DEMOCRACY AND CHRISTIAN VALUES PASTORAL LETTER 2015 INTRODUCTION:  “Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary” Reinhold Niebuhr. 1.     ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND GRATITUDE In the name of the Most Holy Trinity, the Father Son and the Holy Spirit; in the name of the Universal, Catholic and Apostolic Church, may I humbly greet all of you, the priests, religious and the entire Christ’s lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Onitsha. I sincerely thank you all that within the last year you have continued to contribute to the steady fulfillment of the ultimate task of spreading

THE MEASURE OF LOVE PASTORAL LETTER 2005 INTRODUCTION: The holy season of Lent affords me another opportunity to address you my beloved brothers and sisters, sons and daughters in the Lord, through this pastoral letter dealing on a great and vital theme of our Christian life and relating even to the very identity of God Himself. Our theme this Year of the Holy Eucharist is: THE MEASURE OF LOVE. The Scripture tells us that, “God is love” (cf. 1 Jn. 4:8). Love is also the evidence that we know God, since “whoever does not love does not know God” (cf.

THAT THEY MAY HAVE LIFE PASTORAL LETTER 2004 INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE WITH gratitude and love I present to you my maiden Lenten Pastoral on one of the most central themes on the mission of our Redeemer – who came that we many have life and have it to the full. (Jn.10:10). Our deepest gratitude is due to Almighty God whose graces to us in the Archdiocese of Onitsha and Onitsha Ecclesiastical Province has been in abundance. Ours exemplify to a reasonable extent the biblical seed that fell on good soil which produced fruit a hundredfold. (Lk. 8:8). With humility and joy,

GRATITUDE PASTORAL LETTER 2011 CHAPTER ONE GRATITUDE/GIVING THANKS 1. INTRODUCTION: “Be joyful always, pray at all times, in everything give thanks, for that is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you” (1 Thessalonians 5: 16-18). With this admonition from the First Letter of Saint Paul to the Thessalonians, we introduce the theme of this pastoral letter which is on “giving thanks” or “Gratitude”. It is my desire to single out the virtue of gratitude, the habit of giving thanks, to educate my people on its meaning, purpose and promise, in order that understanding, they will offer thanks with

YOU AND THE COMMON GOOD PASTORAL LETTER 2007 1. INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE With gratitude To God and to the great Onitsha Archdiocesan Family, I recall some events of last year 2006 which marked the Silver Jubilee of my ordination to the sacred priesthood. The way the Archdiocese celebrated the sacerdotal silver jubilee for my classmates, and for myself in particular with great sacrifices and prayers calls for gratitude, humility, greater commitment and renewed dedication on our part. It is at the same time a challenge and an encouragement. May the blessings of the Jubilee abide with our great Archdiocese, now and