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East Nigeria province celebrates Claretian Family Day
Oct
New Owerri, Nigeria. With pomp and pageantry, the Claretian Missionaries East Nigeria Province on Sunday 24 October 2021 celebrated the Feast of their Father Founder St Anthony Mary Claret. This year’s feast was combined with the Claretian Family Day which usually is celebrated on the following Sunday after the Feast of St. Anthony Mary Claret. The celebration took place at St Anthony Mary Claret Catholic Church Area A, New Owerri, Imo State.
The occasion began with a Eucharistic celebration presided over by the Provincial Superior, Very Rev Fr Simeon Nwobi, CMF while scores of priests concelebrated. In his homily, the Provincial Superior, described St. Anthony Mary Claret as “a man who was deeply rooted in spirituality and audacious in his ministry to people of God. He remained focused in life right from his childhood and was not distracted for any reason. Linking the life of Claret to the Gospel reading taken from Mark 10: 46-52, the Provincial Superior said: “Bartimaeus was not distracted from what he wanted from the Lord, even when the crowd tried to discourage and distract him.