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DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY
Catholics among us will discover that today’s gospel reading taken from John 20:19-31 ends with the following sentence: “Jesus performed many other signs in the…
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HONESTY AND THE OLD IGBO SOCIETY: THE MARKET THIEF
“Honesty and fair dealing were pretty much taken for granted in the market. You could price a commodity and then take it out of the…
MY CULTURE IS MY IDENTITY: MY STORY
By Rev. Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) During my 4th year (SS1) as a minor seminarian, I and my cousin and classmate Fr. Elias…
THE COMING OF CHRISTIANITY TO ARONDIZUOGU
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) The story of the coming of Christianity in Arondizuogu began in 1910 with a blind man named…
THE DEATH OF JESUS AND THE POWER OF THE CROWD: WHY NIGERIA IS NOT WORKING
1) The poor Pilate had nothing to gain with the death of Jesus but he had everything to lose if he had decided otherwise in…
THE DEATH OF JESUS AND THE FOLLY OF BETRAYAL: THE IGBO/NIGERIAN CONNECTION
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu 1) Do we realise that treason is considered to be the highest offence against the state? This means that…
ON THE LAST SUPPER AND IGBA ORIKO NDU IN IGBOLAND: THEN EBONYI HAPPENED!
I had wanted to reflect today on how communal meal had also existed in Igbo culture since time immemorial and on how we could build…
The Vampirous Deity
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu While we are preparing for Easter, the feast of the resurrection of Christ, human lives are being wasted all…
PALM SUNDAY: NDIGBO, CHRISTIANITY AND THE SACRED SYMBOLISM OF THE PALM
1) The Palm Sunday marks the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem where the people greeted him with palms, which signifies victory. Interestingly, ever before Christian…
75TH DEATH ANNIVERSARY OF CLEMENS AUGUST GRAF VON GALEN: THE LION OF MÜNSTER (16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946): AN EXAMPLE FOR NIGERIAN CHURCH LEADERS
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1) Today is the death anniversary of one of the most famous Catholic bishops of the 20th century.…
IMA MMOWU (INITIATON INTO THE MASQUERADE CULT) IN ARONDIZUOGU AS DESCRIBED BY MAZI MBONU OJIKE (1955)
“In my town no boy can be considered adult until he has performed the Imamowu rituals. He must earn enough money by his own labour…
IKEJI (ARONDIZUOGU) FESTIVAL: CELEBRATION AND MEANING
(AS DOCUMENTED BY MAZI MBONU OJIKE IN APRIL 1955) “Ikeji … was the most ceremonial of the of the annual festivals. It was the harvest…