PASTORAL LETTER 2025 MOST REV. VALERIAN M. OKEKE Archbishop of Onitsha INTRODUCTION GRATITUDE: 1. Our joyful praise is due to our Loving Father, Almighty God whose hand of providence is evident in our lives and pastoral duties. We gratefully recall…
1. Gratitude: We give thanks to God for his merciful love. By his grace, we are able to once again reflect on a major aspect of our faith as Catholic Christians, – namely, The Holy Spirit. To God be all…
INTRODUCTION 1. GRATITUDE Our unlimited gratitude goes to God whose power of Grace has continued to manifest exceedingly in our lives and pastoral duties. To Him be glory, honor, praise and thanksgiving for ever, Amen. In the past one year,…
IN FAITH AND PRAYERS, WE MOVE Human life on earth especially for Christians can be called a journey of faith. Faith can be defined as “Man’s response to God, who reveals himself and gives himself to man, at the same…
By Most Rev. Valerian M. Okeke (Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha) Given at Blessed Iwene Tansi Major Seminary, Onitsha 21-10-2023 21.10.2023 DEDICATION OF THE CHAPEL OF BLESSED IWENE TANSI MAJOR SEMINARY, ONITSHA 1. SOME CLARIFICATIONS: v Church:…
By Most Rev. Valerian M. Okeke (Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha) Given at St. Cletus Parish, Otolo, Nnewi 13-10-2023 MAY YOU SEE THE GLORY OF GOD! Why Anniversaries? An anniversary is the annual recurrence of a date marking a…
DO NOT BE AFRAID My beloved brothers and sisters, Happy Christmas to you all. My Christmas message is from the Holy Book, the Bible which says: DO NOT BE AFRAID. As we celebrate the message of peace, the birth…
THE HOLY SPIRIT: MAN’S HELPER AND FRIEND PASTORAL LETTER 2022 INTRODUCTION: 1. Gratitude:We give thanks to God for his merciful love. By his grace, we are able to onceagain reflect on a major aspect of our faith as Catholic Christians,…
LET US JOURNEY WITH FAITH Now is Christmas when we celebrate the mystery of the birth of Christ, the incarnation. God became man and dwelt among us. God became man and by so doing divinized human nature. In Christ God…
PRO-LIFE/ANTI-AIDS CAMPAIGN MOVEMENTSEMINARIANS FOR LIFE THEME: THE VICES OF FREEDOM: ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR PRO-CHOICE Greetings your Grace, we are the members of Seminarians for Life (Pro- Life) Pope JohnPaul II Major Seminary, Awka. We feel great and honored…