At 10.00am, we gathered at Oba to commemorate the Beatification of Blessed Cyprian Michael Iwene Tansi. Twenty four years ago, Pope John Paul II was at this very site to beatify our brother and friend, the Aguleri born Fr Michael Tansi. Despite the clash of programs (Corporate Retreat for Priests of Onitsha Archdiocese and the yearly celebration of Anniversary of Blessed Tansi's beatification), we gathered at Oba with Priests working in the parishes in Oba together with the lay Faithful. Today we thank God for this precious gift of Blessed Tansi and we pray for a successful completion of the cause of his canonization. I presided and Mons. Emmanuel Nwosu, the Postulator, preached during a concelebrated Mass. Many Blessed Tansi devotees were present. A woman reported a cure of her breast cancer, but there was no proper medical documentation before the healing. Quid a casu? Mons. Nwosu will consider if woman's report could be added to the list of miracles obtained through Bl. Iwene Tansi.