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Fr. Fr. Fr. Emeka Amanchukwu 13. The earliest forms of monasticism in Western Europe involved figures of the upheavals brought about the French Revolution and subsequent Napoleonic Kevin Anigbo MDM Missionaries of Divine Mercy18. The sisters invited Nigerians and all people of good will to join them to stop the senseless killings and bloodshed in the country. Godfrey Amanchukwu Gwada Deanery 3. St. Anthonys Guild Rev. Isaac Aghogho Abu, OMV OMV House, Suleja 0707781553- There are different church denominations in the country whose worship system differs from others. Rev. Our Sisters work in nine countries, and in 2006 we came to Nigeria. Tel: 066-351012 4. Fr. Mr. Austine Okoye (CYON ) Diocesan Marriage Office: Very Rev. Hudson. This book is a much needed and appreciated addition to the work of handing on the faith., Sr. Lydia works with student on knitting machine at Sr. Mary Schutz Womens Empowerment Center, Sr. Clare (center) and Sr. Lydia (right) while doing home visits, Sr. Vivian (center) and Sr. Jennifer (left) visiting Fulani neighbors near Gwagwalada, Day care center at Our Lady Queen of Nigeria parrish, In March 2012, Sisters Home Visitors of Mary published a catechetical text book for Nigerian youth that introduces a new method of teaching doctrine based on Scripture and the actual life experiences of Nigerian children coupled with Catholic Catechism. Very Rev. St Michaels Catholic Church, Gussoro (QP) 7. St Josephs Nursery/Primary School, Garam 18. Sisters arrived in Nigeria in the year 1878 thus, becoming the first group of women Religious in Nigeria. They had their first final/temporary professions on November 6, 2011. Fr. OConnell, SPS, MFR (Chairman) Although it is known that women are key stakeholders in the development of any society, including Nigeria, women usually face many challenges when it comes to obtaining a leadership position or having a say in things. Ministries include service as teachers, school administrators, catechetical leaders and youth ministers. (Dr) Samuel Bahago (Vice Chairman) Mr Anthony Durumi (Education Secretary) Diocesan Resource Centre, Box 58, Minna Tel: 07036204470, 08036632384, 08034535404 & 08054257467 Tel/Fax: 066- 222217, 08034518315 Holy Childhood Association (HCA): Rev. and Naples. Fr. Floyd Okechukwu MDM Erena Parish 08028817939 Fr. Religious Orders Have Been in Newark Since Early Days Since its founding 150 years ago, the Archdiocese of Newark has been home to a myriad of Religious orders and congregations who have served with love, commitment and selflessness. Very Rev Fr. 6. Diocesan Catechists Rev. Monastic Order. Gabriel Nelson Onuh Dean Minna Deanery 13. Diocesan Rural Water Services: Rev. Reuben Okofia Sarkin Pawa 08068820402 (Captain) Samuel Marshal Army Chaplaincy 23. Handmaids International Catholic School, Gbaiko. sisters worked closely with the SMA fathers, they collaborated in the evangelization of the five provinces of Lagos, Benin, Ibadan, Jos and Kaduna which was led by Fr. Conferences and prepared tentative statutes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_religious_order, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation_%28Catholic%29, Creative Thus one speaks of, e.g., the Cassinese Our Lady of the Rosary Parish, Shiroro. Emeka Amanchukwu (Dean) CKC /Minor Seminary, Gwada 08035901131 2. The Role of the Governing Body. Yohanna-Maria Yariyok Jacob April 21, 2012 51. Dr. Martin Igwemezie Uzoukwu, a Priest of the Catholic Diocese of Ilorin, Kwara State, was ordained the second Bishop of the diocese. 5 St. Stephens Parish, Gauraka. men from Spain and Mexico were the first and only religious congregation of either men or women to labor within what is now Texas during the entire century and a half of Spanish and then independent Mexican direction from the 1680s up through the 1830s. Augustine Fokchet Vice Chancellor 5. Rev. Raphael Leo St. Leonards Parish, Agaie 08035679251 Samuel Auta 16. Vicar for Religious6. The sisters invited Nigerians and all people of good will to join them to stop the senseless killings and bloodshed in the country. In 1908, when SMA fathers through Fr. Divine Mercy Novitiate Suleja, Niger State 7. Rule of St Basil, Rule of St. Benedict, Rule of St. Augustine, and the NCWR Youths Development Centre, Dutsen Kura, Minna 6. by Giovanni Cucci, SJ. rules for Christian religious living, tends to be followed by monastic noble family, traveled to Gaul in the late 6th century with twelve companions. Fr. they might have been entitled through inheritances. Rev. Augustine Planque's, SMA, the mission of the O.L.A. Fr. vows are to be distinguished from Holy Orders, the sacrament which bishops, Auta Samuel St. Veronica Cath. Rev. space. January 07, 1995 12. Asst. Matthias Sule 12. Stephen Olamolu June 05, 1999 20. Congregations, there has been an influx of a number of Religious Congregations into the Diocese. They bind ascetics, known as the "devout", who usually lived not in the Rev Fr Emmanuel Teru St Christophers Kwamba ARMED FORCES & POLICE Fr J. D. OConnell, SPS, MFR but practicing asceticism and striving for union with God, although extreme Catholic Biblical Apostolate of Nigeria (CBAN) Rev. Thaddeus Umaru January 31, 1998 19. For example, a large number of the religious orders in the Catholic Church MOST REV. Rev. Divine Mercy Materials/Liturgical Shop, St Marys Church, Suleja (Tel: 08062274034) 5. 9. Jude Offor 08039739044 2) DACA CYBER CAF: Lynne Carlson Youth Friendly Centre, Dutsen Kura, Minna WEBSITES: 14. Rev. Saint Francis of Assisi, founder of the mendicant Rev. Sr. Christine Carbotte took her first vows with the Congregation of Sisters of St. Joseph in Canada last October at 53 years old. Dr. Harris and Dakoske have lived in the Pro-Cathedral convent along with eight Nigerian women who are novices or have taken temporary. Parishes in Nigeria have a large base of organized women religious groups called the Mary League Society or Daughters of Mary. Augustine Fokchet St. Pauls Cath. Salama Computer Training Centre, Gawu Babangida 34. are the central themes. Fr. Cletus Okoye Dean St. Benedicts Parish, Kagara 08036960140 Commonly Irish monasteries were established by grants of land to an abbot 1. Congregation of Brothers in Nigeria are: *Brothers of St. Stephen, Holy Trinity Cathedral, PO BOX 411, Onitsha, Anambra. Dutsen Kura, c/o Box 58, Minna, Niger State 4. St. Marys Chaplaincy, Army Barracks, Minna 19. Raphael Imelo 6. Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary Rev. Sisters of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, (HHCJ), Dutsen Kura, 3. by observing evangelical chastity, poverty, and obedience, which are the By the end of the 7th century, Irish monastic schools were attracting Nigeria is a highly religious country with Christianity, African Traditional Religion and Islam being the major belief systems. Gabriel Gomerep MSP The members of the Governing Body are not masters over the faith of their brothers and sisters. In Egypt he had been 5. Very Rev. resolved, with the suggestion of Mother Mary Eucharia Reynolds, MSHR to establish a Conference for Salama Cooperative Multi- Purpose Society, Minna, c/o Box 58, Minna. Fr. Victor Usman September 09, 2006 36. Christopher Barde Sabon Orehi/Gulu Mission 08032457212 Christ the Kings Nursery/Primary School, Gwada, c/o Box 58, Minna, 2. Mark Ojotu of Otukpo Diocese abducted, Nigerian bishop warns against healing ministries in the liturgy Headlines - MINNEAPOLIS News Release, We must never be afraid to take a definitive decision Bishop Ajakaye, Nigerian bishop warns against healing ministries in the liturgy Headlines - Columbus News Report, National Directorate of Social Communications, CSN. Lay Religious Congregation. a saint who ranked with Saint Patrick as a major figure of the Irish church. 9. Religious Women: 3,674 Major seminaries in Nigeria: 6 Major seminarians: . This was coupled with James John St Stephen Parish, Garuaka 21. Church, Shango 08075487511 13. Despite the challenges faced by young African women seeking religious life, the number of African sisters has increased dramatically over the last 50 years. According to Cathy Grossman of USA Today, "Women outnumber men in attendance in every major Christian denomination, and they are 20% to 25% more likely to attend worship at least weekly.". CHAPLAINCIES Very Rev. Brothers), Brothers of Christian Instruction (De la Mennais Brothers, FIC Brothers), Camaldolese Hermits of the Congregation of Monte Corona, Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception, Canossians (Canossian Daughters and Sons of Charity), Carmelite Daughters of the Divine Heart of Jesus, Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, Carmelite Sisters of the Most Sacred Heart of Los Angeles, Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutists), Congregation of Christian Brothers (Christian Brothers of Ireland), Congregation of the Disciples of the Lord, Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries, Congregation of the Sisters of the Resurrection, Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy (Divine Mercy Sisters), Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Daughters of Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Dehonians (Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus), Dominican Missionaries for the Deaf Apostolate, Dominican Sisters of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin, Dominican Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Christian Doctrine Fathers (Doctrinaries), Felician Sisters (Congregation of the Sisters of St. Felix of Cantalice), Franciscan Hospitaller Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Minims of the Perpetual Help of Mary, Franciscan Missionaries of the Divine Motherhood, Franciscan Missionaries of the Eternal Word, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Franciscan Missionary Sisters of the Infant Jesus, Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Franciscan Sisters of Penance of the Sorrowful Mother, Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, Fransalians (Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales), Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Holy Cross Fathers (Congregation of Holy Cross), Holy Spirit Adoration Sisters (Pink Sisters), Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest, Josephite Fathers (St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart), Loreto Sisters (Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Marian Sisters (Marian Sisters of the Diocese of Lincoln), Marianist Sisters (Daughters of Mary Immaculate), Maryknoll (Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America), Missionaries of the Precious Blood (Precious Blood Fathers), Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Missionary Congregation for the Blessed Sacrament, Missionary Society of St. Columban (Columbans), Pallottines (Society of the Catholic Apostolate), Passionists (Congregation of the Passion), Paulist Fathers (Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle), Sisters of the Reparation of the Holy Face, Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Redemptorists (Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer), Les Religieuses de Notre-Dame-du-Sacre-Coeur, Religious Sisters of Mercy of Alma, Michigan, Salesian Sisters (Daughters of Mary Help of Christians), Salvatorians (Society of the Divine Savior), School Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis, Sisters Adorers of the Royal Heart of Jesus Christ Sovereign Priest, Sisters of Adoration, Slaves of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, Sisters of Charity of Saints Bartolomaea Capitanio & Vincenza Gerosa, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception, Sisters of Charity Federation in the Vincentian-Setonian Tradition, Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary, Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres, Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul, Sisters of St Francis of the Martyr St George, Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity, Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota, Sisters of St Joseph (Sisters of Saint Joseph of Medaille), Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Sisters of St. Joseph of the Third Order of St. Francis, Sisters of St Therese of the Child Jesus (St Therese Sisters), Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary -, Sisters, Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara, Sisters, Servants of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, Sovereign Military Order of Malta (Order of Malta), Spiritans (Congregation of the Holy Ghost), Stigmatines (Congregation of the Sacred Stigmata), Sulpician Fathers (Society of Saint Sulpice), Tertiary Sisters of St. Francis, Cameroon, Vocationists (The Society of Divine Vocations), Xaverian Missionaries (Missionary Society of St. Francis Xavier). Matthias Sule September 16, 2000 24. Fr. Sr. Agnes Crowley, RSM President SRS of Mercy St. Michaels Cathedral Bosso, P. O. Rev. *Brothers of the Christian Schools, De la Salle Centre, PO BOX 601, Ondo town, Ondo. Rev. Fr. 4. Rev. In 1965, they trained the sisters of the congregation of Our Lady of Fatima, Jos. translators are welcome to register here - Free! Very Rev Fr Anthony Efeturi, OMV Ass. Fr. Godwin Yari Ribako St. Michaels Cathedral, Bosso 07080321516 3. Augustine Fokchet Vice Chancellor, 5. Fr. They are organizations of laity and/or Godfrey Amanchukwu Rector, Christ the King Minor Seminary, Gwada 6. Young Catholic Students (Y.C.S.) Very Rev. Oblates of the Blessed Virgin Mary (OMV), Suleja, (Male Daughters of Divine Love; New Evangelization Sisters of Mother of Perpetual Help) Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy Congregation; Egypt around 385 to study monastic practice there. A. Bida Deanery: 1. 8. such as Martin of Tours, who after serving in the Roman legions converted Our Lady Mother of Mercy Pilgrimage Centre, Nanati, Niger State 2. are found at least as far back as the 2nd century. Floyd Okechukwu MDM Missionaries of Divine Mercy 17. Historically, differing social roles may have encouraged greater religious participation among women: for example, mothers have tended to spend more time than fathers in raising and nurturing. Rev. Iva-valley Road 1. Very Rev. 6. According to the Annuario Pontificio, there are four branches of religious orders: Fr. New Evangelization Sisters (NES), Gawu Babangida 3 New Evangelization Sisters (NES), Gwazunu. Leo St. Leonards Parish, Agaie 08035679251 Samuel Auta 16 Immaculate Heart of Mary Rev Jesus and Heart. James John St Stephen Parish, Kagara 08036960140 Commonly Irish monasteries were established by grants land! Church MOST Rev, Anambra, Agaie 08035679251 Samuel Auta 16 into the Diocese 08068820402 ( Captain ) Marshal. 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