Seigneur, fait de nous des missionnaires en sortie. Quand domine le sentiment de vide Montre-nous la beauté de la mission Là où il y a l’incapacité de continuer les missions traditionnelles Montre-nous les nouveaux pauvres de la périphérie existentielle Là où…
Over two thousand years in Jerusalem Men thought to put an end to the light They conspired to quench its source But God 3 days later rekindled the flames And from nothingness it rose victorious again On this twenty first century…
No unfriendly word did we hear him utter As the disciple on his cheeks did plaster That ghosty kiss that had the saviour killed And the drowsy hearts of the apostles chilled It wasn’t like the gesture was to him a…
As a young black missionary priest from the Southern Hemisphere Residing and working in this extensive and beautiful northern biosphere I am on a regular basis confronted by series of new and diverse challenges And the more I face those challenges…
Il existe une magnifique ville au Nord du Québec appelée Schefferville Où l’hiver comme l’oiseau de mauvais augure réclame toujours la tempête Et le printemps, comme les épinettes noires, vénère la déesse de neige Et quand vient l’été, ce qui est…
In the days of our grand parents, no girl cared which man she married As long as the dude really came, enough palm wine and Kola carried At that time, not knowing the husband-to-be was not for them a setback Even…
Voilà le cinquième hiver de mon joyeux séjour au parallèle 55 de ce beau pays de neige Désormais je peux vous dire évidemment que j’aime, en principe, le froid du Québec Mais surtout pas quand il vente sérieusement comme…
Tempus fugit, une flèche sur la main d’un chasseur valeureux Et « tempus lentus est », tel un escargot chassé par un moineau Mais de quoi dire de l’expérience d’un simple trajet qui dure l’éternité ? Quand le temps, dans toute sa férocité, parait-il,…
As the debate on sexual abuse in the churches continues, I wish to join my voice to one of those silent voices rising up from Nigeria. During her intervention, in the shortly concluded summit on clergy sexual abuse, which took place…
Today’s Lagos building collapse is one collapse more than Nigerians should bear. Lagos state has been known for frequent building collapses, ranging from resident houses through churches but the collapse of a school building which took the life of many innocent…
