Category: HOMILIES

September 21, 2023

Fr. Peter Hassan’s Silver Jubilee of Priesthood

Fr Hassan Peter is repeating his “yes” to Jesus: “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you” and he is pledging his continued loyalty to Jesus to feed His lambs.

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September 17, 2023

The grace of forgiveness

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 17th September, 2023, Our Lady Queen of Nigeria Pro-Cathedral, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

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September 10, 2023

Mending strained relationships through dialogue and forgiveness

Opening Mass, 2nd Plenary of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), Holy Trinity Church, Maitama, Abuja, 10th September, 2023. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

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September 3, 2023

The Cost of Christian Discipleship

22nd Sunday, Year A, 3rd September 2023, St. Josephine Bakhita’s Pastoral Area, Jikwoyi, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

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August 27, 2023

Recognizing God as the source of all authority

21st Sunday A, 27th August, 2023, St. Rose of Lima Pastoral Area, Katampe, Abuja. Homily by Archbishop I. A. Kaigama.

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

Fr. Peter Hassan’s Silver Jubilee of Priesthood

The grace of forgiveness

Mending strained relationships through dialogue and forgiveness

The Cost of Christian Discipleship

Recognizing God as the source of all authority

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