Seven Capuchin Friars killed in road accident in Nigeria

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May 6, 2025

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Seven Capuchin Friars killed in road accident in Nigeria

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The Capuchin Order in Nigeria is mourning the devastating loss of seven of its friars who died in a tragic road accident on the evening of May 3, 2025. The friars, members of the St. Francis and St. Clare Custody of Nigeria, were en route from their Ridgeway Community in Enugu to Obudu, Cross River State, when the incident occurred.

In an official statement released on May 4 by Br. John-Kennedy Anyanwu, OFM Cap, the Capuchin Friars confirmed that thirteen brothers were traveling together at the time of the accident. While six sustained various injuries and are currently receiving treatment in Enugu, seven lost their lives in the crash.

The deceased friars are Br. Somadina Ibe-Ojuludu, OFM Cap, Br. Chinedu Nwachukwu, OFM Cap, Br. Marcel Ezenwafor, OFM Cap, Br. Gerald Nwogueze, OFM Cap, Br. Kingsley Nwosu, OFM Cap, Br. Wilfred Aleke, OFM Cap and Br. Chukwudi Obueze, OFM Cap.

Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced in the coming days.

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Thursday of the Twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time

Letter to the Galatians 3,1-5.

O stupid Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before... whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from faith in what you heard?
Are you so stupid? After beginning with the Spirit, are you now ending with the flesh?
Did you experience so many things in vain?--if indeed it was in vain.
Does, then, the one who supplies the Spirit to you and works mighty deeds among you do so from works of the law or from faith in what you heard?

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 1,69-70.71-72.73-75.

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He has raised up for us a mighty savior,
Born of the house of his servant David.

Through his holy prophets he promised of old
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He promised to show mercy to our fathers
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This was the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
to set us free from the hands of our enemies,
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Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Luke 11,5-13.

Jesus said to his disciples: "Suppose... one of you has a friend to whom he goes at midnight and says, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
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and he says in reply from within, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been locked and my children and I are already in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.'
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