
This week, we all assisted in a state-sponsored drama where the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, publicly made a mockery of Justice by allegedly forcing a battered woman back to the home she was assaulted in. The woman, Dr. Ifeyinwa...
This week, we all assisted in a state-sponsored drama where the governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom, publicly made a mockery of Justice by allegedly forcing a battered woman back to the home she was assaulted in. The woman, Dr. Ifeyinwa...
Do you have any religious sisters among your friends or family members? I have many of them; some I grew up with, others I saw grow up to adulthood or were my classmates. Some inspired me while I was still discerning...
Christianity is a way of life, but I bet you, in Nigeria, it’s more and more a creed that you just need to pretend to profess. When the Apostles were called Christians in Antioch, it was not about their eloquence, for...
You are a missionary -religious or diocesan – and all you can boast of offering to your community of missions is the record of grottoes and church structures. Church halls and podiums that serve more to goats and sheep, chapels of...
Dans ma mission, je rencontre beaucoup de gens. Je rencontre d’abord beaucoup d’aînées qui, fidèle à la tradition de la messe quotidienne, sont toujours au rendez-vous. De fois, elles bravent un froid de canard pour se rendre à nos célébrations. Ceux...
Hier, le monde a perdu une grande alliée, une dame qui, à sa quatrième saison de vie, a su non pas seulement immigrer dans ce continent digital, mais y est naturalisée en construisant une nouvelle vie autour d’elle. Avec sa présence...
I’m a soro soke generation missionary. I speak up when things are not going on well. I know that my generation was lucky to have been born while the digital age was still modelling our current society. We were lucky to...
Durant les mêmes années 90, lorsque je quittais Havre-Saint-Pierre, après la visite des îles avec le bateau, la Relève, de Jean-Marie Jomphe, le fils de Roland, l’exceptionnel raconteur de la Minganie, nous nous arrêtions à l’église de Mingan. Mes voyageurs aimaient...
Les circonstances dramatiques du décès de Joyce Echaquan nous ont profondément choqués. La présence de Missionnaires Oblats dans des dizaines de communautés autochtones d’un océan à l’autre durant plus de 170 ans nous a mis à l’écoute de leur combat incessant...
They promised us a change An end to the greatest beast of our age And out we ran shouting like a page Thinking that age is a sign of sage From city to cities they waved their broom(s) Promising to renovate...