Category: HOMILIES

February 4, 2024

Christian Optimism: See the Half Full Glass

Fifth Sunday, 4th February, 2024. Homily at St. Catherine of Sienna, Pastoral Area, Maitama II, Mpape, by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama

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February 3, 2024

Celebrating Cardinal Onaiyekan at 80, 3rd February, 2024, by the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

Your Eminence, you have gallantly fought the good fight, you have honourably finished the active episcopal race, you have unwaveringly kept the faith intact; the crown of glory awaits you. I wish you a serene retirement.”

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January 28, 2024

THE IMPERATIVE OF READING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD IN WORD AND WITH OUR LIVES

FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JANUARY 28, 2024, AT ST. PETER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH, CHUKUKU, FCT. HOMILY BY ARCHBISHOP I. A. KAIGAMA

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December 31, 2023

Holy Family Sunday

Holy Family Sunday, celebrated at Holy Family Pastoral Area Church, Gossa, Abuja, 31.12.2023. Homily by Archbishop I.A.Kaigama.

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December 25, 2023

Hold on to your faith in God with great tenacity.

Christmas Message 2023, by Most Rev. Ignatius A. Kaigama, Catholic Archbishop of Abuja

PROFILE

Born in the Nigerian State of Taraba on the 31st July, 1958, Archbishop Ignatius Ayau Kaigama was ordained a Catholic priest in 1981. In 1995, he became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Jalingo, the capital city of his home State of Taraba. In 2000, he was installed as the Archbishop of Jos, capital of Plateau State and on 11th March 2019, the Holy Father Pope Francis appointed him Coadjutor Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja and he took full possession as Archbishop of Abuja in December 2019. Archbishop Kaigama is the founder of the Dialogue, Reconciliation, and Peace Centre, Jos (2011). He was elected President of the Regional Episcopal Conference of West Africa (RECOWA) in 2015 and also served as the President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) for six years.

He has held positions as Chair of the Plateau State Inter-Religious Council for Peace and Harmony and Chair of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Plateau State for years. He was also a member of the Solomon Lar Presidential Committee mandated by the Federal Government to look into the causes of the Plateau ethno-religious crises and to proffer ways of bringing them to an end. He travels all around the world to speak about peace and share his experience of dialogue/interfaith collaboration and peace-building efforts.

His Grace holds a PhD in spiritual theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy and two honourary doctorate degrees in Public Administration and Human Resource Management by Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu (2015) and Madonna University (2016) respectively.

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Category: HOMILIES

Christian Optimism: See the Half Full Glass

Celebrating Cardinal Onaiyekan at 80, 3rd February, 2024, by the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

THE IMPERATIVE OF READING AND PREACHING THE WORD OF GOD IN WORD AND WITH OUR LIVES

Holy Family Sunday

Hold on to your faith in God with great tenacity.

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