News – Fr. Innocent Abonyi's pastoral Diary

The Church facing the Covid-19 emergency

The Church has always had the duty of scrutinizing the signs of the times and of interpreting them in the light of the Gospel’, as we read in Gaudium et spes. How do we interpret the […]

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C

Reflecting on the meaning of advent and Christmas, Mother Theresa of Calcutta said: “The season of Advent is like springtime in nature when everything is renewed and so is fresh and healthy. Advent is meant […]

Homily

Feast of the Ascension of the Lord

Today we celebrate the glorification of Jesus when God the Father raised him up in glory. Today, Jesus wants us to share in this glory. The feast of the ascension is one of the greatest […]

Homily

18th Sunday Ordinary time – Year B

Last week, we saw how Jesus fed the people with the bread of life but when they came back the next day for more, he said to them, “do not work for perishable food, work […]

Homily

4th Sunday of Advent, Year C

Our mother church can never celebrate the role of Mary in the life and mission of Christ enough. In today’s liturgy of the word, God demonstrats through David and Mary that human beings can and […]

Homily

4th Sunday of Lent C

God’s mercy for sinners is the clear theme that runs through the three readings of today’s Mass. In our first reading, we have the beautiful words spoken by God to his people “I have taken […]

About me

Father Innocent Abonyi, is a catholic priest and a member of the Missionary Society of St. Paul of Nigeria, West Africa. He was ordained a priest for the missions at the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul, Gwagwalada, Abuja, on 3rd July 1999. Since his priestly ordination, he has served as a formator, Spiritual Director, and Lecturer at the National Missionary Seminary of St. Paul, Iperu-Remo, Ogun State and Gwagwalada Abuja (1999 – 2001; 2003 – 2006 respectively). He had his postgraduate studies in the Republic of Ireland (2001 – 2003) and Oxford Brooks University, Oxford England (2012 – 2014), obtaining a Masters Degree in each case. He has served in few parishes in England since 2006. He was a youth Chaplain and Spiritual Director for the Catholic Diocese of Northampton (2007 – 2013). He is the Chaplain to the Knights of St. Columba, Province 12 Southwark, England. He currently serves as Parish priest of Our Lady of the Rosary, Brixton, London. Fr Innocent is a Spiritual Director, and retreat preacher and moderator.