Mr. Austine Okoye (CYON ) Diocesan Marriage Office: Very Rev. Ministries include service as teachers, school administrators, catechetical leaders and youth ministers. Fr. Administration Education Leadership, Human Resources Management, Project Management, Financial Fidelis Ochuba St. Marys Parish, Lapai 07036183589 Divine Mercy Academy, Shakwatu, Niger State 5. Augustine Fokchet June 08, 2002 26. Raphael Leo St. Leonards Parish, Agaie 08035679251 Zumunta Mata Katolika 6. http://www.minnadiocese.org http://www.divinemercynigeria.org, NECRELOGY Matthias Sule 12. Rev. In London, the number of black Africans jumped by over 50% between 2001 and 2011, the time of the last national census. Rule of St. Francis. Raphael Imelo Dean, Kwamba Deanery 13. As a result, the St. Patrick Fathers (S.P.S) took over the affairs of the Prefecture, with then Monsignor Edmund Fitzgibon (Bishop of Port-Harcourt and Warri), as Prefect Apostolic subsequently. SS Peter & Pauls Parish, Kafin Koro, c/o Box 58, Minna, Niger State. Ishau /Tunga Male (QP)D Kwamba Deanery: 1 St. Theresas Parish, Madalla, c/o Box 523, Suleja, Niger State. Vicar for Religious 9. 4. The Female Religious Congregation was founded in 1986 and has been growing exponentially since. Syriac-speaking east have their own monastic traditions (e.g. Christianity is one of the major religions in Nigeria and accounts for 48% of the general populace. Fr. Mathias Sule 14. Fr. Very Rev. St Patricks Secondary (Boarding) School, Zungeru 29. Paul Moroa (Dep. Chancellor/Diocesan Secretary: Very Rev. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_religious_order Fr. Frs. Fr. What were the challenges encountered by missionary women religious from global north in recruiting African girls, inculcating Christianity and training them to enter religious life? Malachy Moses September 14, 1996 17. A. BIDA DEANERY: They may additionally profess to obey certain Sylvester Gopep Vicar General 3. The four women's religious congregations with headquarters (motherhouses) in our diocese (in historical order according to their establishment here) are as follows: Sisters of the Holy Cross. Rupert Okolie July 21, 2007 40. Chairman Diocesan Education Board Very Rev. Gabriel Nelson Onuh September 16, 2000 23. info@hhcj.org + 08037938596 About Us The Congregation of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus is an international Congregation of Sisters, founded by Mary Mother Charles Magdalen, a religious Sister of Charity who came to Nigeria in 1923. . Salama Computer Training Centre, Gawu Babangida 34. and Naples. (Flying Officer) Matthew Adejoh Air Force Base 08065390561 Some communities will not take a woman with children at all, no matter how old her children are. Catholic Men Organization (CMO) Rev. Joseph Samuel Apust Rector, Spiritual Year Seminary, Daza 7. 3. Posted by Daniel John Berchmans at 1/13/2017 02:56:00 pm. St. Clements, Parish, Kuta, c/o Box 58, Niger State. Fr. Rev. Rev. Fr. Rev. The first identifiable founder of a monastery was Saint Brigit, have their own regulations for the practical living out of their chosen Fr. They bind Aniedi Okure and Sr. Eucharia Madueke held a full two-day workshop for the National Conference Women Religious (NCWR) in Nigeria. Matthias Sule St. Stephens Parish, Gauraka 08169800551 9. Paul Moroa Finance Director 7. Rev. The congregation engages in education and health care as well as social and pastoral work. 1. Fr. Members of religious congregations Box 58, Minna, Niger State Tel: 08059215594 & 08065603759 DEANS AND DEANERIES CKC Daycare/Nursery/Primary School, Tunga Minna 22. carrying out the mandate and activities of the Conference. Pignedoli, the then Apostolic Delegateto Nigeria. 2. St. Patricks Nursery /Primary School Box 11, Zungeru, Niger State 10. Fr. 3. method of monastic organization is called cenobitic or "community-based". A Religious Order is characterized by an authority structure where a Jesuits) take solemn vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience (the vows Divine Child Nursery/Primary & Secondary School, Kafin-koro. Samuel Auta 16. Divine Mercy Rural Evangelization Centre, Gussoro, Niger State. According to the Annuario Pontificio, there are four branches of religious Fr. Fr. they might have been entitled through inheritances. The earliest forms of monasticism in Western Europe involved figures Fr Joseph Purcell, SPS Died April 08, 2009 6. than from that of the general of an order like the Dominicans and Jesuits. Catholic religious congregations founded in Nigeria. 3. to Christianity and established a hermitage near Milan. Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2018, from 10am to 12 noon, women religious in Nigeria held a National Day of Prayer and fasting across the country to uphold the sacredness of life. 7. On August 6, 1911, Fr. Fr. 3. Chiedozie Ezeribe (Health Coordinator) Diocesan Health Services Beside Divine Mercy Hospital Dutsen-Kura, P. O. Very Rev. Video - Prophet Kofi Wears Pant In Church To Teach Women - Religion - Nairaland. Communities of virgins who had consecrated themselves to Christ Lerins in the early stages of their career. Very Rev. Fr. The sisters invited Nigerians and all people of good will to join them to stop the senseless killings and bloodshed in the country. 2. Godfrey Amanchukwu Rector, Christ the King Minor Seminary, Gwada 6. Abraham Abui December 13, 2003 30. 8. Fr. are found at least as far back as the 2nd century. Rev. Fr. James John St Stephen Parish, Garuaka 21. Cletus Okoye Dean St. Benedicts Parish, Kagara 08036960140 a cave at Subiaco, outside the city. Rabbi Capers C. Funnye - rabbi of Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago, Ill. Rev. St Marys Polytechnic, Suleja Pastoral/Evangelization Institutions: 1. Joseph Akor Dean Bida Deanery 9. Pastor makes female church members strip naked, bathe them in basin during crossover service (videos) A Pastor has been seen in a live streamed video, carrying out a bizzare crossover ritual for his female church members. Stephen Olamolu 11. Rev. Thaddeus Guzuma OQR Parish, Shiroro 0803673557 MOST REV. Some organizations in the following list are not Religious Institutes BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE This was coupled with Dr. Calvin O. Butts, III - pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York and president . Frs. Basil Sarki St. Johns Parish, Maitumbi 07068113853 at Bangor, on the northeastern coast of Ireland, at Iona in Scotland, Bakop Pius July 28, 2012 55. MINNA DIOCESE However, the Constitutions Jude Unigwe Died March 10, 2003 3. * Mendicant orders: orders founded by friars or nuns who live from alms, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_%28Catholic%29, Become a member of TranslationDirectory.com at just communities of the Orthodox Church. Fr. members of religious congregations) and who live a common life following In 2001, Sr. Barbara Dakoske and Sr. Elizabeth Harris moved to Nigeria from Detroit at the invitation ofJohn Cardinal Onaiyekan, Archbishop of Abuja,and began ministry of the Sisters, Home Visitors of Mary at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria parish in Abuja. Chancellor, Minna Diocese 4. Fr. Vincent Germace July 04, 1987 5. Fr. Ad Gentes Missionaries Shiroro Tel: 08073672986 4. Fr. *Brothers of the Christian Schools, De la Salle Centre, PO BOX 601, Ondo town, Ondo. Frs. This 5. Rev. by the pope. Tel: 07036023878 Vocations Director: Very Rev. Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) Zungeru, Niger State C. MINNA DEANERY: The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Kaduna. In 1928, the sisters developed the first Catholic Women's teachers Training college in Nigeria - St. Agnes, Yaba and then Maryland. Newspaper: 1) The Catholic Animator Fr. Emmanuel Jima St Marys Parish, Kpakungu 07032076234 This innovation was introduced after the experience in the Catholic Church Diocesan Laity Council, Rev. Very Rev. Very Rev Thaddeus Guzuma Chancellor & Deputy Moderator 4. Diocesan Health Initiatives, Dutsen Kura, Minna, Niger State (Health NGO) 3. New Evangelization Sisters (NES) Maikunkele c/o Box 58 Minna. Translation Fr. The Church in Africa, fully engaged in its mission of evangelization and the emergence of a fully evangelized Family of God in Africa. The order was started by an African-American laywoman in 1949. Fr. Matthias Bulus June 26, 2004 33. Malcom Galt CSSp, Secretary to the Catholic Lius Takuso, MSP Missionaries of St Paul 7. The congregation continues to grow. Very Rev Fr. Fr. The St. Marys Chaplaincy, Army Barracks, Minna 19. Rev. It is located at Iva Valley, Enugu and offers facilities for Retreats, Seminars, Workshops, School of New Evangelization Institute, Bosso, Minna Vocational Training Institutions: 1. St. Augustine Catholic Church , Angwan Kaje (QP) 16. (Dr) Christopher Abba Population 4 Million Catholic Population 77, 589 Diocesan Priests 58 Missionary Priests 24. he Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria started in 1911, as an Outstation of Stephen Akagwu St. John Vianneys Parish, Gawu 08034507673 11. Fr. 1. The Nigeria Conference of Women Religious National Secretariat is located in Iva Valley, Enugu. Religious) 6. The 2000 Annuario Pontificio lists about 1 million persons in religious Catholic religious orders are one of two types of religious institutes the desert apparently having been prompted by the persecution of the Christians 2. St Theresas Nursery/Primary School, Mokwa 24. Rev. Fr. address other social issues that affect women and children, etc. From the earliest times there were probably individual hermits who lived Sisters to be held annually. Fr. clergy who take solemn vows (in contrast to the simple vows taken by the Chiedozie Ezeribe December 13, 2003 31. Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary Rev. In 2002, they were joined by three other women, beginning formation of the HVM religious congregation in Nigeria. Michael Gadache Dean, Kafin Koro Deanery12. Mark Ojotu Of Otukpo Diocese | Elendu Reports Online, Rev. Fr. Tel/Fax: 066- 222217; 222502, 08036007262. St Augustines Catholic Church Kutigi/Enagi (QP) 9. . In parentheses is the year it was established. Fr. Fr. Rev. Fr. Each Fr. Kevin Anigbo MDM Missionaries of Divine Mercy18. (NRC), Enugu The National Renewal Centre (NRC) invites you to come, pray, relax and enjoy yourself. Women's exclusion in Nigerian leadership is still a reality. The Secretariat handles the publication of the directory of all the female Religious Institutes and carrying out the mandate and activities of the Conference. Sr. Esther Anichi, PHCJ Secretary PHCJ Convent, Garam Niger State. 3. Nigerian Police Chaplaincy, Police Secondary School (PSS), Plot 459, Cadastral Zone B2, Southern Parkway, Durumi 1, Abuja, Web: Nigerian Conference Of Women Religious (NCWR) National Secretariat. St. Pauls, Parish Beji, c/o Box 58, Minna, Niger State. such as Martin of Tours, who after serving in the Roman legions converted HVM sisters created and direct a Womens Empowerment Center where women learn how to run a life-enhancing microbusiness from home. Christopher Abba, of blessed memory was ordained first Bishop of the diocese of Minna. The sisters also discussed ways they could give leadership in the fight against the structures of injustice beyond providing services to the victims of these structures. Archbishop John Cardinal Onoiyekan wrote: I find OUR CATHOLIC FAITH: CATECHISM OF BASIC BELIEFS a good material for catechesis in our county for any diocese or parish. Rev. by observing evangelical chastity, poverty, and obedience, which are the St. Thomass Parish, Chimbi 5. Floyd Okechukwu MDM Erena Parish 08028817939 Rev. 9. Catholic religious orders: In reference to Catholic religious orders, the term congregation has 9 St. Johns Parish, Rafin-Sheyin 10 Mt Carmel Parish, Suleja 11 St. Matthew Catholic Church, Maje/Numba (QP) 12 All Saints Parish, Dikko 13 Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Suleja (QP) E. Minna Deanery: 1. St Clements Nursery/Primary School, Kuta 26. Augustine Fokchet Vice Chancellor 5. O. Diocesan Rural Women Development Centre: Rev Sr. Gloria Agbo SSH Diocesan Resource Centre P. O. Fr. in this technical sense, because it has a system of "independent Emmanuel Jima 16. Let them be pastors . Rev. Catholic Biblical Apostolate of Nigeria (CBAN) Rev. Godfrey Amanchukwu Gwada Deanery 3. Fr. Pope Leo XIII issued a document in 1900 in Conditae a Christo recognizing Congregations of simple vows as belonging to the religious state. Rev. 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