This Christmas will be like no other – ever – for Obinna and Amarachi Mary Ugwoke. The couple’s twin boys, John and James, were born on May 8 at First Covenant Hospital in Satellite Town, Nigeria. But this typically joyful time provoked serious anxiety for the couple: the babies were […]
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The Vice Province of Nigeria continues to count her blessings and to name them one-by-one. This time, it’s the news of the blessing of the Temporary profession of six young men who said goodbye to the world to follow the person of the Redeemer in the Congregation of the Most […]
The III phase of General Chapter for COREAM (Conference of Africa and Madagascar) was held in Lagos, Nigeria a couple of weeks ago. The meeting was held at the Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Centre. Meetings of the Phase III General Chapter was held between the 16 to […]
Saints Michael, Raphael and Gabriel Catholic Church (Archangels’ Parish) in Satellite Town – the very first foundation of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer in Nigeria – celebrates its feast on June 27 every year to coincide with the Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help to maximize the […]
Commemorating the feast of St. Clement Hofbauer, considered the second founder of the Congregation, was a delight for the Mater Domini Novitiate community in the Vice Province of Nigeria. Confreres, families and members of the worshipping community gathered to celebrate the liturgy, during which seven novices were clad with a […]
The Redemptorist Nigerian mission commenced on September 30th, 1987, when four Redemptorist arrived on the shores of Lagos Lagoon to begin their work in Satellite Town, Lagos. In the spirit of St. Alphonsus, those early missionaries worked tirelessly to spread the Gospel to the poor and most abandoned. By 2008 […]