The newly elected Owerri Metropolitan Grand Knight, MGK, Knights of St. Mulumba Nigeria, Prince Eugene O.N. Emekaraoha has said that the home of a Catholic Knight must be a model in good character and conduct to others within his environment.

In his maiden address to the plenary session of Owerri Metropolitan Council of the Order of St. Mulumba Nigeria, Prince Emekaraoha warned members that anything to the contrary will not be tolerated.

He also charged knights and indeed Catholic parents to teach their children Catholic Catechism from nursery stage at home and direct them towards church activities from their primary school age. ‘‘Do this and your harvest would be bountiful’’, he assured.

Drawing a correlation between spirituality and knighthood, the new MGK said, ‘‘a Catholic Knight being the defender of the faith should regard Catholic action as the centre pin of his activities”.

Against this background, he directed that every Sub-Council in the Ecclesiastical Province of Owerri should begin its monthly meeting with Holy Mass. He said that this is the practice at the quarterly meetings of the Supreme Executive Board of the Order and promised to introduce same at the Metro-Council quarterly meetings even as he appealed to the Supreme Knight to establish the office of a Metropolitan Chaplain for that purpose and other metro activities.

Similarly, to improve the spiritual standings of Knights, the MGK called for occasional retreats at monasteries while the annual retreats for brothers and sisters at the Sub-council level should be sustained.

Prince Emekaraoha identified indiscipline as a cankerworm that renders effort useless and called for its eradication in the conduct of every knight.

While advising every brother to read the KSM Constitution as the Bible, as it is a constant reminder of his obligations to the Order, the MGK nevertheless directed every Grand Knight to appoint a Disciplinary Committee with the advocate as Chairman to handle cases of indiscipline in the Sub-council.

On the Metro Project for 2013, Prince Emekaraoha said that provision has been made in the current year budget for the development of the virgin area of ‘‘KSM Bethlehem Owerri’’ as a pilgrimage Centre for the entire Order.

Emeka Ani – THE LEADER NEWS ONLINE

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