Sunday, December 18, 2022
Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Callistus Onaga
The Catholic Bishop of Enugu Diocese, Callistus Onaga, on Saturday, banned monks from conducting crusades of their parishes.
Mr Onaga introduced the ban in his homily on the ordination of 26 monks and the celebration of fifty years anniversary of the Sacred Coronary heart Seminary, Nsude (Junior Seminary) in Enugu.
The bishop charged the monks to organise retreats for his or her parishioners and pay larger consideration to prayers and never maintain crusades.
Mr Onaga, who was celebrating his fifty fifth alma mater, warned monks towards forming prayer teams, however to take their members to permitted prayer locations like Ugwu Dì Nso, monastery and others.
“Don’t undertake the Pentecostal strategy of service, and watch out in forming prayer teams,” he charged.
He admonished the newly-ordained monks to hunt non secular holiness and keep away from being dragged into secular affairs.
Earlier, the rector of the seminary, Rev. Fr. Stanislaus Onodugo, stated the seminary was the brain-child of Bishop of Enugu, His Lordship Godfrey Okoye of blessed reminiscence, in 1972.
He acknowledged that since 1972, monks and lay individuals that went by means of the seminary had graduated into respected personalities.
“As we speak, the seminary can boast of no less than one bishop who was among the many second set to review on this seminary, and that’s Bishop Onaga.
“We’re additionally celebrating the grand finale of our golden jubilee which began since June 27.
“As we speak, our expensive bishop raised 26 deacons to the Order of Priesthood and we’re completely satisfied that such an occasion is occurring in our time,” Mr Onodugo stated.
Bishop Onaga was among the many second set of scholars to be admitted into the seminary in 1973.
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