THE MONTH OF JULY: Dear brothers and sisters, I welcome you all to the month of July,which begins the second half of the year. In this month, the Holy Father calls us to pray for Priests, who experience fatigue and loneliness in their pastoral work, that they may find help and comfort in their intimacy with the Lord and in their friendship with their brother Priests.
This month falls within the Liturgical season of Ordinary Time, a season that is chiefly marked by the hope it offers, hence, the green color of vestments used at Mass at this time. The term “Ordinary Time” is used for this season not because it is common or of not significance but simply because the weeks of Ordinary Time are numbered. The word “Ordinary” as used by the Church follows from the Latin Word “Ordinalis” which further translates to mean “Ordo” from which we get the English equivalent, “Order.” This word presents to us the numbered weeks of Ordinary Time which represents the ordered life of the Church. This points to the two important period in which we live our lives neither in feasting (as in the Christmas and Easter seasons) or in more severe penance (as in Advent and Lent), but in watchfulness and expectation of the Second Coming of Christ
CONCERNING PRIESTS STANDING AS GUARANTOR: This is to remind all Priests and Religiousworking in the Archdiocese of the age-long regulation that inasmuch as they may give
“Letters of Recommendation” to the people they know whenever they ask, no Priest or Religious is allowed, by the virtue of his or her status, to stand or sign as Surety or Guarantor or to bail anyone, not even a member of his or her family. We strongly admonishpriests working in the Archdiocese to observe this age-long regulation to the letter.
ARCHDIOCESAN LAITY HARVEST: The Archdiocesan Laity Harvest scheduled to hold onSunday 5th May, 2019 was rescheduled. The harvest celebrations would now hold on Sunday 14th July, 2019 at the Catholic Church of Divine Mercy, Lekki. Those concerned are tokindly take note.
SINGLES’ DAY WITH THE ARCHBISHOP: This annual Archdiocesan event organized by theDirectorate of Catholic Lay Apostolate Centre in conjunction with the Archdiocesan body of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Nigeria (CCRN) comes up on Saturday 24th August, 2019 at Catholic Church of the Ascension, Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos by 10:00am. Thisevent will begin with the Opening Mass by His Grace, Most Rev. Alfred Adewale Martins, the Archbishop of Lagos. For Advertisement/support/sponsorship in the brochure please contact the Director’s office: 08029270402, or CCRN President: on 08038428028.
FAMILY WEEK 2019: The annual Family Week Celebration in the Archdiocese begins fromSunday 28th of July to Sunday 4th of August 2019. The theme for this year is:“Responding to the modern-day challenges of Human Life, Marriages and Family in Africa.”
