Ahead of the celebration of Holy Mass regularly at St. Stella-Maris’ Mass Centre, Maris Schools, Amachai, Okpanam, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, members of Legion of Mary on Saturday, went on evangelism at the neighborhood of the school.
Sir Fidelis Egugbo, a Knight of St. John’s International (KSJI), while receiving the evangelisers, thanked them for propagating the words of God.
He informed them that the Parish Priest of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, Okpanam, Rev. Fr. Andrew Mozia has agreed to be celebrating the Holy Mass regularly using the Maris Hall.
“Glory to Jesus! I am happy to see these joyous, happy faces despite the fact that for hours you have been going round, telling the people about God.
“As you must have noticed, we have a lot of Catholics in this neighborhood, unfortunately, most of them have not attended the Holy Mass for some time due to the fact that there is no place where the Holy Mass is celebrated in this neighborhood.
“It was based on this knowledge that the Parish Priest of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, Okpanam was approached for him to be celebrating the Holy Mass at St. Stella-Maris’ Mass Centre using the Maris Hall, Maris Schools, Amachai, Okpanam and by the grace of God, he has graciously accepted to be doing that.
“We thank Evangeliser Marian Obi for her zeal, the parishioners of St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, especially, Comrades Cletus Ngwodo and Felix Ogedegbe for the roles they played and are still playing for the effective take-off of the Mass Centre, we thank the Catholics and the entire Christian community in the neighborhood of Maris Schools for their patience and strong belief that with God, it is always possible.
“To you, the evangelisers, thank you for rekindling the hope of Catholics and other Christians,” Egugbo said.
Evangeliser Mariam Obi, also, recounted her efforts and that of other Catholics for the St. Stella-Maris’ Mass Centre to commence and thanked God for the positive response by Catholics that there is strong hope that a Mass Centre would be close to them for them to serve God.
A member of the Legion of Mary, MaryJude Aluka of St. Benedict’s Catholic Church, Akuebulu, Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State, expressed joy that the people of the area received them wholeheartedly, asserting, “we have a lot of Catholics in this neighborhood.”
Also, 78-years old Joseph Onuorah Sunday Ijeh, of St Augustine Chaplaincy, Ibusa, observed that with Maris Hall, the Catholics in the area have “a good place to celebrate the Holy Mass.”
He thanked the management and staff of Maris Schools for making the Maris Hall available for the celebration of the Holy Mass and prayed for them.
Sir Christopher Nwaoboshi who was also with the Legion of Mary beamed with smile all through, stating, “with this hall, the people of this neighborhood cannot be denied the opportunity of taking the Holy Communion or attending the Holy Mass at least once a week.”
