HEAL Blog
Welcome! Here we will post news and highlight the faces, needs, and services of HEAL.A Child Prodigy!
Franklin Dikenta is a 12-year-old boy, born on July 14, 2002. His family lives in deplorable poverty in one of the remotest villages of Imo State. Lacking stable employment, Franklin’s father earned money by transporting people on his motorbike. His mother worked by...
The Value of True Fasting
Brothers and Sisters of the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) and HEAL co-missionaries, we are in the season of Lent. We are invited to fast, pray, and believe in the Good News. And yet, fasting is futile without corresponding action. Thus, our fasting should help...
Transports of Joy
The joy was unimaginable, unexplainable, and unquenchable as our dear father founder, Leo Okonkwo, arrived at the Compassionate Home in Umuagwu in our new 18-seat mini-bus on Friday! Every missionary, widow, and orphaned child in the community beamed with ultimate...
Blooming Where We ARE Planted
What an encouraging, excellent, and wonderfully incredible performance!! Wow!! The MOJ-missionaries’ educational apostolate is booming, spreading wide the fire of excellence in youth character formation! We are happy to announce that the poor, abandoned, and less...
Our Escape Plan in Case of Attack
In 2014, Nigerians experienced much psychological trauma due to instability in our country, which affected our Compassionate Home School as well. After Boko Haram attacked in Northern Nigeria last spring, our MOJ missionaries encountered refugees wandering in Eastern...
Room Expansion Complete!
A newly completed HEAL project, the expansion of the children’s quarters, has brought great joy, gratitude, and relief to the orphans and poor children of the Compassionate Home! Your generosity has resolved many issues negatively affecting the lives of our children....
A “Self-Emptying” that Will Change Africa and the World
The man who sat next to me didn't have the appearance of the kind of leader I’d expect to see, whose vision has inspired hundreds of volunteers and religious missionaries in one of the poorest areas of the world. The man was Br. Leo Okonkwo, whose blue and white...
Looking Behind, Looking Ahead
Looking back on 2014, HEAL took major strides in improving our ministry to the widows and orphans in our care. We addressed urgent medical needs by obtaining chemical hand sanitizers and water filters. We enhanced the quality of spiritual care by furnishing our...
Help Us Prevent Ebola in the Compassionate Home
As I’m sure you are aware, the Ebola virus in West Africa has killed far too many people. While Nigeria has been declared Ebola free by the WHO, we have no reliable information that confirms its eradication in the remote, rural villages such as where our HEAL mission...
Formation House Chapel is Furnished
During my visit to Chicago this past October, I spoke with many of you about the Messengers of Justice (MOJ) congregation and our ministry to impoverished widows and orphans. Our ministry is inspired by Jesus, the word of God made flesh (John 1:14), who emptied...