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Fr Johnson Tatah Delivers soul-searching homily to Boyui Christians as they celebrate centenary.

  Christians of St Francis Xavier Mission Station Boyui, gathered at the Catholic School Field to celebrate the centenary of the evangelization of their mission station. The occasion which took place on Saturday December 3rd  2022 started with Holy Mass celebrated by Fr Johnson Tatah and concelebrated by Guylain Agbasoa.  In his homily, Fr Johnson stressed that according to the Bible, a jubilee year is a year of remission of debts and forgiveness. He then exhorted each Christian to try and forgive one person this year and let go all grudges against. Then he made reference to the Christians who started the church in Boyui and asked how many were ready to make sacrifices like them. Turning to the saint of the day he told the congregation that St Francis Xavier was a missionary priest, born in Spain, who sacrificed his life for the preaching of the gospel. At his time, when there were no modern means of transport, he ventured into India, Japan and China to preach the gospel. In the end he