Venerunt pastores festinantes, et invenerunt Mariam et Ioseph et Infantem positum in praeseption. At 10.00am I was at St Stephen's Parish, Ogbunike, for their annual patronal feast. This year, the Feast of Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph took precedence. The other two parishes (St Vincent and St Michael) in Ogbunike did not participate in the usual Assembly of All Ogbunike Catholics. 
          During the Mass, about twenty-five persons received the Sacrament of Confirmation. A married couple renewed their consent on the fifteenth anniversary of their marriage. I prayed and blessed them.
          The parish priest, Fr Augustine Ezeanya, was prepared and he offered lunch to all his parishioners. ​Ecco buon pastore!