The entire members of St Paul Catholic Church and others within and outside Nigeria have finalized arrangements for the celebrations of Very Revd Father Joseph Yemi Akinlotan’s 40 years in the priesthood and 65th birthday, on Sunday, March 9, 15 and 16, 2025.
Already, a special 31-day prayer which has commenced in the parish and other places will end on 14th of March 2025. This is part of a series of programmes that have been lined up to commemorate the Priest’s Ordination and Birthday.
The grand finale will be the Thanksgiving mass and entertainment of family friends and guests on Sunday, March 16, 2025. This is to be preceded by Appreciation Mass and Gifting Day, on Saturday, 15th of March 2025.
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Beyond this, a formal commencement of other sets of activities for the events will also take off on March 6, 2025, with visits to two indigents of St Paul Catholic Church, Ibafo, Ogun State at 9.30 am for the first family.
The second family will be visited at 10.30 am for after 6.30 am mass in the parish on that day.
There is going to be a nine-day Novena by the St Nicholas Group of the Parish.
Also on the 7th of March,2025, the Priest will embark on a private visit to his parent’s tomb in Abeokuta, along with volunteers from the Committee set up for the anniversary celebration between 9 am and 1.30 pm.
On the 8th of March, there would be an Official opening Mass for the celebration, to be followed by a ‘Walk of Love’ through Lusan Estate.