The 2026 feast day of the diocese recorded a resounding success, following the foundation laying of the Priests’ Retirement Home. The flag-off of this landmark project realizes the bishop’s vision towards providing a dignified place and specialized residential facility for elderly and retired clergy after selfless years of service. The facility is designed to provide […]
(FIRST READING EX.34:4-6,8-9; RESPONSORIAL PSALM DAN.3:52-55; SECOND READING 2COR. 13:11-13; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION cf.RV1:8; GOSPEL JN. 3:16-18) THEME: WHY GOD IS A TRINITY BY: Rev. Fr. Cletus Imo Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Holy Trinity, which expresses the doctrine of three persons in one God. The Trinity is undivided, with each person equal
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By Peace Chidindu The Knights of St. John International (KSJI) and the faithful of St Jude’s Catholic Church, Amuzi, Ahiazu Mbaise, on Saturday gathered in solemn communion of prayer to commend to God the soul of Sir Adolphus David Olewike Achilonu, who passed on at the age of 104, after a long life marked by
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You are the closest collaborators of your priests – Fr. Mbata By Adolphus Ofoegbulem The important role of catechists in the life and mission of the Church was once again brought into focus as catechists from across the dioceses of the Owerri-Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province gathered at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral, Ahiara, for their provincial convention
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Primary elections are designed to deepen democracy, but in Nigeria, they have increasingly devolved into political theater, where predetermined outcomes are disguised as democratic choice. Under the legal and institutional framework of Nigeria’s Electoral Act 2022, political parties are permitted to conduct primaries through one of three methods: direct voting, indirect voting, or a consensus
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His Holiness Pope Leo XIV is not relenting in his condemnation of, and indisposition to, the unwholesome application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in human endeavors. In his first encyclical as the Bishop of Rome, titled Magnifica Humanitas, the Pope hits hard on the global phenomenon, which he likened to Tower of Babel, in the Book
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(FIRST READING ACTS 1:12–14; RESPONSORIAL PSM. 26:1, 4, 7-8; SECOND READING 1 PTR 4:13–16; GOSPEL ACCLAMATION cf. JN. 14:18; GOSPEL JN. 17:1–11) THEME: “THAT THEY MAY BE ONE” BY: Rev. Fr. Julian Nwachukwu The Seventh Sunday of Easter occupies a unique and spiritually rich place in the liturgical calendar. The Church stands between two great
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Faith Formation
BY: Udo J. M. Iwuji, Tel: 08156198851 Short Prelude It was St. Pope John Paul II who made this expression on Mary being present in our liturgical celebrations: “Mary is present in the memorial because she was present in the event!… She is continuously united both with Christ the High Priest and with the Church,
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Faith Formation
On Thursday, May 7, 2026, the bishops and priests of the Owerri Ecclesiastical Province gathered at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral, Ahiara Diocese, for a provincial recollection marked by prayer and fraternal communion. The program included Eucharistic Adoration, the Rosary, a penitential service with sacramental confession, and Holy Mass, preceded by a spiritual reflection delivered by
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Diocesan News
Preserving Human Voices and Faces Dear brothers and sisters, Our faces and voices are unique, distinctive features of every person; they reveal a person’s own unrepeatable identity and are the defining elements of every encounter with others. The ancients understood this well. To define the human person, the ancient Greeks used the word “face” (prösöpon)
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