![]() ![]() His outstanding works were the rehabilitation of the Junior Seminary built by Bishop Godfrey Okoye, the building of Corpus Christi Cathedral and the provision of conducive facilities for the Catholic Institute of West Africa (CIWA). He began the work of recovery of Church property in the Diocese.īishop Edmund Fitzgibbon, SPS, continued the work of recovery so well begun by Bishop (later Cardinal) Ekandem. ![]() There were also the Daughters of Charity, Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters and the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus who helped in the missionary work of the Diocese. A few Priests came from Benin and Warri Dioceses to help. He was assisted by the Vincentian Fathers, and St. It was recently that the schools were returned to the Diocese.īishop Dominic Ekandem (then Bishop of Ikot Ekpene) became the Apostolic Administrator of Port Harcourt Diocese in addition to his See of Ikot Ekpene in 1970. One of the greatest tragedies of the Nigerian civil war was the takeover of schools by the then military government, which deprived the Catholic Church her greatest instrument of Evangelization, a situation, which became mainly responsible for moral decay among the youths. His nine years in Port Harcourt Diocese saw formidable task of opening the waterlogged towns of the Diocese that were very difficult to penetrate. The Port Harcourt City Council rewarded him by naming a street after him. He was relentless in his services to the Church and the State. There were about fourteen Parishes in Port Harcourt Diocese before the Civil War of the Eastern Region of Nigeria began in July 1967. A well organized Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) helped the Catholic educational system in spreading the gospel. Within the first three years of his Episcopal ministry, he worked hard to bring the Diocese to almost the same standard as other Dioceses in Nigeria. ![]() The Schools were centres of Evangelization, education and Primary Health Care. He worked tirelessly from that year to 1970, establishing Primary and Secondary Schools, building hospital and clinics in various parts of the Diocese. He was consecrated and installed on September 3, 1961. Godfrey Mary Paul Okoye, CSSp, from the present Anambra State was appointed the first Bishop. Watch the Video above.The result of the efforts of the Missionaries in the Evangelization of Ikwerre, Ogba, Egbema, Ogoni, Kalabari, Etche and the eastern part of Ijaw land was the creation of Port Harcourt Diocese on from Owerri Diocese. Joshua recorded his experience during the competition worth listening to. He steadily develop more STEM skills in Robotics every week in STEM Professionals Club every week Charles Dale Memorial International School alongside his mates in STEM Club. Joshua has also won himself the ticket to compete in World Robot Olympiad National Qualifiers and would be on his way to Germany 2022 World Robot Olympiad. He would be leading the Robotics Team of Charles Dale (Junior Team) to the Port Harcourt Robot Contest 2023 Joshua has demonstrated a huge prospect in Robotics and would now become the STEM Professionals Robotics Ambassador. It was fierce, tough, engaging and problem-solving as he tackled solving the waste management problem alongside other very fierce competitors from different schools. Joshua Etim of Charles Dale Memorial International School is the trending news all over, for emerging the Overall Champion of the Robot Champions League’s Virtual Playoffs, April Season 2022. Welcome to STEM Professionals Club at Charles Dale Memorial International School one of Port Harcourt’s most quality, and leading STEM Schools and partners with the STEM Professionals. STEM Professionals Club in the process, prepares every child adequately to compete both in Local and International STEM Competitions including World Robot Olympiad (WRO), First Lego League (FLL), Technovation Girls Competition, PHRoboCon, Robot Champions League, 9jaRoboCon, etc. Every child receives the most quality one-on-one and group coaching delivered by certified STEM Professionals every term. STEM Professionals Club is Africa’s leading STEM Learning Club, bent on providing the most quality STEM Education for every Child in school alongside their formal education. More than 50% of the world’s jobs would be STEM-based by the year 2030, according to the United Nations (UN). Every Child deserves the most Quality STEM Education, because the STEM skills that only specialists have today will be expected of virtually everyone in the African workforce tomorrow. ![]()
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