On the 14th of March this year, many Christian communities celebrated their mothering or mothers’ Sunday in Nigeria. Today being 18th April, Catholics are celebrating theirs. This means that someone whose mother is Anglican and mother-in-law is Catholic will have…
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 presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written…
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 Akweke. Akweke’s elder brother who incidentally was the village head learnt about the Iyienu Hospital…
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 missionaries introduced Palm Sunday celebration amongst us, the importance and significance of the palm tree/fronds…
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. His bravery in the face of political injustice and wickedness singled him out. He became…
One of the qualities that the world will ever remember Pope Francis for is his humble or simple lifestyle. Simplicity or humility is the mother of all virtues. It draws one closer to fellow humans and to nature. It helps…
THE NIGERIAN CHURCH TODAY AND THE GOSPEL OF FEAR By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) 1. Precisely this day, 51 years ago, 18th February 1970, few days after the Nigeria- Biafran war that ended with the slogan of “No…
A RETIRED IRISH SPIRITAN (HOLY GHOST FATHER) RECALLS THE NIGERIA-BIAFRAN WAR AND THE EXPULSION Owing to my last year’s write-up on the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of the Holy Ghost Fathers from Nigeria, one retired priest who was still…
By Rev Fr Angelo Chidi Unegbu ([email protected]) *Warning: Reader’s discretion* Historical records show that on December 6, 1886, the Catholic missionaries interceded for a woman of about 25 years old, who was to be sacrificed on the one month memorial…
The foreign mission of the Holy Ghost Fathers (Catholic missionaries) to Nigeria that began in December 1885 and ended in February 1970 recorded great successes. Yet, the mission was chequered with suspicion, quarrels, litigations, imprisonment, sickness, death and deportation. 1)…
