 Makurdi
(Nigeria)
Spiritan presence: 17 professed members - 16 priests, 1
brother.
History
The mission in the area where the District is working in Nigeria
was founded by the German Spiritans in 1931. At the end of the World
War II they were subsequently replaced by the confreres from the
English Province in 1940. The District was working initially only
in the Diocese of Makurdi. But in response to the invitation of
the Bishop of Yola the District extended its ministry to the Diocese
of Yola in the early 1980s. Presently, the members are working in
two new Dioceses of Oturkpo in 1996 and Jalingo in 1995 carved out
respectively from Makurdi and Yola dioceses. The two major tribes
in the area of work are the Tivs and the Idoma people.
Statistics
In the course of the recent years confreres from other Provinces
(France, Switzerland
and Brazil) and WAF
have worked together in the District with the confreres from the
English Province.
Mission engagements
The District is involved in:
- parish work mainly in areas of primary evangelisation;
- education;
- Justice and Peace;
- community development and rural farming scheme;
- vocations' ministry for WAF.
Community life
A number of the confreres live alone in their missions and the missions
are spread out because of distances. There are at times problems
with the reception and accompaniment of the WAF confreres in the
District.
Future
The District sees its future in close collaboration with and eventual
integration into WAF. The District is working
hard to set up home base for WAF in the form of parishes in Wukari,
Yola and Aliade.
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