{"id":24518,"date":"2019-05-10T20:07:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T20:07:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=24518"},"modified":"2019-05-10T20:07:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T20:07:52","slug":"catholic-priest-father-oscar-months-mind-holds-may-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=24518","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Priest, Father Oscar \u2018Month\u2019s Mind\u2019 Holds May 13"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Late-Father-Oscar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Late-Father-Oscar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24519\" width=\"475\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Late-Father-Oscar.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Late-Father-Oscar-300x284.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Late Rev. Fr. Oscar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Amaechi Kingsley<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday 13<sup>th<\/sup> May 2019, all roads will lead to Saint Rose Catholic Church, Ihitte Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA, Imo state where the \u2018Month\u2019s Mind\u2019 of late Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Fidelis (Oscar) Emecheta Anyanwu who was laid to rest month ago at Orlu Diocesan Cemetery in Imo State will be celebrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Month\u2019s Mind\u2019 is a Mass celebrated in remembrance of a\nperson one month after death and that of Reverend Father Oscar\u2019s will be led by\nthe Bishop of Orlu Diocese, His Grace, Bishop Augustine Tochukwu Ukwuoma,\naccompanied by the clergy and religious to bid late Fr. Oscar farewell. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to Trumpeta Newspaper, the pioneer Chairman of Udo\nNa Ihunnaya Mbaise socio-cultural group and nephew to the late Priest, Prince\nChukwuemeka Anyanwu (Ogbodudu) described the life and times of his uncle as a fruitful\none in the service of God and humanity, he explained that the revered priest\nteaches the Gospel with life inspiring facts and impacting positively on those\nhe comes in contact with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prince Ogbodudu informed that aside clergymen and members of\nUdo Na Ihunnaya expected to grace the event, eminent personalities from walks\nof life from The Knights and Ladies of St John International Fr Oscar Was their\nSpiritual Director are also expected at the celebration as he prayed for journey\nmercies to all who will come attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An intimidating resume of late Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Fidelis\n(Oscar) Emecheta Anyanwu made available to Trumpeta newspaper by Prince Ogbodudu\nreads; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brief bio-data of late Rev. Fr. (Dr.) Fidelis (Oscar)\nEmecheta Anyanwu:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late Rev. Fr. Oscar was born into the family of late Mr. and\nMrs. Simeon Eke Anyanwu and Martha Anyanwu on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> of August,\n1945 in Umuocham Ihitte, Ezinihitte Ahiara Mbaise in Imo State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Fr. Oscar attended Saint Rose primary school in (1954-1960)\nand proceeded to Saint Mary\u2019s seminary Okpala (1965-1970) and Bigard Memorial\nseminary Enugu from (1971-1978)for both philosophy and theology. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He furthered at Ludwig Maximillian University Munich,\nGermany from (1986-1992) where he bagged his licentiate and PHD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Fr. Oscar had his Sacrament of Baptism in (1945), first\nHoly Communion (1958), Confirmation (1966) by Bishop Whelan, LECTOR 1975 at Bigard\nEnugu, by Bishop GMP Okoye, ACOLYTE in 1976, at Bigard Enugu, by Bishop GMP\nOkoye, DIACONATE in the year (1977) at Owerri, by Bishop Mark Unegbu and\nPRIESTLY ORDINATION on 8<sup>th<\/sup> July, 1978 at Owerri, by Bishop Mark\nUnegbu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until his death on 27<sup>th<\/sup> March 2019, Rev. Fr.\nOscar had shepherded the flock of God at;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Gregory\u2019s Parish Ihitteafoukwu in Ahiazu LGA, Imo\nState<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Paul Parish Amiri, Oru West LGA, Imo State<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Mary\u2019s Parish Umaka <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chaplain Africa Christian community in Vienna -studies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Theresa Parish Uli<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Joseph\u2019s Parish Umuhu Okabia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Joseph\u2019s Parish Amanalor-Okwabala <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CKC Parish Akokwa <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint Joseph\u2019s Parish Umuaka<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Saint John\u2019s Parish Umuobom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Domus Clero (2016-2019).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Amaechi Kingsley On Monday 13th May 2019, all roads will lead to Saint Rose<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frontpage","category-news-xtra"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Frontpage<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">News Extra<\/a>","tag_info":"News Extra","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24518"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24520,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24518\/revisions\/24520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}