The Knights and Ladies of St. Mulumba, Stella Maris  Sub-Council Port Harcourt have ended their 2014 Retreat at Assumpta Pastoral Centre, Owerri which lasted from Friday March 28 to Sunday, March 30, 2014.

Archbishop Obinna speaking on the occasion

According to the Sub-Council, the purpose of the retreat was to enhance the spiritual growth of the members especially during the Lenten period.

The Lenten retreat theme was: “Those who wait on the Lord will find new strength” (Isaiah 40:31).  The retreat was graced by Most Rev. Anthony J.V. Obinna, Catholic Archbishop of Owerri.

In his Lecture: “Remain with God for life”, Archbishop Obinna harped on the need to stop same-sex union.

The Archbishop said that Knights and Ladies of the Church like other committed Catholics are God’s instruments to stop the same-sex union in the world.

According to him, this pro-life talk comes at a time of grave and aggressive assault, not only on the life of unborn and born children but also on the vital spiritual and moral values that sustain and guide children of God everywhere across the world.

The Most Rev. Obinna said that the culture and society have changed.  In Europe, secularization has been introduced in an attempt to wipe off everything about the church and God.

Secularization has been going on and the church has been losing a lot of  cherished values.

The society has been poisoned with Nihilism (belief in nothing)., which is  either you believe in God or you believe in nothing.

The rising approval of the abomination of same-sex union by certain governments in Europe and the America as well as in South Africa is the principal signal of the deadly decay of Euro-American civilization.  It opens the road to all kinds of deviant and corrupt behaviours, said the Archbishop.

Archbishop Obinna told Knights and their Ladies that it is the duty of parents to take care of the children God has given to them.  It takes three (3) to get married, the man, the woman and God.  When God is not in the marriage, your wife or your husband will not find you interesting and the raising of the children that God gave to you will be a difficult task.

Let us therefore remain with God for life, for if we remain with Him, we will not only cherish the life of God in us, we will defend the life of everyone everywhere, the prelate assured them.

In their separate speeches, the Grand Knight of KSM, Stella Maris Port Harcourt Sub-Council, Sir Fadero, the President of LSM, Lady Fadero and the Worthy PRO, Sir Sunny Didigu, thanked Archbishop Obinna for spending a quality time with them and promised to put into practice all that His Grace has shared with them.

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