Update #15

SACRED AND IMMACULATE HEARTS OF JESUS AND MARY FOUNDATION - OTUKPO, BENUE STATE OF NIGERIA, UPDATE:

My Dear Faithful,

May the Precious Blood of Jesus Our Savior be Praised, Loved and Adored!

With gratitude to God and for the Reign of the Sacred Heart of Jesus through the Immaculate Heart of Mary, we continue the processes of establishing a Standard Traditional Catholic Seminary in the Heart of the Giant of Africa, Nigeria, for the Provision of Traditional Catholic Priests for our teeming population of souls and whole villages responding to our Authentic Faith and Morals.

Thanks to your support, we recently were able to get a much needed Monstrance for the seminarians, as well as some other items for the altar including the statue of the Blessed Mother. As we pray before the Sacred Heart in the Blessed Eucharist, know that you are especially remembered! (See images below.)

The sisters received the Bibles that were sent by donors from the US, their names are written on the inside so that they will be specially remembered in thanksgiving! (See images below.)

The sisters were also able to buy a sewing machine to be able to make vestments and habits more easily.

We also obtained some much needed land, so we can do more farming. And God willing in the near future we can have a better school set up and an orphanage established.

For Pentecost we had many Baptisms, and Confirmations! Deo gratias et Mariae!

Our inspiration is from God and His Beloved Mother and the "Great Confessor of Catholic Tradition of our Time "Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre of sweetest memories since Africa preserved his Faith we deem it fit to call the Seminary after him - Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre Seminary Gbem-Vendeikya Benue State of Nigeria, West Africa.

As prophesied by Our Lady that Africa will be the hope of Catholic Faith and Morals that we are hopeful that we will succeed despite our many hardships.

The picture of the Nigerian banknote below is called a Naria, and thanks to the rising inflation and government corruption it is worth less than a penny!

The average Nigerian makes about 300 Naria a day. That comes to about 43 cents in America.

Therefore, as you can see, every dollar you support us with goes a long way! With each $1 you send I can get about 1,512 Nigerian Nairas!

Like Crusaders conquering the Holy Lands for Christ you are helping us get started with:

1. LAND ACQUISITION

2. CHAPEL CONSTRUCTION

3. AVE MARIA COURT AND GROTTO

4. POOR SOULS IN PURGATORY CHAPEL

5. ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCKS

6. LIBRARY

7. AUDITORIUM

8. SEMINARIANS' HOSTEL [50 CAPACITY]

9. FORMATORS' QUARTERS

10. DOMESTIC STAFF QUARTERS

11. SPORTS FACILITIES AND FIELDS

12. DINING HALL

13. WATER FACILITIES [DAM]

14. CLINIC

15. CYBER CAFE/ PRESS CENTER

16. CROP FARMING/ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

The Land in Gbem -Vandeikya has been chosen for these massive project for it's conducive air for studies, access to the major roads, good water supply all year round, land mass, proximity to our Chapels and possibilities for future expansion and crisis free environment amidst the hospitality of the host communities. (See images below.)

Currently we have acquired some land after the donation of Mr. Valentine and we can still get more and have gone ahead to lay the foundation and pillars of the Chapel of a thousand capacity with Sacristy and rest rooms and a two bedroom quarter on the property.

We call on you God Fearing souls to trust in God to pray for this work of God as we plan to truly take over our Churches like the Crusaders in Jerusalem and reinstate Tradition back to our villages and towns as we work to produce saintly priests after the Heart of Christ and sisters to the catechizing of souls.

Currently the prizes of things in our country are fluctuating and these estimates are subject to change but currently this is what your dollars could do to help:

$25 = Can feed 10 people for 1 week.

$50 = Can purchase 10 Bags of Cement for 183 blocks for building.

$100 = Can purchase a Bed and a Mattress and Reading Table and Chair for each Room in the Dormitory. Currently, each seminarian and sister sleep on matts on the bare floor.

$300 = can purchase some basic books for the seven year programme and assist in some basics essential materials for formation.

$500 = can get their basic requirements for Sacerdotal Orders.

$1000 = tuition and feeding for a whole year per seminarian. For those who wish to directly sponsor a seminarian or sisters here in Africa, can directly be a part of their lives in a unity of prayers, sacrifices and communications.

The young men are willing and show greatest interests for Holy Mother Church amidst great rejection by the culture, some family and friends and you are all they have now besides the Blessed Trinity and the Hierarchy of the Angels and Saints that are encouraging them to sacrifice their lives for souls. We are happy because we know what Christ says in Matthew 10: “And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand… And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.”

May your reward know no boundaries until the Beatific Vision of our Faith, Hope and Charity because of the great help you have given us by your prayers and financial support!. Viva Christo Rey! Viva Immaculata Maria . AD MVLTOS FRVCTOS ANNOS.

My Faithful Friends in Christ Our Lord, we are ready to move the Mission forward but our recurrent expenditures far outweighs our needs and desires to have any meaningful projects and all avenues to work out something cogent and current comes with a prize of a deep seated Sacrifice. We are not relenting but hopeful that we shall get there as we plan to keep the Seminary and Convent going and see the continuity amidst all the uncalled of wars going on in Tradition.

We beg you stay happy always and I pray that you stay safe in grace. Remember Christ’s immense Love for our souls is our joyful strength in these diabolical times!

The Carmelites are rearing Turkeys and everyone is preparing to do one or two projects that will raise funds for the discastries. After a General Council meeting on the Feast of St, Peter and Paul, the Seminaries will be off for holidays and many of them wish to go and farm to help with the struggle to meet their basic requirements.

We are confident in the two Hearts of Pure Divine Love and I be assured that you are in our daily prayers and sacrifices before His Divine Goodness. Let's keep growing in His Love until God the Holy Ghost quiekeneth.

See me smiling after having to take a motorcycle ride to one of our outstations to offer Holy Mass. Our mini-van had broken down so I got to take a fun ride!

I keep you in my grateful prayers and Holy Sacrifices of the Mass before the Sacred and Immaculate Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

Viva Christo Rey et Viva Immaculata Maria!

Fr. Abah Samuel Maria

Rector

SSIH Mission, Nigeria

Website: SSIHMission.org

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