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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...
OLA Remembrance Day 2022
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...
2022 Volunteers Prepare for Departure
We are delighted that after two years of travel restrictions we will once again be welcoming volunteers to our medical and education missions in Tanzania. In preparation for the mission, four of the six students completed an orientation day with Sr. Mary Usifoh...
World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2022
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
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...
Corporate Accountability and Human Rights: Responding to Abuses in Africa.
The Irish antennae of Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network recently hosted a webinar on Corporate Accountability and Human Rights: Responding to Abuses in Africa. The webinar focused on the problem of corporate human rights abuses in Africa, and gave us an...
AMRI Statement on Killings in St Francis Church, Diocese of Ondo, Nigeria
The Association of Leaders of Missionaries and Religious of Ireland released a statement on 16 June regarding the attack on Pentecost Sunday on the Church of Sr Francis, in Owo district Nigeria. Islamic fundamentalism, not climate change, the driver of violence and...
Wilton says ‘Thank You’ to Sr Nora Lucey OLA
Members of the parish making a presentation to Sr. Nora as a token of their appreciation for her many years service in Wilton parish. Sr Nora Lucey, from Ballyvourney, Co Cork, entered the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) in 1961. After her Final...
Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) training, Kaduna
The Women’s Interfaith Council (WIC) recently took part in a Joint Initiative for Strategic Religious Action (JISRA) training. The training was focused on intra-religious capacity building, and aimed at Christian religious actors and traditional leaders. The training...
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