CCR Nigeria Chaplain Praises Facilitators of Diaspora Programme

A Message Of Gratitude From the National Chaplain (CCRN)

Beloved Priests and Religious of the Most High God,

Brothers and Sisters filled with the Holy Spirit across the nations of the earth —

Today, my heart overflows with gratitude unto God for every one of you who has stood faithfully with the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Nigeria, Diaspora family.

To our dear priests who have identified with this movement of the Spirit and continue to support this mission beyond the shores of Nigeria, I bless God for your lives. You have chosen to stand where the Holy Spirit is at work. May the oil upon your priesthood never dry. May your altars carry fresh fire. May the Lord reward you beyond human calculations according to your needs and deepest intentions.

To our consecrated Religious within this Diaspora family, your prayers, sacrifices, and hidden offerings are speaking loudly before heaven. May the grace of your consecration attract new anointing, new strength, and supernatural joy in your vocation.

I especially appreciate the Diaspora interim leadership under the coordination of Bro. Tony Akunefo. Leadership in the Renewal is not convenient; it is a sacrifice. You have given yourselves for God’s people. Therefore, may the Holy Spirit who called you continue to guide your decisions, strengthen your hands, and enlarge this mission beyond expectations. I pray it will please the Lord and his people to have you continue as substantive leaders when the time of decision comes.

To you, our country coordinators led by Bro Tom Isidahomen, we are really grateful. You are sacrificing a lot to bring our people together from the ends of the nations.

To everyone who has served in our programmes, ministers, intercessors, organizers, volunteers, hear this prophetic assurance: your labour in the vineyard shall speak for you. May God bless you a hundredfold. What you have done for the Renewal, heaven will remember.

Our Media Team — you are evangelists without borders. Through you, revival travels across continents. May God increase your wisdom, creativity, and spiritual sensitivity. The nations shall hear the sound of revival through your service.

To all our members scattered across countries and continents — you are not in exile; you are missionaries of Pentecost. Wherever you live, the Holy Spirit has positioned you as light and salt. May God attend to your needs, establish your families, favour your work, and preserve your faith.

I urge you: continue to spread and strengthen this Diaspora platform so that communion, unity, and apostolic synergy may grow stronger among us worldwide.

We lift in prayer our brothers and sisters in the Gulf regions and in areas of tension and crisis. In the midst of threats, persecutions, insecurity, deaths, and the painful challenges confronting our nation, Nigeria, we declare with authority of faith:

LET GOD ARISE — AND LET HIS ENEMIES BE SCATTERED!

The Church shall not be silenced.

The people of God shall not be defeated.

The fire of the Holy Spirit shall prevail.

I sincerely appreciate the CCRN leadership in Nigeria — our National Coordinator, Bro. Celestine Ugwu, the elected officers, and our Ex-Officio, Noble Bro. Uche Manu. May the Lord strengthen you all as you shepherd the Renewal at this critical time.

As we prepare for our forthcoming National Conference, I prophetically declare:

A new outpouring is coming.

A fresh Pentecost is rising.

The Renewal shall experience greater unity, deeper holiness, stronger evangelization, and undeniable manifestations of the Holy Spirit.

May God bless the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Nigeria — at home and in the Diaspora.

And together, wherever you are, lift your hearts and proclaim:

 COME, HOLY SPIRIT!

RENEW YOUR PEOPLE!

RENEW THE FACE OF THE EARTH!

 Fr. (Dr.) Okonkwo Irenaeus B.