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Father Clement
My Kingdom Is Not Of This World!

Friends, Whether we are aware of it or not, our earthly experience of power makes us unconsciously suspicious of titles like “King,” “Queen,” “Chief,” “Fon,” and also “President,” as the […]

November 24, 2024
Agbaw Ebai
Benedict XVI’s Legacy: Unfinished Debates on Faith, Culture, and Politics de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture | Ratzinger Foundation | Bene

Sunday, April 7 5:00–7:00 p.m. Registration Check-InMorris Inn, outside Private Dining RoomsNote: Check-in will also be available Monday. 6:00-7:30 p.m. Welcome DinnerMorris Inn, Private Dining Rooms 8:00–9:15 p.m. Welcome Address: […]

April 5, 2024
Fr. Tegha A
Meditations on the Paschal Mystery through the Eyes of Mary (PART III: THE GREAT EASTER VIGIL)

Topic: Alleluia! Jesus our Savior, the Son of Mary, has risen! Alleluia! Today’s texts: To help us ponder the profound mysteries of this most solemn night, there are seven Old Testaments readings (Genesis […]

March 30, 2024
Fr. Tegha A
Meditations on the Paschal Mystery through the Eyes of Mary (PART II: Good Friday)

Topic: Christ himself was wounded for our sins! And a sword pierced your heart too, Mary! Texts for Meditation: Isaiah 52:13–53:12; Hebrews 4:14–16; 5:7–9; and John 18:1–19:42. What really is […]

March 29, 2024
Fr. Tegha A
Meditations on the Paschal Mystery through the Eyes of Mary (PART I: Holy Thursday)

Topic: This is my Body… this is my Blood… given up for you! Texts for Meditation: Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; and Jn 13:1-15. Holy Thursday (evening) marks the beginning […]

March 29, 2024
Rev. Joseph
For the Feast of Saint Joseph

In the Gospels, St. Joseph doesn’t say much, if anything. He is the QuietMan, there in the background but leading, protecting, and guiding the Holy Family.There is only one word […]

March 20, 2024
Father Denis
Benedict XVI as I Saw Him: Reflections on the Life of a Baobab of Faith from a Simple African Priest

I woke up on the morning of the 31st of December 2022 in good cheers. After all, it was the last day of the year, and I was excited and […]

January 6, 2024
Agbaw Ebai
PROGRAM OF STUDIES

Master of Arts in Theology: Ratzinger Studies Preamble “God is the real central theme of my endeavors. I have never tried to create a system of my own, an individual theology (…) The point of departure is […]

November 4, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
Morality Truly Christian, Truly African: 

Engagements with the Theology of Paulinus Odozor Co-organized by Maurice Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew Levering Mundelein Seminary– November 2-4 2023 All Sessions held in the Conference Center Room 101 Thursday November […]

October 24, 2023
Fr. Tegha A
“All are welcome”: The tempting heterodoxy of today?

Today, we find ourselves dancing to the drumbeats beckoning us into the infernal circles wherein are normalized, as approved human behavior and dispositions, the ideologies of transgenderism, homosexuality, and the […]

October 15, 2023
Fr. Tegha A
Etsi veluti Deus non daretur (As if God does not exist) …

In the lines that follow, I share with whomever would give it a thought some reflections on the realities facing today’s Christian. This is inspired or framed around the liturgical […]

October 7, 2023
Father Clement
THE CROSS STANDS AS THE WORLD REVOLVES

“Stat Crux dum Orbis Revultur” – The Cross Stands as the World Revolves. With these words, the sons of Saint Bruno have, for almost a thousand years (since 1084), devoted […]

September 19, 2023
Fr. Tegha A
Hail to the Cross of our Salvation! Hail to the Crucified King! Reflecting on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Most Holy Cross

In the homily which the then Cardinal Ratzinger delivered during the Mass before the Conclave of 2005, during which he was elected as Pope, he begins by noting that the […]

September 14, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES Jesus Christ MAKE? (Part Three) Maurice Agbaw-Ebai

We ended our previous section by pointing out that human brokenness, or existential wretchedness, could often times serve as the raw material thanks to which the need for God enters […]

September 6, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
Morality Truly Christian, Truly African: Engagements with the Theology of Paulinus Odozor

Co-organized by Maurice Agbaw-Ebai and Matthew Levering Mundelein Seminary November 2-4, 2023 1. Paulinus Odozor, C.S.Sp. (University of Notre Dame) – Respondent at end of event 2. Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai (St. […]

September 6, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
What difference does Jesus Christ make? (Part 2)

In the first part of our reflection on the topic of what difference Jesus makes, we ended on the position that the Temptations constitute, in their innermost core, a theological […]

September 3, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
The Resurrection of Jesus: God’s Verb in the Grammar of Human Existence

When we studied English Grammar at St. Joseph’s Primary School in Mamfe, Cameroon several years ago, we were taught that a verb is a word that it used to describe […]

April 28, 2023
Agbaw Ebai
What difference does Jesus Christ make?

It is not uncommon to find persons that have been Christian for much of their life relapse from the practice of the Christian faith. Life can be very challenging, especially […]

March 25, 2023