My Pastoral
Programme for MMXXV(2025)

30 November

Holy Trinity Awada — Pastoral Visit

Holy Trinity Awada

Pastoral visit — First Sunday of Advent.

30 November

CIWA Collection

Catholic Institute of West Africa collection for the diocese.

30 November

140 Years of the Arrival of the Missionaries

Commemorating 140 years of the arrival of the missionaries.

30 November

Silver Jubilee Celebration

Silver Jubilee celebration.

30 November

50 Years of BSS

50 Years of BSS celebration.

30 November

Diaconate Ordination

Ordination to the diaconate.

07 December

St Mary's Parish Onitsha — Pastoral Visit

St Mary's Parish Onitsha

Pastoral Visit — Second Sunday of Advent.

07 December

Hospital Visitation

Hospital Visitation during the Advent week.

07 December

A Day with the IHM

A day with the IHM Sisters at 10am.

08 December

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Solemnity — Holy Day of Obligation.

14 December

Immaculate Conception Parish Onitsha — Pastoral Visit

Immaculate Conception Parish Onitsha

Pastoral Visit — Third Sunday of Advent.

15 December

Hospital Visitation

Hospital Visitation.

17 December

Hospital Visitation

Hospital Visitation.

19 December

Hospital Visitation

Hospital Visitation.

20 December

Installations

Installations ceremony — Third Advent week.

21 December

St Valerian Akpaka — Pastoral Visit

St Valerian Akpaka

Pastoral Visit — Fourth Sunday of Advent.

25 December

Christmas Mass — Holy Trinity Basilica & Onitsha Prison

Holy Trinity Basilica, Onitsha · Onitsha Prison

Christmas Day Mass at Holy Trinity Basilica and Onitsha Prison.

28 December

Holy Family — Blessed Tansi Parish Umudioka

Blessed Tansi Parish Umudioka

Holy Family Sunday Mass at Blessed Tansi Parish Umudioka.

04 January

St Anthony's Parish Nnokwa — Handover & Dedication

St Anthony's Parish Nnokwa

Handover and Dedication at St Anthony's Parish Nnokwa at 10am.

04 January

BOT — Shanahan University

Board of Trustees meeting — Shanahan University.

04 January

60th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination — Fr Prof P.D. Akpunonu

Blessed Michael Iwene Tansi Major Seminary, Onitsha

60th Anniversary of Priestly Ordination for Rev. Fr Prof P.D. Akpunonu.

11 January

Baptism of the Lord

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord.

17 January

O.E.P. & Cathedral Dedication — Nnewi

Nnewi Cathedral

O.E.P. and Cathedral Dedication at Nnewi — Feast of St Anthony Abbot (Saturday).

18 January

SS. John & Paul Parish — Iba-Pope Awada

SS. John & Paul Parish, Iba-Pope, Awada

Sunday Mass — Second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

18 January

Regnum Christi

Regnum Christi event.

01 February

A Day with the Religious

A Day with the Religious — Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

01 February

Holy Childhood (HCA) Collection

H.C.A. (Holy Childhood Association) collection.

08 February

24th Episcopal Anniversary — Thanksgiving Mass

24th Episcopal Anniversary — Thanksgiving Mass celebrated in all parishes.

08 February

Collection for the Religious

Collection for the Religious.

15 February

SS. John & Paul Parish — Iba-Pope Awada Mass

SS. John & Paul Parish, Iba-Pope, Awada

Mass — Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

15 February

Regnum Christi

Regnum Christi event.

15 February

Lenten Charity Fund — Collection Begins

Lenten Charity Fund collection begins.

17 February

CBCN Meeting — Abuja

Abuja

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) meeting in Abuja.

18 February

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday — begin Lenten preparation. Day of fast (ages 18–59) and abstinence from meat (age 14+). Not a holy day of obligation.

01 March

St Dominic's Parish Abatete — Pastoral Visit

St Dominic's Parish Abatete

Pastoral Visit — Second Sunday of Lent.

01 March

Lenten Charity Fund Collection

Lenten Charity Fund collection.

08 March

Holy Trinity Ogidi

Holy Trinity Ogidi

Visit to Holy Trinity Ogidi — Third Sunday of Lent.

08 March

Laity Week Collections

Laity Week collections.

09 March

Ad Limina Apostolorum

Rome

Ad Limina Apostolorum — Bishops' visit to Rome.

15 March

Pastoral Council

Pastoral Council meeting.

19 March

St Joseph Special Science Seminary Awka-Etiti

St Joseph Special Science Seminary Awka-Etiti

Visit to St Joseph Special Science Seminary Awka-Etiti — Feast of St Joseph.

22 March

St Joseph's Parish Odoakpu — Pastoral Visit

St Joseph's Parish Odoakpu

Pastoral Visit — Fifth Sunday of Lent.

22 March

Lenten Charity Fund Collection

Lenten Charity Fund collection.

22 March

National Emergency Fund Collection

National Emergency Fund collection.

26 March

Chrism Mass & Cathedraticum — Nnobi

Nnobi

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum at Nnobi.

27 March

Chrism Mass & Cathedraticum — Dunukofia

Dunukofia

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum at Dunukofia.

29 March

Passion Sunday Mass — Basilica

Basilica, Onitsha

Palm Sunday Procession and Mass at the Basilica.

29 March

Holy Land Collections

Holy Land Collections — Palm Sunday.

02 April

Chrism Mass & Cathedraticum — Iyiowa-Odekpe

Iyiowa-Odekpe

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum — Holy Thursday.

02 April

Holy Thursday — Mass of the Lord's Supper

Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper; begin Easter Triduum.

03 April

Good Friday — Celebration of the Lord's Passion

Good Friday — Mass not celebrated. Day of fast and abstinence. Celebration of the Lord's Passion.

04 April

Holy Saturday — Easter Vigil

Holy Saturday — Easter Vigil Mass (Easter Sunday Mass).

05 April

Easter Sunday — Basilica & Prison

Basilica, Onitsha · Onitsha Prison

Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica and Onitsha Prison.

05 April

Monastery Umuoji — 25th Anniversary & Professions

Monastery Umuoji

Monastery Umuoji 25th Anniversary — Final Profession and Simple Profession.

05 April

Youth Weekend

Youth Weekend.

12 April

Divine Mercy Sunday — Second Sunday of Easter

Divine Mercy Sunday; Youth Mass; Low Sunday collections.

12 April

Monastery Umuoji Visit

Monastery Umuoji

Visit to Monastery Umuoji.

19 April

St Paul's Parish Ideani — Blessing of a Chapel

St Paul's Parish Ideani

Blessing of a Chapel — Third Sunday of Easter.

26 April

Dedication of College Chapel

Dedication of College Chapel.

26 April

Marian Rosary Celebration

Marian Rosary Celebration.

26 April

Good Shepherd / Vocation Sunday

Good Shepherd Sunday — Fourth Sunday of Easter; St Peter the Apostle (Vocation Sunday).

26 April

Regina Caeli — Umuoji

Umuoji

Regina Caeli celebration at Umuoji.

10 May

St Peter's Parish Nnokwa — Pastoral Visit

St Peter's Parish Nnokwa

Pastoral Visit — Sixth Sunday of Easter.

10 May

O.E.P. & Seminary Formators Meeting

O.E.P. and Seminary Formators meeting.

10 May

All Hallows Seminary Onitsha

All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha

Event at All Hallows Seminary Onitsha.

10 May

St Kizito Girls Secondary School Umudioka

St Kizito Girls Secondary School, Umudioka

Visit to St Kizito Girls Secondary School Umudioka.

17 May

Ascension of the Lord

Ascension of the Lord — Solemnity; Seventh Sunday of Easter.

17 May

St Pius X Seminary Akwu-Ukwu — Investiture

St Pius X Seminary, Akwu-Ukwu

Investiture at St Pius X Seminary Akwu-Ukwu.

17 May

World Day of Social Communication Collections

World Day of Social Communication collections.

18 May

CBCN Bishops' Retreat

CBCN Bishops' Retreat.

24 May

Holy Spirit Parish Ogidi — Church Dedication

Holy Spirit Parish Ogidi

Church Dedication at Holy Spirit Parish Ogidi — Pentecost Sunday.

24 May

Sacred Heart Parish Odoakpu

Sacred Heart Parish Odoakpu

Event at Sacred Heart Parish Odoakpu.

31 May

Holy Trinity Sunday — Basilica

Basilica, Onitsha

Mass at the Basilica — Holy Trinity Sunday.

01 June

Admin Board Meeting

Diocesan Admin Board Meeting.

01 June

Shanahan Day

Shanahan Day celebration.

07 June

Corpus Christi Sunday — Archdiocesan Project Sunday

Body and Blood of Christ; Archdiocesan Project Sunday collection.

28 June

Peter's Pence Collection

Peter's Pence Collection — around Feast of SS Peter & Paul (Jun 29).

28 June

Apostolic Work Begins

Apostolic Work begins for the season.

11 July

Priestly Ordination 2026 — 45th Anniversary of Archbishop Val

Priestly Ordination 2026; 45th Priestly Anniversary of Archbishop Val — Feast of St Benedict.

12 July

Holy Family Youth Village Awka

Holy Family Youth Village, Awka

Visit to Holy Family Youth Village Awka — Fourteenth Sunday.

13 July

Priestly Retreat — Group 1

Priestly Retreat for Group 1.

19 July

C.K.P. Onitsha

Onitsha

C.K.P. meeting at Onitsha — Sixteenth Sunday.

19 July

JDPC Week Collections

JDPC Week collections.

20 July

Priestly Retreat — Group 2

Priestly Retreat for Group 2.

22 July

Madonna Parish Nnobi

Madonna Parish Nnobi

Visit to Madonna Parish Nnobi.

25 July

Reunion

Reunion.

26 July

St Michael the Archangel Nkpor-Agu (Holy Land)

St Michael the Archangel Parish, Nkpor-Agu

Holy Land collection event — Seventeenth Sunday.

26 July

St Peter's Parish Umunnachi

St Peter's Parish Umunnachi

Mass / event at St Peter's Parish Umunnachi at 11am.

02 August

St Gregory the Great Parish Iyiowa-Odekpe

St Gregory the Great Parish, Iyiowa-Odekpe

Visit to St Gregory the Great Parish Iyiowa-Odekpe.

02 August

St Stephen's Parish Obosi

St Stephen's Parish Obosi

Mass / event at St Stephen's Parish Obosi at 11am.

09 August

St Charles Borromeo Parish Onitsha — Pastoral Visit

St Charles Borromeo Parish, Onitsha

Pastoral Visit — Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

15 August

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Assumption of the BVM — Solemnity. Note: no obligation to attend Mass this year.

15 August

IHM Profession — Nkpor Novitiate

Nkpor Novitiate

IHM Profession at Nkpor Novitiate — Feast of the Assumption.

16 August

Kristi bu Chukwu Parish Ogwu-Ikpele

Kristi bu Chukwu Parish, Ogwu-Ikpele

Visit to Kristi bu Chukwu Parish Ogwu-Ikpele.

16 August

Cardinal Arinze Lectures

Cardinal Arinze Lectures.

16 August

Reunion

Reunion (multiple days).

22 August

Apostolic Work Ends

Apostolic Work ends for the season.

23 August

Family Week

Family Week.

23 August

St Dominic's Parish Obosi — Industrial Estate

St Dominic's Parish Obosi Industrial Estate

Visit to St Dominic's Parish Industrial Estate, Obosi.

23 August

St Joseph's Parish Umunnachi

St Joseph's Parish Umunnachi

Visit to St Joseph's Parish Umunnachi.

30 August

Family Week (continued)

Family Week (continued).

30 August

St Gabriel the Archangel Parish Ogidi-Ikenga

St Gabriel the Archangel Parish, Ogidi-Ikenga

Visit to St Gabriel the Archangel Parish Ogidi-Ikenga.

30 August

Final Profession of IHM Sisters

Final Profession of IHM Sisters.

06 September

St Gabriel's Parish Umunnachi — Pastoral Visit

St Gabriel's Parish Umunnachi

Pastoral Visit to St Gabriel's Umunnachi — Twenty-Third Sunday.

06 September

Regnum Christi

Regnum Christi event at 4pm.

10 September

CBCN Meeting

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) meeting.

13 September

Annual Church Fund (ACF) Collection

Annual Church Fund (A.C.F.) collection.

20 September

Jubilee for IHM Sisters

Jubilee for IHM Sisters — Twenty-Fifth Sunday.

20 September

St Joseph's Parish Iba-Pope Awada

St Joseph's Parish, Iba-Pope, Awada

Mass / event at St Joseph's Parish Iba-Pope Awada at 11am.

27 September

St Michael's Parish Fegge

St Michael's Parish, Fegge

Visit to St Michael's Parish Fegge — Twenty-Sixth Sunday.

27 September

A Day with Mary

A Day with Mary.

04 October

Holy Cross Parish Nkpor

Holy Cross Parish, Nkpor

Visit to Holy Cross Parish Nkpor — Twenty-Seventh Sunday.

04 October

Q.R.C. Meeting

Q.R.C. Meeting.

10 October

Visit to IHM Motherhouse & Q.R.C. Meeting

IHM Motherhouse

Visit to IHM Motherhouse by 6am; Q.R.C. meeting at 10am (Saturday).

11 October

Most Holy Name Parish Abatete

Most Holy Name Parish, Abatete

Visit to Most Holy Name Parish Abatete — Twenty-Eighth Sunday.

11 October

Golden Jubilee of Clarisan Sisters

Golden Jubilee of Clarisan Sisters at 10am.

11 October

Catechetical Week Collections

Catechetical Week collections.

18 October

St Charles Lwanga's Parish Okpoko

St Charles Lwanga's Parish, Okpoko

Visit to St Charles Lwanga's Parish Okpoko — Twenty-Ninth Sunday.

18 October

Birthday Anniversary of Archbishop Val — Prison Mass

Onitsha Prison

Birthday Anniversary of Archbishop Val — Mass at the Onitsha Prison.

18 October

World Mission Sunday Collections

World Mission Sunday collections.

01 November

All Saints — Visit to St Charles College Onitsha

St Charles College, Onitsha

All Saints Feast — Visit to St Charles College Onitsha.

01 November

All Saints Feast — All Hallows Seminary Onitsha

All Hallows Seminary, Onitsha

All Saints Feast celebrated at All Hallows Seminary Onitsha.

01 November

All Hallows Seminary Collections

All Hallows Seminary collections.

08 November

St Jerome's Parish Odume-Obosi

St Jerome's Parish, Odume-Obosi

Visit to St Jerome's Parish Odume-Obosi.

08 November

St Patrick Catholic Church New-Heaven

St Patrick Catholic Church, New-Heaven

Visit to St Patrick Catholic Church New-Heaven.

15 November

Onitsha/Owerri Bishops' Meeting — Onitsha

Onitsha

Joint Onitsha/Owerri Provincial Bishops' Meeting hosted at Onitsha.

15 November

Holy Trinity Parish Odume-Obosi

Holy Trinity Parish, Odume-Obosi

Pastoral visit to Holy Trinity Parish Odume-Obosi.

21 November

Pastoral Council Meeting

Pastoral Council Meeting — Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

22 November

Mater Amabilis Secondary School Umuoji — Pastoral Visit

Mater Amabilis Secondary School, Umuoji

Pastoral visit — Solemnity of Christ the King.

22 November

C.K.C. Parish Event

C.K.C. Parish visit — Christ the King.

22 November

AN-Bishops' Meeting

Anambra State Catholic Bishops' Meeting.

29 November

First Sunday of Advent

First Sunday of Advent — Year B begins.

29 November

St Jude Parish Fly-over Fegge

St Jude Parish, Fly-over Fegge

Pastoral visit to St Jude Parish Fly-over Fegge.

29 November

Oluchukwu Microfinance 25th Anniversary & AGM

Oluchukwu Microfinance — 25 years · Annual General Meeting.

29 November

Arrival of the Missionaries 1885 — Commemoration

Commemorating the arrival of the first missionaries in 1885 (141 years).

29 November

CIWA Collections

Catholic Institute of West Africa collections.

06 December

St Mary's Parish Onitsha

St Mary's Parish, Onitsha

Pastoral visit — Second Sunday of Advent.

06 December

A Day with IHM Sisters

A day of prayer and fellowship with the IHM Sisters.

08 December

Immaculate Conception — Holy Day of Obligation

Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary — Holy Day of Obligation.

14 December

Hospital Visits

Hospital visits across the Archdiocese during Advent.

19 December

Installation

Installation ceremony.

19 December

Diaconate Ordination

Ordination to the diaconate.

20 December

C.K.C. Abatete Parish

C.K.C. Abatete

Pastoral visit — Fourth Sunday of Advent.

25 December

Christmas Mass — Basilica & Prisons

Basilica of the Most Holy Trinity, Onitsha · Onitsha Prison

Christmas Day Mass at the Basilica and at Onitsha Prison — Holy Day of Obligation.

26 December

St Anthony's Parish Umudioka

St Anthony's Parish, Umudioka

Pastoral visit — Feast of St Stephen.

27 December

Holy Family — Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Umudioka

Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish, Umudioka

Holy Family Sunday — Blessed Iwene Tansi Parish Umudioka.

27 December

Christmas with Friends

Christmas with Friends gathering.