Dear DPLS community,
Many of you know recent DPLS graduate Maduabuchi Muoneme, better known to us as Father Buchi. Fr. Buchi is back in his home country of Nigeria where he has resumed his duties as a Jesuit priest. I wrote to him recently in the wake of the 100th day of captivity of schoolgirls who were taken by the terrorist group Boko Haram. I bring this to your attention so that as a community we can uphold our colleague in our own faith practices. This is part of his email to me. –Debbie Brown
“I just celebrated Mass and prayed for the safety and freedom our missing girls. The hostage situation of the girls for 100 days is deplorable, not to mention the killings of many civilians by the BH (Boko Haram) sect. Many Nigerian women (Christians and Muslims and different ethnic groups) have united their hearts and minds and come together during protests and common prayer for the freedom of these girls. The destiny of the Nigerian state is tied to the destiny of the missing girls.” -Buchi Muoneme, S.J.