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A former teacher of Whitesands School, Rev Fred Oraegbu will on Saturday (tomorrow) be ordained to priesthood by Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.
The ordination will take place in the Basilica of St Eugene in Rome.
This was revealed in a letter signed by the principal of the school addressed to the parents.
The letter which stated details of the ordination programme was sent to TheNewsGuru.com on Friday.
Read the letter below:
Teacher of Whitesands School to be ordained to priesthood
Dear Whitesands parents,
I am pleased to inform you that Rev Fred Oraegbu, a former teacher of Whitesands School will be ordained to priesthood on Saturday, 5 May 2018.
Rev Fred along with 30 other faithful of Opus Dei will be ordained by Cardinal Robert Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The ordination will take place in the Basilica of St Eugene in Rome.
Rev Fred Oraegbu obtained his Bachelors Degree in accountancy at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He was employed at Whitesands after his youth service and taught mathematics to JS2 students from 2010 to 2011. He left for Pamplona, Spain in 2012 to complete his Bachelors Degrees in philosophy and theology studies at the University of Navarre, Spain. He went to Rome to continue his studies and obtained a Masters in Moral Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. He is currently ending his Ph.D. in Theology at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross. After ordination, he will remain in Spain for some months to practice his priestly ministry before finally coming back to Nigeria sometime December this year.
Rev Fred Oraegbu was ordained deacon with two other Nigerian faithful of Opus Dei: Rev Pedro Okafor and Rev Elo Asogwa. They will all be ordained priest this coming Saturday. The two other deacons were working at Whitesands as external advisors before leaving for Pamplona, Spain.
Let us all join in prayers and thanksgiving to God for the gift of vocation to these gentlemen.
I attach a photo of their ordination as deacons and a link to a short video clip of interviews with the future priests.
Thank you.
Dr Lorenzo Manuel A. David, Jr.
Principal
Whitesands School
Lekki, Lagos, NIGERIA