Update on Fr. Jonathan’s Congregation in Nigeria

Father Jonathan Yabiliyok of Nigeria and periodic visiting priest at St. Thomas the Apostle is happy to inform us that with the financial support he has received from STA parishioners and others he has been able to purchase two hundred and fifty plastic chairs for his outdoor worship space.

In addition, he was able to pay for a new outdoor public address system. This coincided in the last few days with the first pastoral visit ever by the diocesan bishop, Most Rev. Habila Daboh. This enabled the bishop to witness first-hand the challenges in the chaplaincy. The chairs and public address system were blessed during the mass.

Father Jonathan and our Holy Name Society express thanks to STA parishioners who made financial contributions for the above purposes at the HNS’s “meet and greet” program in November. It is good that our parishioners could be in solidarity in some small way with our brothers and sisters in Nigeria in the celebration of the Eucharist.