Opinion

By Okechukwu Anarado A healthy tree’s branch snapped at a vulture’s impetuous perch. Darkness suddenly overtook a bright and sunny day.  And mortals, in recoil, ponder over the mysteries that pervade the moment. If only the reality could be upturned. Randie’s passage presents this scenario. Life, in all its expressions, harps on its utmost transience. It continually upholds the trifle ...

By Paschal Chisom Obi Anger is among the seven capital sins. Archbishop Fulton Sheen calls anger the sin of the mind and as such, countless other deadly and grievous sins spring from it. One of the greatest battles of life is the battle to “put away anger,” and not just controlling it. Some Christians will not go to heaven, not ...

By Nze Nwabueze Akabogu The popular saying that some people are born great, and some others have greatness thrust upon them while some other people achieve greatness by sheer dint of hard work and perseverance is very apt in the current discussion on the man of the moment, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar (GCON), a former Vice President of the Federal Republic ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Hello everyone! Hope you’ve been enjoying your breakfast these past few weeks? I must confess it has really been a wonderful series for me. I enjoyed every episode, the preparations, the outcome and the mistakes made and the corrections taken. But in all, anything that has a beginning, always has an end. And so, I am sad ...

By Paschal Chisom Obi Every moment of our life is as important as the air we breathe. There are times of joy and sorrow and in each moment, we encounter people, places and things. Appreciation of these moments creates lovely memories. It brings joy, clarity, breakthrough, and new-insight to our lives. It breaks the barrier of nationality, religion, age, race, ...

The Novice Master of the Schoenstatt Fathers Community, Ibadan; Rev. Fr. Herbert Opara has described wisdom as the mother of all virtues. He made this statement on the 13th of October, 2018, during his Sunday homily at the Victory Shrine of Our Lady Queen of Schoenstatt, Ijokodo, Ibadan, Nigeria. According to him, “Wisdom gives one the pristine gift of wise ...

(continued from last edition) 2.8.2 Common Emotions in Teenagers (contd) Guilt: Teenagers experience different types of guilt. Real guilt is a situation or condition of fact more than a feeling. It is experienced when a person has actually sinned, committed a crime, or purposefully wronged someone by an act or a consciously neglected act. The guilt here is not always ...

By Prof Michael Ogunu The apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Akita, Japan to Sr. Agnes Sasagawa began on June 12, 1973 when the sister saw brilliant mysterious rays emanate suddenly from the tabernacle. The same thing happened on each of the two days that followed. Sister had been very ill, requiring about 20 operations. When the apparitions began, ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Still on our breakfast series, this week, I will be teaching you a very simple and mouthwatering breakfast recipe. This recipe is not just delicious is it also appetizing and beautiful. So, this week I will be teaching you how you can spice up your sandwich to something more interesting and inviting. I will be teaching you ...

A Homily Preached by Most Rev. Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, Apostolic Administrator of Ahiara Diocese on 10th October, 2018 at the Opening Mass of the Second Plenary Meeting of the Directors of Social Communication holding in Ahiara Diocese. My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, it gives me tremendous joy to welcome you all to Ahiara Diocese for the second plenary ...

RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF ARCH/DIOCESAN/RELIGIOUS DIRECTORS OF COMMUNICATION OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA (ADRDCCN) ISSUED AFTER THE SECOND PLENARY. Held at Chris VI Hotels and Resort, Afor Ogbe Road, Eke Ahiara Junction, Mbaise, Imo State, in the Catholic Diocese of Ahiara, Nigeria, from October 9-12, 2018. Preamble 1. We give thanks to God the Father, the Source of ...

By Sr. M. Rosanna Emenusiobi IHM (Ph.D) (continued from last edition) 1.5 Adolescent Emotional Development Remember that adolescence is a period of transition. The emotional world of adolescence is typically fast and intense. A prevailing characteristic of change, whether psychological, spiritual or chemical is instability. And so it is with a teenager’s emotional development. Girls are especially prone to experience ...

By Nze Nwabueze Akabogu (JP) The British people are currently in a terrible political quagmire occasioned by the protracted negotiations with the European Union (EU) over the process of their final exit from the twenty eight member nations Union in March 2019. The negotiations between the U.K and EU had been a prolonged and tortuous journey right from the outset ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Hello good people, I hope you enjoyed your Plantain Frittata of last week? Still on the breakfast series, this week I will be giving you one of my favourite Pancake Recipes. Now, do you have banana in your house that is getting spoilt? Do you know that wastage is a sin before God and man? Dont worry,Fides ...

1.4. The Adolescents’ Essential Developmental Tasks Apparently, teenagers’ behaviour often appears to have no understandable goal or meaning. For instance, why is it sometimes so difficult to get them to quiet down before a youth meeting? Why is it so hard for them to see beyond their own needs? Why do they sometimes refuse to have anything to do with ...

By Chioma Nnagbo Hello everyone and welcome to Fides Kitchen where you get the opportunity to own your own meal. Traditional breakfast is sometimes tiring right? Well, don’t worry. Here in Fides Kitchen, we will make cooking interesting for you. I am going to take you on a journey through breakfast where every week of this month we will learn ...

By Livinus Nnebedum The Paw-paw plant botanically in Agric Science and others related natural sciences is also called Carica Papaya. It was believed that its origin was traced to tropical America and West Indies, now commonly found in non-desert areas of West Africa. The plant thrives very well in Nigeria soils. Southern and middle belts of Nigeria are very good ...

By Chukwuemerie Udekwe Do you know there was a time when civilization equated religion? Do you remember when God was the centre of all our activities? When we argued about who wore the best and most glamorous of medals, whose dress was taller, and looked prettiest in it? And God is timeless. But men have forcefully chivvied him into the ...

By Sr. M. Rosanna Emenusiobi IHM (Ph.D) “Wives, mothers of families, the first educators of the human race in the intimacy of the family circle, pass on to your sons and your daughters the traditions of your fathers at the same time that you prepare them for an unsearchable future. Always remember that by her children a mother belongs to ...

By Peter Nwasike A one-time President of America, John Kennedy (1960-1963) once, admonished Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.” But the philosophy of John Kennedy was not limited to public service as a politician, but to also private service as an entrepreneur. While those in public service ...