The 5th Memorial of our Mother and Matriarch

We love and miss our Mother and Matriarch, Onyemaechi Elizabeth Onyiloha (1934-2013) as her 5th Memorial beckons on us, this day. #Nneokwukwe, we love you! #NneFada, we miss you!!#AdaEzeanaNaUduego, rest in peace!!! #MamaAmerika, otito dili Jesu!!!

On the Death of Canon Timothy Brosnan

On the Death of Rev. Canon Timothy Brosnan.

What a loss! Canon Brosnan was a faithful servant of God who loved and cared for the Church via his ministry and charisma. I relieved him of the pastoral duty at St. Gerard Parish, Bellshill, Scotland (Catholic Diocese of Motherwell) as a Summer Supply Priest during my postgraduate studies at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium in 2006. He was a humble priest who lived exemplary life. Now that he has left us, it is our duty to love him, keep his legacy, and also remember him in our prayers. I miss him and so shall parishioners miss him, including Martin Rea and Family. May Canon (Msgr.) Brosnan rest in peace! Kanon (Mons.) Brosnan, zuo ike na ndokwa!! Padre Brosnan, adieu!!!

Protem Executive and Members of the NNEWI CATHOLIC DIOCESAN STUDENTS (NCDS), Uniport Chapter.

My dear brothers and sisters, I thank you for attending today's (Sunday, February 25, 2018) maiden and inuagural meeting of the NNEWI CATHOLIC DIOCESAN STUDENTS (NCDS), Uniport Chapter, at the Chaplaincy Hall of the Chapel of the Annunciation Catholic Chaplaincy, University of Port Harcourt, Rivers, Nigeria. Today's maiden and inaugural meeting was a fulfilled dream -- for since 2014, I had been nurturing a dream for the existence and establishment of NCDS in Uniport. Through the NCDS, it is my hope of anchoring on the Christian faith and morals in helping all the members to attain their greater heights in self-renewal, academic excellence, spiritual rejuvenation, and enlightened self-reliance. It is our collective hope that the protem executive and all the members will be committed to achieving the aims and objectives of the NCDS. Again, be rest assured of my robust mentorship towards raising a generational and transformational leaders for the Church and society. I congratulate all the members for attending today's meeting and urge the executive to follow our roadmap towards membership drive and preparing for subsequent meetings and programme of events. - CAO

On the Laudable Resignation of Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke as Bishop of Ahiara (Nigeria)

His Excellency Most Rev. Dr. Peter Ebere Okpaleke, the former Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria) remains a model of holiness, obedience and humility. On many instances he was lauded by His Holiness Pope Francis for being an illustrious son of the Church. Bishop Okpaleke is a consummate administrator and a great shepherd in the mould of Our Lord Jesus Christ. Again, his inspiring homilies, counsels, and accomplishments have changed many lives and brought them back to the Lord’s fold. 

Bishop Okpaleke has manifested an exemplary pattern of life especially his matured and spirit-filled approach to the man-made crisis in the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria). Therefore, I join millions of well-meaning Catholics and non-Catholics in congratulating him on his laudable resignation from the pastoral duty as the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara (Nigeria).

Millions of testimonies abound of his sincere thoughts and proactive plans in serving God, the Church, and mankind as a humble and unassuming priest of God. We await God’s next assignment for him even as we continue to pray for his wellbeing and pastoral ministry. We thank God and may his name be glorified both now and forever, Amen.

4th Memorial of our Mother, Onyemaechi Elizabeth Onyiloha

Today marks the 4th Memorial (2013-2017) of the Death of our beloved Mother and Matriarch, Onyemaechi Elizabeth Onyiloha (1934-2013; Nee Nwosu, Nne Fada & Nneokwukwe). Mama, you are always alive in our hearts, thoughts and prayers. We love you and we miss you! Ada Ezeana na Uduego, rest in peace!!

Ekwulumili Catholic Church's Centenary Celebration (1916-2016)

Ekwulumili Centenary Celebration: Thanks be to God for the gift and the grace as I join my brothers and sisters to celebrate today's CENTENARY (1916-2016) of the ARRIVAL of the CATHOLIC CHURCH in my beloved town, EkWULUMILI, Anambra, Nigeria. Ekene dili Chukwu!

On Francis Cardinal Arinze

Francis Cardinal Arinze should re-channel  his energy into other human concerns other than the Sacraments and Liturgy. We await  his thoughts on such topical issues as Biafra, Killings by Herdsmen in Nigeria, Buhari Administration, among others. Again, the world would like to read his book on Biafra, having played some pastoral roles in his capacity as the erstwhile Archbishop and Metropolitan of the See of Onitsha at that time of the war. I wish him well and keep wondering at his continued stay in Rome instead of returning to Nigeria and play the elderly pastoral role among his brethren.

On my 16th priestly anniversary

Friends and folks, today is the 16th anniversary of my ordination to the Catholic priesthood. Please, pray for me. Dominus vobiscum!