“A Christmas that is celebrated in the assurance that the environment is unsafe for freedom of movement would seem for some better not celebrated.” The erstwhile President Goodluck Jonathan on the 1st of November, tweeted on his twitter handle after playing guest to the Church of Nativity Ikoyi, Anglican Communion, that ‘’2020 has been a […]
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LIVING OUT YOUR VOCATION: A MOTHER OR A WIFE A mother is the female parent of a child. Mothers are women who inhabit or perform the role of bearing some relation to their children, who may or may not be their biological offspring. A wife is a female partner in a continuing marital relationship. The term […]
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Fr. Daniel Evbotokhai Introduction Customarily, women gain their greatest joy and sense of accomplishment from being wives and mothers. They have always appreciated their mandate from God without contest and with all submissiveness. In recent years this drive has been weakened by feminist movement that has perfectly influenced many women to neglect these divinely ordained […]
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REV. FR. TIMOTHY ETSENAMHE The year 2020 jam-packed by shock and agitation brings mixed feelings. The swift emergence of the highly infectious Covid-19 disease brought shock and sadness, as it left many, especially in the western world, depressed. In the midst of this public health distress, the agitation for the dignity of the life of […]
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A PAPER PRESENTED BY REV. FR. DANIEL EVBOTOKHAI AT THE SEMINARY OF ALL SAINTS, UHIELE, EKPOMA ON THE OCCASION OF HER MISSION WEEK CELEBRATION OCTOBER 15TH, 2020 Introduction The topic at hand, calls us to reflect on evangelization alongside the present pandemic COVID-19. Evangelization is the primary mandate of the Church. The Church has always […]
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Independence Message by Bishop Matthew Hassan KUKAH, Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Sokoto on October 1, 2020 1: I want to first thank God Almighty the Father of all creation and the maker of Heaven and earth. Strange as it may sound, I would like to thank the colonial masters who wove our diverse peoples together […]
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THE EUCHARIST The Eucharist also called Holy Communion or the Lord’s Supper. According to the New Testament, the rite was instituted by Jesus Christ during his Last Supper; giving his disciples bread and wine during the Passover meal, Jesus commanded his followers to “do this in memory of me” while referring to the bread as […]
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JOHN OGRAH Introduction The topic ‘purity in a morally perverse world: the seminarian in a juggled state’, is particularly timely and I believe it should occupy an important place in our formation dossier. After all, affective education is inseparably linked with the other areas of priestly formation: intellectual, spiritual, and pastoral. As the phrase ‘juggled’ […]
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Saint Padre Pio was an Italian priest who was known for is adoration of charity and love for the people around him. He bore the wounds of Christ, which is still something that cannot be explained. Francesco Forgione was born May 25th, 1887 in Pietrelcina, Italy. He was the son of peasant farmers Grazio Mario Forgione […]
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Daniel Evbotokhai There have been many projects that attempt to undermine African identity. In fact one cannot overrule the work of many scholars who have made every attempt to erase Africans from the surface of the earth; let alone the derogatory statement made about Africans. For instance Hegel is known to have said Africans are […]