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Our Mother of Perpetual Help Chaplaincy
A Catholic home for worship, prayer and formation. Be welcome in the peace of Christ.
Liturgy & Calendar · Monday, 9 November 2026
Today in the Church
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
Ordinary Time · Year A
The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
In Dedicatione Basilicæ Lateranensis
Commemorated today in the liturgical calendar. Discover their life, patronage, and spiritual witness.
Today · Monday, 9 November 2026
Today at the Chaplaincy
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Harvest and Bazaar
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Harvest of jubilation 2026
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Free · Prayer intentions
Ask the community to pray for you
Share a thanksgiving, a healing, a family need or an examination. Intentions are reviewed before anything is shown publicly.
Mass intentions · ₦300
Have a Mass offered for an intention
Offer a Mass for the living or faithful departed. You can book for a single day, consecutive days (novena), or custom dates.
Giving & Pastoral Support
Support the Chaplaincy
Mass Intentions, Tithes & Offerings
Dedicated Chaplain's account strictly for daily Holy Mass booking stipends (₦300/Mass), Sunday offerings, and personal tithes.
General Chaplaincy & Pastoral Projects
Official chaplaincy account for hospital patient bedside welfare, church building and maintenance, chapel operations, and general donations.
Harvest & Bazaar Account
Dedicated account for annual harvest thanksgiving, bazaar levies, family thanksgiving envelopes, and capital infrastructure development.
Catholic Men Organization (CMO)
Apostolate fund for Catholic fathers, family seminars, fraternal outreach, and male mentorship projects in the chaplaincy.
Catholic Women Organisation (CWO)
Maternal apostolate fund for CWO activities, Uka Nne (Mothering Sunday), monthly thanksgiving, and charitable outreach at OMPH Chaplaincy AEFUTHA 1.
The Chaplain’s account (Bank: First Bank · Account No: 3035331262 · Name: JOHN CHIDI OBASI) is designated strictly for Holy Mass intentions, tithes, and Sunday offerings. The official Chaplaincy account (Bank: First Bank · Account No: 3056076559 · Name: ST. PADRE PIO CATHOLIC CHAPLAINCY) and society accounts receive funds for pastoral projects and general operations.
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In Communion with the Church
Jesus Christ is the head of the Church, and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Our Mother of Perpetual Help, is the spiritual patroness of this chaplaincy. We live in communion with the successor of Saint Peter and with our shepherds.
The Universal Church
Saint Peter
First Pope. Prince of the Apostles and first Bishop of Rome.
The Universal Church
Pope Leo XIV
Supreme Pontiff. The Bishop of Rome and visible head of the universal Church.
The Holy See in Nigeria
Archbishop Michael Francis Crotty
Apostolic Nuncio to Nigeria. The Holy See's diplomatic representative to Nigeria. The Nuncio is not the local bishop.
The Ecclesiastical Province
Archbishop Valerian Maduka Okeke
Metropolitan Archbishop of Onitsha. Head of the Onitsha ecclesiastical province, to which the Diocese of Abakaliki belongs.
The Local Diocese
Ernest Obodo
Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Abakaliki. The diocese has no diocesan bishop at present and is governed by an Apostolic Administrator.
The Chaplaincy
Rev. Fr. Chidi Obasi
Chaplain
The Chaplaincy
Rev. Fr. Patrick Otu-Ibe
Assistant Chaplain
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Pope in Argentina: 'May Christ's love triumph over all individualism and exclusion'
During the Pope's visit to the Don Orione Care Center in Argentina, Pope Leo prays that Christ’s love may triumph over individualism and exclusion, reminding Argentinians that “charity will save the world” because “God i
Pope Leo to ‘find a family’ at Don Orione center in Claypole
Ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s visit to the Don Orione Little Cottolengo in Argentina, the center’s communications manager expresses joy to welcome the Pope to this place that offers assistance to people with disabilities. Rea
Pope Leo urges Argentina’s leaders to put common good before political interests
In his address to authorities upon his arrival in Argentina, the Pope calls for authority exercised as service, stronger democratic institutions, dialogue across political differences, and economic policies that leave no
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Our Catholic Communities
Associations, organizations and devotional societies through which the faithful of the chaplaincy serve, pray and grow together.
Our patroness
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
The chaplaincy is placed under the maternal patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary, honoured for centuries before the beloved icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, who holds the Child Jesus while the archangels show Him the instruments of the Passion.