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TAKE
TIME OUT DAILY FOR SILENT PRAYER TO
HEAR GOD'S VOICE
- SAYS POPE
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People
need to carve time out of their busy
day to dedicate to silent prayer or
meditation in order to hear what God
has to say, said Pope Benedict XVI.
The faithful also have to remember
not to become completely caught up
in their daily activities and concerns,
forgetting that Jesus should be the
focus of their lives, he said at his
weekly general audience Sept. 9.More...
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ONITSHA:
ARCHBISHOP OKEKE RECEIVES ARCHBISHOP
ZOLLITSCH
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Archbishop
Okeke & Archbishop Zollitsch |
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A
large delegation of priests
and authorities of The Miserere,
an international humanitarian
body led by Archbishop Robert
Zollitsch, the president
of the bishops conference
of Germany, was recently
hosted by the Metropolitan
Archbishop of Onitsha Ecclesiastical
Province, Most Rev Valerian
Okeke.
While receiving them in
a special banquet organized
in their honour, Archbishop
Okeke eulogized and immensely
appreciated the contributions
of the organization to humanity.
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| EVENTS |
AUGUST
Parish Priests are not to take their annual
leave in July and August.
2 Sun - Annual General Assembly of DDL at
Enugu
4 Tues - Meeting of the Onitsha Ecclesiastical
Bishops
5 Wed - Monthly Recollection at St. Mary
Mother of the
Church, Ukpor
8 – 9 - Pastoral Visit to St. Cletus
Parish, Nnewi
9 Sun - Special Fund – raising for
Diocesan Project.
15 Sat - Assumption – Diocesan Patronal
Celebration
16 Sun - Mass at the Cathedral.
22 – 23 - Pastoral Visit to St. Michael’s
Parish, Amakwa-
Ozubulu
23 Sun - Parish Project Collection
24 – 29 - Annual Reunion of Seminarians
with the Bishop
26 Wed - College of Consultors
29 – 30 - Pastoral Visit to Our Lady
of Fatima Parish, Nnewi
2009
Programme
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| THE
CHRISTIAN OUTLOOK |
A
publication of the Catholic Diocese of Nnewi
produced forthnightly. Click to read |
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NNEWI
BISHOP'S SECRETARY DIES
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FR.
STANLEY NONSO ANADO
39 years (1970-2009)
Ordination: 19th August, 2000
Died: 14th Sept. 2009 in a motor
accident
BURIAL
ARRANGEMENT
| Vigil
Mass: |
Tuesday
29th Sept., 2009
@ Our Lady of Assumption
Cathedral, Nnewi
Time: 5pm |
| Funeral: |
Wednesday
30th Sept., 2009
@ Assumption Cathedral,
Nnewi.
Mass: 10am. |
| 6.00am: |
Body
leaves Our Lady of Lourdes
Hospital, Ihiala |
| 7.00am: |
Body
arrives Sir Innocent Anaedo’s
compound, Isingwu, Oraifite,
Anambra State, Nigeria |
| 7.30am: |
Body
leaves for Our Lady of Assumption
Cathedral, Nnewi |
| 8.00am: |
Office
for the dead |
| 8.45am:
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Filing
around the remains for the
last respect. |
| 10.00am: |
Mass |
| Month’s
Mind: |
Monday
26th October, 2009
@ St. Mary’s Oraifite,
Anambra
State |
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Send
your condolence messages to
kathcomnnewi@yahoo.com |
It was indeed a sad Monday, September,
14 for the Nnewi Catholic Diocese
as news filtered in the early hours
that the Secretary to the Catholic
Bishop of Nnewi Diocese, Rev Fr Stanley
Nonso Anaedo had died More...
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THE
LAY FAITHFUL IN CHURCH AND IN
SOCIETY
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Cardinal
Arinze presenting his annual lecture
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His
Eminence Francis Cardinal Arinze, on
Saturday, September 5, presented his
2009 annual lecture at Shanahan Hall,
the Basilica of Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha,
entitled, “The Lay Faithful In
The Church And In The Society.”
His Eminence expatiated in explicit
and detailed terms, the responsibilities
of the lay faithful in the church and
in the society, re-echoing the word
of the Lord, “You shall be my
witness in Jerusalem and in the Judea
and Samaria and to the end of the earth.”
(Act. 1:8.)More... |
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ANAMBRA
PDP GUBER CANDIDATE EMERGES OCT 4
As
Soludo, Others Pick Forms |
Ahead of the Anambra State governorship
election slated for February 6, 2010,
not less than thirty candidates including
the immediate past Governor of the Central
Bank of Nigeria, Professor Charles Chukwuma
Soludo, have picked the People's Democratic
Party's (PDP), nomination forms for
an expression of interest fee of N250,
000 which they are expected to submit
with another accompanying fee of N5
million each.
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| DIOCESAN
HISTORY |
| What
has emerged and is celebrated today
as Nnewi Diocese is no doubt a product
of Onitsha Archdiocese. |
Most Rev. Hilary Odili Okeke,
Cath. Bishop of Nnewi Diocese |
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Before
now, Onitsha Archdiocese has given
birth to several dioceses; for instance,
Enugu and Awka diocese were created
out of Onitsha Archdiocese in 1962
and 1978 respectively.
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UKPOR:
REV FR ALEX UZO BURIES MOTHER |
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Late
Mrs Margaret Onyegurunduonu Uzo, the mother
of Rev Fr Alex Uzo was buried on Wednesday,
September 9, at St Mathews Catholic Church,
Amihe Ukpor. She passed unto glory on 10th
August, 2009 at Grace and Truth Hospital,
Nnewi after a brief illness. More... |
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POLITICAL PARTIES ENDORSE
GOV. OBI
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There
could not have been a better
way to bid a leader farewell
than the show of solidarity
demonstrated by stakeholders
and traders of the multi-billion
naira Nnewi main market during
a ceremony organized in honour
of the out-going New Auto
Spare Parts Association (NASPA)
Chairman, Mr Gozie Akudolu.
More...
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