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OLA Past Pupil Becomes a World Champion

Image via Twitter @WorldAthletics Tobi Amusan is a past pupil of Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School in Ogun state, Nigeria and she recently became the world record holder in the 100m hurdles. Tobi is 25 years old and beat the previous record in the semi-finals of...

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OLA Remembrance Day 2022

by OLA Ireland | Aug 2, 2022 | OLA News

The 2022 OLA Remembrance Day Mass, was celebrated in person for the first time since the Pandemic, and live streamed to our YouTube channel on, 30 July. Below you will find the welcome by our Provincial Leader, Kathleen Mc Garvey, the transcript of the Homily by...

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2022

by OLA Ireland | Jul 30, 2022 | Justice

Use and abuse of technology This year’s theme focuses on the role of technology as a tool that can both enable and impede human trafficking. With the global expansion in the use of technology - intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic and the shift of our everyday...

Christians in Nigeria are Under Constant Attack

by Kathleen MCGarvey OLA | Jul 26, 2022 | Africa, Justice, OLA News

First published in the Irish Times on 4 July 2022, here. Growing power of Islamist militant groups demands urgent international attention Christians in Nigeria today certainly need faith and hope as the nation unravels on all sides and the government...