A Valedictory Speech presented by Rev. Fr. Bartholomew C. Ezeokafor (Valedictorian, Class of 2018) At the 48m Convocation Ceremony of Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu, this day 19th March, 2019 Your Excellency, Most Revd. John lfeanyichukwu Okoye (Catholic Bishop of Awgu …
The Rector, Very Rev. Dr. Albert Ikpenwa, Distinguished Formators, Professors, Members of Staff, The Graduands, Dear Seminarians Visitors; Ladies and Gentlemen, l. It gives me great pleasure to address this audience on this wonderful occasion of the 48th convocation ceremony …
Theme: The Dialectics of Insight and Oversight in Social Reconstruction Introduction In nearly six decades since her birth as an independent nation, the task of building a nation with promise, pride and progress has eluded Nigeria. We have what appears …
The Bigard Seminary Community on Saturday, March 16, 2019, celebrated the 25th Priestly Ordination Anniversary of one of her Formators, Very Rev. Fr. Dr. Aloysius Chukwuma Obiwulu. Granted that the celebration had already been marked at the beginning of the …
There was a change in the liturgical mood here in Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu as the Bigard Seminary Community, on March 6, 2019, joined the Universal Church to celebrate Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday, as it were, is a liturgical event …
It was an atmosphere of joy for Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu, as the seminary community, today, Monday, March 4, 2019 began the celebration of the Solemnity of the Rededication of the Bigard Seminary Main Chapel. The celebration, which started with …
On Sunday, January 20, 2019, Bigard Memorial Seminary, Enugu celebrated what has become traditionally known as ‘Diaconate Epiphany’. It is the day that seminarians who were ordained deacons during the Christmas Break officially present themselves to the Bigard Family. The …
Every attack on a culture could produce a distorting effect on the identity of the people that upholds such culture. Such has been the fate of the African people. For long, African cultures have been under siege. In the past …
Every liturgical year, on the last Sunday of the Ordinary Time, the Holy Mother Church celebrates the Solemnity of Christ the King. Pope Pius XI in 1925 instituted this feast as a counter force to the continued secularization of the …
Gaps were bridged and air of nostalgia thickened for Bigard Old Boys as they threw themselves into the loving alms of Mother Bigard. In that maternal bosom, old friends reconnected, brotherhood was reinforced, and old memories were renewed. What a …