KSM Osu Sub-Council holds 2nd Degree Investiture

Knights of the Church have been reminded of the need to be pro-active in their task of defending the church in view of the rising anti-clericalism and escalating violence against the church.   The Chaplain, Sancta Paule Sub-Council Osu, Knights of St. Mulumba, Okigwe Diocese, Rev. Fr. Dr. Cajetan Ehiem, made the call during the 2nd Degree Investiture of deserving Knights and Ladies of the Sub-Council held 15th March 2014 at Mulumba Hall, St. Paul’s Parish Osu, Isiala Mbano LGA. The cleric who expressed disgust at the way and manner society is tending towards immorality and penchant for anti-God legislations in recent times, drew attention to an alleged move by the National Assembly to out-law…

Archbishop Obinna commends LSM – For empowering 500 widows, building Women Development Centre Owerri

The Most Rev. Anthony Obinna, Catholic Archbishop of Owerri has commended Ladies of St. Mulumba, Nigeria for putting smiles on the faces of 500 poor widows. Archbishop Obinna made the commendation when he visited the Women Development Centre, New Owerri, a project of LSM, Nigeria. The prelate said he was happy that the Ladies were considering the plight of the less privileged in society and commended them for the material donations and empowerment. The Archbishop also thanked the women for extending the empowerment to two widows through the Eu-Care programme of the Owerri Archdiocese and appealed to other organizations and well-to-do individuals to also come to the help of the increasing number of the marginalized,…

Communiqué – Ladies of St. Mulumba cry out against Abortion Law in Imo State

Editor’s Note: The Imo State of Nigeria Violence Against Persons (Prohibition) Law No. 12, 2012, (a.k.a. Abortion Law) has continued to attract condemnations by the people of the state, who consider Section 40(1) of the Law as obnoxious.  The contentious section states that: “Every woman shall have the right to enjoy reproductive rights, including right to medical abortion, in cases of sexual assault, rape, incest and where the continued pregnancy endangers the life or physical, mental, psychological or emotional health of the mother….”    Worried by the implication of this law, the Ladies  of St. Mulumba, Owerri Metropolitan Council, comprising all the six Catholic dioceses in Imo and Abia, after their meeting in Owerri on Tuesday,…

Ladies of St. Mulumba pay hospital bills for 5 stranded patients

Ladies of St. Mulumba, Assumpta Sub-Council Owerri, have paid the hospital bills of five patients treated by the Holy Rosary Hospital Emekuku. The occasion was the 2013 charity visit to the hospital by the ladies during which they also presented various gift items for distribution to patients. The patients whose hospital bills were cleared were those who had recovered their health but could not be discharged because they and their relatives could not afford to pay their bills. The Ladies of St. Mulumba, Assumpta Sub-Council spent a total of N103,050 (one hundred and three thousand, fifty Naira) to clear the bills.  With this development, the beneficiaries would now be discharged to return to their families….