Pastoral visit – First Sunday of Advent

Commemorating 140 Years of the Arrival of Missionaries

Silver Jubilee celebration

50 Years of BSS celebration

Diaconate Ordination

Pastoral Visit to St Mary's Parish Onitsha – Second Sunday of Advent

Solemnity – Holy Day of Obligation

Pastoral Visit – Third Sunday of Advent

Installations ceremony – Third Advent Week

Pastoral Visit – Fourth Sunday of Advent

Christmas Day Mass at Holy Trinity Basilica and Onitsha Prison

Holy Family Sunday Mass at Blessed Tansi Parish Umudioka

Handover & Dedication at St Anthony's Parish Nnokwa at 10am

Board of Trustees meeting – Shanahan University

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

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

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

24th Episcopal Anniversary – Thanksgiving Mass celebrated in all parishes

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

Ash Wednesday – Begin Lenten preparation; Day of fast (ages 18-59) and abstinence from meat (age 14+). NOT a holy day of obligation.

Pastoral Visit – Second Sunday of Lent

Visit to Holy Trinity Ogidi – Third Sunday of Lent

Ad Limina Apostolorum – Bishops' visit to Rome

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

Pastoral Visit – Fifth Sunday of Lent

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum at Nnobi

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum at Dunukofia

Palm Sunday Procession and Mass at the Basilica

Chrism Mass and Cathedraticum – Holy Thursday

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

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

Holy Saturday – Easter Vigil Mass (Easter Sunday Mass)

Easter Sunday Mass at the Basilica and Onitsha Prison

Monastery Umuoji 25th Anniversary – Final Profession and Simple Profession

Divine Mercy Sunday; Youth Mass; Low Sunday Collections

Blessing of a Chapel – Third Sunday of Easter

Dedication of College Chapel

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

Pastoral Visit – Sixth Sunday of Easter

Ascension of the Lord – Solemnity; Seventh Sunday of Easter

Investiture at St Pius X Seminary Akwu-Ukwu

CBCN Bishops and Retreat

Church Dedication at Holy Spirit Parish Ogidi – Pentecost Sunday

Mass at the Basilica – Holy Trinity Sunday

Diocesan Admin Board Meeting

Shanahan Day celebration

Body and Blood of Christ; Archdiocesan Project Sunday Collection

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

Visit to Holy Family Youth Village Awka – Fourteenth Sunday

Priestly Retreat for Group 1

Priestly Retreat for Group 2

Holy Land collection event – Seventeenth Sunday

Pastoral Visit – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Assumption of the BVM – Solemnity. Note: No obligation to attend Mass this year.

IHM Profession at Nkpor Novitiate – Feast of the Assumption

Cardinal Arinze Lectures

Family Week

Family Week (continued)

Final Profession of IHM Sisters

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

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) Meeting

Jubilee for IHM Sisters – Twenty-Fifth Sunday

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

Golden Jubilee of Clarisan Sisters at 10am

Birthday Anniversary of Archbishop Val – Mass at the Onitsha Prison

All Saints Feast – Visit to St Charles College Onitsha

All Saints Feast celebrated at All Hallows Seminary Onitsha

Joint Onitsha/Owerri Bishops' Meeting hosted at Onitsha

Pastoral Visit – Christ the King Sunday

AN-Bishops' Meeting

First Sunday of Advent 2026 – Year B begins

Commemorating the Arrival of the Missionaries in 1885 (141 Years)

Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity and Holy Day of Obligation

Installation ceremony

Diaconate Ordination

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