Relief supplies
Rice, garri, soap, detergent and sanitary items, gathered by the groups in the weeks beforehand.
What we have carried through the gates
Four times a year the Chaplaincy goes into the Medium Security Custodial Centre beside us. We take food, soap, toiletries and sanitary supplies, and we stay for Mass and confessions.
The last visit reached the men and women of the Centre with rice, garri, detergent and toiletries gathered by the CWO and the CYON. Two more visits are planned this year, and the Chaplain hears confessions on each one.
The apostolate in numbers
What the visits have amounted to.
4
Visits a year
38
Years of the apostolate
3
Groups who gather the supplies
All
Faiths welcomed at the Centre
What a visit involves
Arranged with the Nigerian Correctional Service in advance, and the same each time.
Mass and confessions
The Chaplain celebrates Mass inside the Centre and hears confessions for anyone who asks.
Sitting with people
The part that is hardest to photograph and matters most: time spent listening to the men and women held there.
From the visits
Photographs published with the permission of the Correctional Service. No person held at the Centre is identifiable.
Support the work
What the Chaplaincy is raising for at the moment.
August Meeting
CWO
Women's gathering
₦0 raised of ₦350,000 0%
Give or pledgeLove Feast
CYON
Showing of Love
₦0 raised of ₦250,000 0%
Give or pledgeChurch Dedication
To dedicate the Chaplaincy
₦0 raised of ₦25,000,000 0%
Give or pledgeThe next visit needs supplies
Whatever you can give goes into the boxes that go through the gates.