Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Nigeria #1626

Brief Information About The Congregation of Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy

The Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy is a male Religious Congregation founded by Most Rev. Anthony Gogo Nwedo, C. S. Sp, of blessed memory, in 1970. Our father founder was the first bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Umuahia in the Southeastern part of Nigeria.

Our Religious Order is a Missionary Congregation of priests and brothers and the first Indigenous Religious Congregation for men founded in West Africa by an African, for the worldwide mission. The purpose of its foundation is to work for the glory of God, in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and for the salvation of souls. Thus, our members, following the footsteps of Christ, bear witness to the infinite mercy of God through a life of compassion, forgiveness, and kindness; in this way, make their lives signs of God’s love for the sinful world.

As our apostolates, priest members of our Congregation work and teach in schools as Principals and teachers, some are university professors, some provide priestly ministries in parishes, and some work as Chaplains in hospitals and prisons. Our members, who are religious brothers, produce sacred vestments, teach in schools, work as catechists in parishes, and care for the sick and needy

Our members provide priestly ministries in Nigeria, Cameroun, Ghana, Canada, the United States of America, Italy, Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Ireland. About 29 of our members are working in different dioceses in the United States of America.

Our Charism is – bearing witness to the Mercy of God, following the footsteps of Christ the Savior and Mary our Mother of Mercy. This Mercy is expressed in compassion, forgiveness, and kindness.

About Our Projects:

• The completion of some classroom buildings for the education of the poor in rural communities where our brothers are working.

One of the major problems we encounter in our places of apostolate in Nigeria and other African countries is the lack of formal education for the poorest of the poor. Our congregation builds schools and offers scholarships to the indigent population. We appeal for your help in this regard.  Currently, we are building some classroom blocks which are at different stages of construction, as we can see in the pictures below. We need your support to help us offer sound and Catholic education to these less privileged populations.

• Training of our seminarians to continue our missionary work around the world.

In the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ in Mathew 9:37-38, “The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few, so pray for the Lord of the harvest to send laborers into his vineyard. We have huge vocation in Nigeria, but due to the insufficient resources caused by the poor economic situation of Nigeria, we do not have enough financial capacity to cater for them, that is why we only admit very few among those who aspire for discernment of their vocation to the catholic priesthood.

Currently, we have over 70 major seminarians in their different stages of discernment to the catholic priesthood. I believe that you are always ready and willing to bear true witness to the compassionate heart of Christ Jesus, by going to mission through giving.   As Catholics, united, by our faith in God and by our membership of the body of Christ, we call on you, to align with us in raising laborers to work in the vineyard of the Lord.

I know you have responded to this type of call countless number of times in the past, and you have never stopped demonstrating your generosity. Once again, we solicit your financial help, so that we can fully actualize these projects.

Support the Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Nigeria #1626

You can support the Sons of Mary Mother of Mercy Nigeria #1626 through your prayers and monetary donation by making a check payable to THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE FAITH, 3424 Wilshire Blvd 3rd Fl., Los Angeles CA 90010, memo #1626. You may also donate online by clicking the donate button. When making an online donation, reference #1626 in the Memo box. Your donation is tax-deductible as allowed by law.