Masters Perform Unforgettable Drama!

Aug 30, 2019 | Education, Youth

The students of BOMCA (a.k.a. “the Masters”) perform dramas to express the Self-Emptying (Phil 2:6-11) mission of HEAL and the charism and apostolate of the Messengers of Justice Sisters (MOJ’s). I witnessed such a performance at my send off ceremony on July 13, the...

Fr. Augustus Tolton’s Story Told in Africa!

Aug 9, 2019 | Uncategorized

I had the distinct privilege to speak about Fr. Tolton to the secondary school section of BOMCA in July. Special thanks to Bishop Joseph N. Perry, Postulator for the Cause of Augustus Tolton, and Joyce Duriga, editor of Chicago Catholic, for providing me with...

Nick Welcomed to Akpim Village Igbo Style

Jul 19, 2019 | Trips

The Igbo people express hospitality for their visitors through displays of their wonderful culture going back to time immemorial. Enjoy this video of my welcoming reception in Akpim village a few weeks ago. Our mission of forming Servant Leaders, in the spirit of...

MOJ’s and Masters Fending for their Food

Jun 11, 2019 | Food, MOJ

In 2017, HEAL’s Coordinator for Widow’s Outreach, named Dorothy, brought Deacon Leo and I to her home village of Ekwe to show us the squalid conditions many of her people were suffering there. We encountered a widow named Ijioma and two of her children, whom I...

Help HEAL fight Malaria!

May 25, 2019 | Medical

On my first trip to Nigeria in 2014, a security guard stopped me at the airport in Lagos and said, “I need your Yellow Fever card.” I replied I didn’t have one, knowing it wasn’t required. He proceeded to take my passport and not return it until Deacon Leo arrived at...