CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE NATIVITY PARISH
Welcome to the Nativity Church, The Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ refers to the accounts of the Birth of Jesus.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.” John 15:12. Jesus is speaking in this verse, and He makes His command clear as day. As Catholics who follow the teachings of Christ, we must love each other as Christ has loved us.
- Rev. Fr. Raphael Kepeden, Parish Priest
Welcome To Church Of The Nativity
Church of the Nativity Rumuewhara Oro-igwe within the Diocese of Port Harcourt is a community of parishioners with various cultural backgrounds who are united as a dedicated holy family of faith brought together by our Heavenly Father, empowered by Jesus Christ, and transformed by the Holy Spirit we call others to join us as we witnesses to the good news of Jesus Christ our goal is be Christ's in our world as He leads all to the gift of eternal life. Members of this community are asked to unite their time, talents and treasure together.
2024 Christmas Message from Pope
Pope:focused on hope, peace, and unity, and urged people to become "pilgrims of hope"
The Pope said that God's heart is always open to us, and that Jesus is the door of salvation that is open to all.
The Pope called for people to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions. He also called for a ceasefire in Sudan and a mutually agreed solution to the border wall in Cyprus.
The Pope called for humanitarian help for people suffering from hunger and war. He also called for the release of hostages.
The Pope called for prayers for dialogue and social harmony.
The Pope opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve, 2024, to launch the 2025 Jubilee Year. He said that the Jubilee Year is a time to rediscover the joy of encountering the Lord, and to commit to transforming the world.
Sunday Masses
1st-mass
2nd-mass
3rd-mass
Evening mass
6:00 am
8:00 am
10:00 am
6:00 pm
Weekdays Masses
Morning Masses(Tus-Fri)
Evening Masses(Mon-Fri)
Saturday
First Saturday(s) for CWO
Second Saturday(s) for CMO
Third Saturday(s) for CYON
6:00 am
6:00 pm
6:30 am
6:30 am
6:30 am
6:30 am
Office Hours
Monday - Friday
Saturday
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Adoration
Every Friday
After 6pm mass
Confession
Saturday
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Confessions are in the Church
Pope Francis 2025 Lenten message.
Lent is a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord's Resurrection at Easter.
Pope Francis' Message for Lent 2025 has as its theme,
Let us journey together in hope.
The Holy Father's Message is inspired by the Jubilee 2025 theme “Pilgrims of Hope”. “This Lent, as we share in the grace of the Jubilee Year, I would like to propose a few reflections on what it means to journey together in hope, and on the summons to conversion that God in his mercy addresses to all of us, as individuals and as a community,” Pope Francis writes. In his Message, the Holy Father underlines that to journey “evokes the lengthy journey of the people of Israel to the Promised Land” and adds that “a first call to conversion thus comes from the realization that all of us are pilgrims in this life”, as we reflected during World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2024.
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Catholic Church of the Nativity Oroigwe Rumuewhara- Port Harcourt, Nigeria
+234916 008 5518,+234901 118 8246
churchofthenativityoroigwe@gmail.com
"The church is not a select circle of the immaculate, but a home where the outcast may come in. It is not a palace with gate attendants and challenging sentinels along the entrance-ways holding off at arm's-length the stranger, but rather a hospital where the broken-hearted may be healed, and where all the weary and troubled may find rest and take counsel together."