Devotion to Mary Is Key in Servant Leadership Formation

In Jesus’ first miracle, He replenished the supply of wine for the Cana wedding guests at His mother Mary’s request (See John 2). This familiar Gospel reminds us of how Our Lady is always pleading for us with her Divine Son. As a boy, Rev. Leo Okonkwo found himself in...

Health Inspector: Students Must Be Socially Distanced!

“You can poison your family and friends, but not the general public!”, a food sanitation instructor exclaimed humorously yet seriously to vendors who would be serving food to the public at the “Taste of Chicago” summer fest. I took that class back in the late 1980’s,...

Give $10/month to Help Sr. Dorothy’s Mission!

In yesterday’s Gospel (Mk 3:7-12), Our Lord boards a boat off shore of the Sea of Galilee to avoid being crushed by a great crowd pressing upon him.  In the crowd, people with various diseases wanted to touch him and be healed.  Sr. Dorothy processing up the aisle...

Help Us Complete Exam Hall for Our Students

This Christmas season, Christians prepare for the 2nd Coming of Christ by reflecting back upon His first coming at His birth. This 2021 academic year in Nigeria, after 6 months of school closings due to the C-19 pandemic, HEAL prepares the Masters for their...

New Farm Will Foster Food Independence

I walked into the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) vegetable garden, where Sr. Ann Onyedieke, MOJ taught me how to plant a pumpkin seed.  “Plant the seed with the head facing down so that when it opens the tap root sprouts up through the soil”, she said while demonstrating...

BOMCA Needs Help Overcoming Adverse Conditions

A new fuel tax in Nigeria has spiked the cost of transportation for working people, who expressed their disfavor to our new media partner, CCPM-TV. Combined with the arguably draconian measures now in effect to stop the spread of COVID-19, this tax forms a double dose...