterparts. Secondly the idea of combining the evening prayers
(vespers) with Benediction is really commendable and I call on other parishes
especially the urban ones to copy it. (Donatus Ironuma at Christ The King
Cathedral Parish Aba).
Though it is a very small station
with a total population of 68 members together with children, yet they are not
lagging behind in their responsibilities as Catholics, they identify with each
other. They accorded me a warm stay and came to my assistance each time I
needed their attention. As a result of their little number and their age they
lack the personnel to constitute the local church council. This made it more difficult for them to have able
leaders. The activities of the station teacher is not encouraging to the poor
station. He is too engrossed in his other engagements. I am very optimistic
that they will do better if attention is given them as to eradicate their
problems and more instruction on the Catholic faith given them. (Charles
Ikeocha at St. Joseph's station Amator - St. Odilia's Parish Akpaa).
The stations were hospitable to me.
Their general problem is that they are not at home with the doctrines of the
church, especially the youth. ( Uko Fidelis Nnaemeka, at. St. John's
Umunagalagu, St. Peter's Ndiolumbe and St. Michael's Mgbokonta - Sacred Heart
Parish Nvosi).
St. Peter's Asa-Amator has the
potentiality of growing when properly taken care of. For instance, the faithful attributed their
lukewarm attitude towards morning prayers and other evening activities to
non-availability of the station catechist. Expressing his views about this
year's apostolic work, the vice chairman of the station said that infant
churches should be given more attention and visited regularly to encourage them
spiritually. He suggested that seminarians should live in out-stations, while
all support towards their welfare should come from the parish centre. At St.
Michael's Umuocheal there was poor attendance at everything even Sunday
Services. ( Peter Ali at St. Peter's
Asa-Amator and St. Michael's Umuocheala - St. Mary's Parish Abayi Ariaria).
I
was assigned the Umuezi group of St. Jude's Catholic Church Ohuru
consisting of 7 stations. In all, the
stations were really trying especially in spiritual matters. The problem of polygamy
however persists. I warned them on the matter and proved the idea of one man to
one wife for them on the basis of the scriptures. I conducted a retreat to
strengthen their faith. Visitations were done in the evenings. (Stanley Anozie
(S.M.M.M) at St. Gabriel's Ofokobe; All Saints Umuaba; St. Mary's Umuette; St.
Joseph's Umuocha; Ss. Peter & Paul Ikpuala-Umuasakwo; St. Mary's Amano and
St. Michael's Umuezi - St. Jude's Parish Ohuru).
The parishioners are not so many
compared to other parishes in the Urban area of the diocese. We did some home visitations and encouraged
the faithful to be committed to their
duties as Christians and help the parish priest whose work is very
difficult. (Stephen Chilaka and Joachim Nnanna at Corpus Christi D.D. Estate,
Aba)
CHRONICLES
December 26 - December 28, 1993: The vocations ministry
organized a three day recollection for the candidates to the diaconate
ordination. Very Rev. Msgr. Innocent Alaribe spoke to the candidates on the
life and expectations of a deacon. Mrs. Grace Amobi examined the place of women
in the life of a cleric with the candidates. The vocations director discussed
canons 1040 - 1049 with the candidates.
December 28, 1993: The
candidates for diaconate ordination
were incardinated into the diocese and the
code of conduct for the diocese administered to them.
December 28, 1993: Ezeh Gabriel, Omotu Charles, Iroh Anthony, Nwoko
Ignatius, Okite Chiemeka, Uwasomba Chikezie and Donatus Ironuma were ordained
deacons. Okonkwor Alexander and Ezeh Christian were installed acolytes. Those installed lectors were: Omenihu Anthony, Adiukwu Richard, Alaribe
Felix, Ali Peter, Nwosu Fredrick, Onyia Basil, Umeh Emmanuel, Uwakwe Epenesius,
Uwalaka Francis and Ezennabudo Chinedu.
February 28, 1994: Posting of seminarians
on apostolic work after their senior secondary school.
February 28 - March 4, 1994: Fathers' annual retreat at Annunciation Seminary
Amaudara. The retreat was moderated by His Grace Rt. Rev. Dr. G. G. Ganaka the
Archbishop of Jos.
April 6, 1994: The vicariate examination was held.
April 7, 1994: The annual workshop on apostolic work and welfare of
seminarians was held. The primus Rev. Anthony Iroh sat in for the vocation
director.
SCHEDULE:
July 4, 1994: Apostolic work for senior seminarians begins (Duration 6 weeks). This
is once again an opportunity for seminarians and the faithful to interact. They should enrich each other from the
treasures of their experiences and faith.
July
23, 1994: Priestly ordination at Christ The King Cathedral,
Aba. His Lordship Rt. Rev. Dr. V. V. Ezeonyia will ordain the following deacons
priests: Rev. Chikezie Uwasomba, Rev. Emeka Okite, Rev. Gabriel Eze, Rev.
Ignatius Nwoko.
August 6, 1994: Priestly Ordination at St. Thomas Parish Eziudo Mbaise. Rev. Anthony
Iroh will be ordained priest in his home.
August 13, 1994: The priestly ordination of Rev. Charles Omotu at his home parish St.
Patrick's Parish Ekwerazu Mbaise.
August 16, 1994: Apostolic Work for senior seminarians ends.
August 17, 1994: Annual Consultation with the
Bishop for all senior seminarians.
August 20, 1994: Rev. Donatus Ironuma will be ordained at Regina Pacis Parish Ihioma,
Orlu.
VOCATIONS
COORDINATION COMMITTEE
will
meet on Monday September 5, 1994. All religious communities resident and
working in the diocese are to send representatives. Venue is the chancery. Time
is 8.30 a.m.
1994 PRIESTLY
ORDINATIONS:
The Vocations Ministry thanks God for the increase in vocation in
Aba. Between July 23, 1994 and August 20, 1994 seven deacons will be ordained
priests for Aba diocese (see schedule). Let us join in prayer for our new
priests
OFFICIAL
POSTING
The vocations ministry congratulates the following on their first
official posting on apostolic work after class six: Nwokoro Cyril (All Saints
Obigbo) Nwokeukwu Uchenna Charles (ST. Mary's Ariaria) Eneogwe Ambrose
Ikechukwu (St. Margaret's Umuokpoji) Nwaogwugwu Dozie Declan (St. Anthony &
Jude, Aba), Ifedigbo Charles C. (St. Eugene's Parish Aba) Enweremadu Cyprian I.
( St. Pius Parish Obohia) Ike Felix
(St. Joseph's Aba/ Bishop's House) For Annunciation Seminary, Amaudara:
Onwunjiogu Valentine M., Ajanma Emmanuel I., Alozie Eugene I., Udah Nicholas C.; Okoye Uchechukwu E. (St.
Paul's Abaukwu), Onumadu Emmanuel
Obinna. (St. John's Iheorji, Aba.) Muoghalu Christopher C. (Our Lady of Lourdes, Aba.) Onwuma Damian
Ifeanyi (Ss. Peter and Paul Mbutu Ngwa )
IN UNION OF PRAYERS WITH OUR
BENEFACTORS/BENEFACTRESSES
St. Ann Aba Urban( Nigeria), Lady Knights of St. Mulumba (Nigeria),
Chief Sir A.E.N. Izuwah and Family
(Nigeria), Mr. Fabian Ajere (Nigeria),
Rene Scheidegger and Family( Switzerland), Mrs. Inge Meier (Switzerland), Gruppe Weltkirche (Feldbach, Austria),
Mrs. Sylvia and Dr. Peter Saladin and Family (Switzerland), Mrs. Kunz Margrit
(Switzerland), Mrs. Schaller Martha (Switzerland), Mrs. Bianca Zurkinden
(Switzerland), Mrs. Spahni Ruth (Switzerland), Mr. Holenstein Paul
(Switzerland), Mr. Scherrer Joseph (Switzerland, His Excellency Bishop Johann Weber (Austria), Dechant Johann Leopold
(Austria), Kanonikus Gottfried Lafer (Austria). St. John's Catholic
Community, Muensingen (Switzerland). Sir and Lady Innocent Okoroama (Nigeria), Mr. Bill Mills (U.S.A.), Chief and Mrs.
Grace Amobi (Nigeria). We thank our benefactors and ask God to reward them abundantly. Always pray for your
benefactors!!
Sponsorship: The vocations ministry is always happy to have
people or groups that are willing to
train a seminarian or support priests. This is an opportunity to show your
gratitude to God in a special way.
Congratulations And Farewell: The vocations ministry congratulates all seminarians
who passed their B.Phil., B.D. and SSSC
exams.
Mr. Onwumere Cornelius and Mr. Ihejirika Innocent have left
the seminary. We wish them God's blessings and guidance in their choice of
alternative vocations.
INTER-DIOCESAN
APOSTOLIC WORK
We heartily welcome these
seminarians to our diocese: Innocent Amasiorah , Eugene Nwankwo, Okwara
Emmanuel, Emmanuel Ozuma, Gabriel Ude, Francis Chukwuma, Romanus Ebonyi,
Lawrence Maduagwu, Akajiofor Pius, Paul Obiji.
Those from our diocese on Inter-diocesan Apostolic
Work: Omenihu Anthony, Adiukwu Richard,
Alaribe Felix, Ali Peter, Nwosu Fredrick, Onyia Basil, Umeh Emmanuel, Uwakwe
Epenesius, Uwalaka Francis and Ezennabudo Chinedu.
1993 ANNUAL
CONSULTATION WITH THE BISHOP
All
seminarians on six weeks, six
months, one year apostolic work
together with spiritual year students and those on probation are to
report to the C.K.D., chancery, Aba on Wednesday August 17, 1994 for the annual
consultation with the bishop. All are
expected to be seated in the conference
hall at 8.30 a.m.
CONSULTATION WITH
THE VOCATION DIRECTOR
All those wishing to consult
the vocations director can do so every first Monday of the month. The venue is
the C.K.D. chancery and the time is from 7.30 a.m. to 9 .30 a.m. His address is
P.M.B. 7526, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria.
MEMENTO MORI - OUR DEAD:
The Vocations
Ministry regrets to announce the death on November 6, 1993 of Rev. Sr. Adline
Ojukwu. Until her death she was the principal of Mercy Secondary School, Ogbor
Hill, Aba. Rev. Fr. Sylvester Nnabugwu died on December 13, 1993. He was the
pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul parish Mbutu Ngwa. The diocese of Aba equally
mourns Very Rev. Msgr. Elias Makolu who died on March 23, 1994. He was the parish priest of St. Paul's
parish Aba-Ukwu. The Lord has called Pa. Edmund Burk Okoro the Father of Rev.
Fr. Ebeneza Okoro, and Pa Fred Atunzu the father of Rev. Fr. Kevin Atunzu. Mr.
Emmanuel Umeh a seminarian of Aba diocese lost his brother Mr. Christian Umeh
in a ghastly motor accident. Mr. Kenneth Aloka lost his grandmother. May the
souls of our departed brothers and sisters and the souls of all the faithful
departed through the mercy of God rest in peace.
Articles for publication in
the Vocationews should be submitted early enough to the Vocations Director for
editing.
Hearty Congratulations for very fruitful
ministry in the Lords vineyard for:
20 Year:
Rev. Fr.
Onyebarachi N.