ather Muorah finds happiness, fulfillment through priesthood Continued from • S25 “When I went home,” he says, “both my father and grandmother said my mother had appeared to them at the same time she was admonishing me. Then my grandmother told me my mother’s dying wish. That’s when I knew I was meant to be a priest.” It was also when Father Muorah began using prayer and meditation to quell the anger he had as a child, turning his energies instead toward evangelization, peace and social justice. In 1991, he was ordained at Onitsha Archdiocese Nigeria. After serving at a number of other parishes and as the director of the Archdiocesan Evangelization Office, he spent four years pursuing his studies in the Catholic Institute of West Africa, and in 2001, he was invited to join the Diocese of Trenton as an adjunct priest in St. Mary of the Lakes Parish, Medford. In 2007, he began serving in St. Isaac Jogues, Parish, Marlton, where he is today. On June 25 of this year, Father Muorah celebrated his 25th anniversary as an ordained priest with a Mass of Thanksgiving, among family, friends, Nigeria-Igbo Catholic Community and parishioners in St. Isaac Jogues Church, where he continues to serve as associate pastor, minister to the sick, family counselor and champion of evangelizing the marginalized and the unchurched. Most recently, with the blessing of Father Phillip C. Pfleger, the pastor of St. Isaac Jogues Parish, he founded the Pastoral Ministry for the Nigeria-Igbo Catholic Community in the tristate area
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Then my grandmother told me my mother’s dying wish. That’s when I knew I was meant to be a priest..
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Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, Moorestown and preaches at parish missions in Nigeria and in the U.S. Father Muorah holds a doctorate of philosophy, licentiate in sacred theology, a master’s degree in theology, a post-graduate certification in education, and bachelor’s degrees in both theology and philosophy. He is also a licensed marriage and family therapist and has authored several publications on theology and evangelization.
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The Redemptorist Fathers and Staff of SAN ALFONSO RETREAT HOUSE Congratulates Bishop Emeritus John M. Smith on his 55th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood. We also congratulate all those celebrating Religious Anniversaries this year.
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