CHURCH WARDEN: A MINISTRY OF SERVICE IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH A talk delivered to the Church Wardens of St. Paul Catholic Church, Airport Road, Benin City, on Saturday, 21st June, 2025 By Prof. Sylvester Idemudia Odia, KSP (Prof. of Epistemology…
Introduction From Aristotle’s view that virtue lies in the middle, we can infer that to every virtue there are two corresponding vices. So, taking the virtue of charity for an instance, we can infer two corresponding vices of stinginess and…
PROFESSIONAL ETHICS SERIES An Introduction to the Ethics of the Research and Teaching Profession An Introduction to the Ethics of the Medical Profession An Introduction to Business Ethics An Introduction to the Ethics of the Judicial Profession An Introduction to…
CATHOLIC VOCATION In the Catholic Church, vocation is a call to a state of life: Single Life, Marriage, Priesthood, and Religious Life. Knowing Your Gifts/Talents: Knowing your gifts/talents is paramount to discerning your vocation. Gifts of the Holy Spirit (of…
THE VIRTURES: BUILDING A STRONG MORAL FORMATION A talk delivered to the members of the Pages of the Blessed Sacrament, Archdiocese of Benin City, on the occasion of the 15th Pages Annual Retreat, on Friday 8th August, 2024, at St…
SACRIFICE And the Magnetism of Good (Part Three) In the month of June, Part One of “Sacrifice and the Magnetism of Good” discussed the offering to God of the difficult challenges we face in life in other to enhance…
SACRIFICE And the Magnetism of Good (Part Two) In June, we discussed the first part of “Sacrifice and the Magnetism of Good.” Our focus was on Men and women of goodwill who, under the Magnetism of Good, accept…
SACRIFICE And the Magnetism of Good (Part One) In the month of May, we discussed Sacrifice and the Magnetism of Evil. We looked at various ways people make a pact with the devil and demons through certain cult membership…
SACRIFICE And the Magnetism of Evil Sacrifice, conceived from the perspective of Epistemic Magnetism and Mysticism is the price one pays to obtain something, achieve success, and persevere or endure through life. Schooling demands a lot of sacrifice like…
RESTITUTION Restitution is the means whereby what was taken away, destroyed, damaged, or broken is restored. Restitution can be to a person or a place that has been deprived. Let us begin with nature. Currently in the world…