Mission Appeal

We will be welcoming our visiting priest, Rev. Stephen Ositimehin of Ijebu-Ode Diocese, Nigeria. Rev. Stephen who was ordained a Catholic priest on January 24, 2009 and he has had over 12 years of missionary experience in the Mission area of Ijebu-Ode, Nigeria. He is currently the pastor of St. Veronica Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Ijebu-Ode Diocese is located in the Western part of Nigeria, near Lagos. The Diocese is a rural but growing Diocese. Her population is predominantly Muslim (50%), 30% Christians of other denominations, 10% Catholics and 10% Traditional African believers. The Diocese has 45 parishes with over 150 mission stations. The Catholic population does not have enough material and financial resources to sustain her many developing programs of evangelization: sustenance of priest and religious, training of seminarians, scholarships to children (both catholic and non-Catholics) in elementary and high schools and to sustain primary health care project for the villagers. Rev. Stephen is here to talk and share