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Ahiara Diocese Hosts Owerri Ecclesiastical Province for Priests’ Recollection

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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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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XVI FOR THE 60TH WORLD DAY OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATIONS

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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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Bishop Peter Chukwu Laid to Rest Amid Grief and Tributes to a Faithful Shepherd

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In the hope of the resurrection and in the promise of eternal life promised by Christ and proclaimed by His Church, bishops, priests, religious and political leaders, and thousands of faithful gathered for the funeral of Most Rev. Peter Nworie Chukwu, the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki, whose death at the age of 60 has left

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Rev. Fr. Ethelbert Uwadoka Laid to Rest

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The Catholic faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara gathered in deep sorrow, yet in faithful surrender to the will of God, at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral on Tuesday, May 5, 2026, to bid farewell to Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Ethelbert Anayo Uwadoka, a priest remembered for his simplicity, serenity, and precision of life. Fr.

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Hope Rises for Nazareth House through AHDCWO Raffle Draw

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Lucky Winners Glow with Joy as Charity Initiatives Spark Renewed Vision for the Project On Saturday, May 9, 2026, the Ahiara Diocesan Catholic Women Organization (AHDCWO) organized a raffle draw to help generate funds that will expedite their project at the Nazareth House situated at Lude, Ahiara, Ahiazu Mbaise L.G.A. The Nazareth House is undoubtedly

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Funeral Arrangements for Very Rev. Fr. Martinianus Chidi Chileke

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Vigil Mass: Monday, June 8, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Parish, Umuokrika Ekwerazu, by 4:00 PM. Funeral Mass: Tuesday, June 9, 2026, at Maria Mater Ecclesiae Cathedral at 11:00 AM. Month’s Mind: Monday, June 22, 2026, at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, Lude, Ahiara, by 10:00 AM. Kindly remember him in your prayers.

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Rethinking the Priesthood in Ethelbert Uwadoka (II)

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By: Rev. Brendan Onyemegbulem The life of Rev. Fr. Ethelbert Uwadoka finds its deepest intelligibility within the theological and moral horizon of quietude already explored as a form of strength. His personality was not an interruption of this principle but its lived embodiment. Quietude in him was not absence of voice but disciplined presence, and

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