Shagamu: The Lagos Ecclesiastical Province came alive over the weekend as more than 200 catechists, priests, religious, and lay faithful gathered at St. Anthony Catholic Church, Shagamu, to mark the Jubilee of Catechists within the ongoing Jubilee Year of Hope. The event was a celebration of gratitude, renewal, and recognition of catechists as frontline evangelizers of the Church.

The jubilee began with the Holy Mass presided over by Fr. Patrick Balogun, one of the episcopal vicars of the province, which comprises the Archdiocese of Lagos and the Dioceses of Abeokuta and Ijebu Ode. In his homily, Fr. John Aruleba invited the faithful to recognize the Jubilee of Hope as a privileged moment for deepening faith and trust in God.

“Hope makes our faith come alive,” he said, reminding partic

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