Parishioners of St
Sylvester Catholic Church, near Abuja in Nyanya Karu local government area of
Nasarawa state at the weekend snubbed Boko Haram terrorists and packaged a mass
wedding ceremony for 80 parishioners of the church.
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John Ajefu, public relations officer of the church in a press statement said
it was indeed a day of joy for parishioners of St. Sylvester Catholic Church to wed 80 couples
in a sacrament of matrimony.
Ajefu said that the Catholic Bishop of Lafia
Diocese, Most Reverend Dr. Mathew Ishaya
Audu, coordinated the ceremony.
His words: “The marriage ceremony and the
Sacrament of Confirmation put together by the Parish Priest of St. Sylvester
Catholic Church New Nyanya Rev(Fr) Lawrence Soja Anyembugu were part of the
key activities lined up for first pastoral visit of the Bishop to the Independent
Mission.”
Speaking at the occasion, the Bishop
admonished the couples to cloth themselves with the love of Christ in order to
have a sustainable marriage life, stressing that marriage without love is
meaningless.
Citing many examples of causes of breakage in
marriage life, Bishop Mathew Audu called on them to avoid pitfalls that would
lead to regrets, adding that exemplary Christian life was key to successful
marriage.
New Nyanya is a town in Nasarawa State. It is
a district of Karu Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and is among the
towns that make up the Karu Urban Area, a conurbation of towns stretching into
the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). New Nyanya is loosely considered as part
of the metropolitan area of Abuja.
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