Christmas Carol: Wounded Messiah Adoration Spiritual Director tasks Immaculate Heart Uga students to be prayerful

www.odogwublog.com reports that the Spiritual Director, Wounded Messiah Adoration Family, Umunze , Orumba South local government area ,Anambra state, Rev Fr Ejike Nwankwo has reminded Christians that whoever that is not in Jesus Christ is in Crisis. He therefore encouraged every Christian to strive to be with Jesus Christ at all times no matter the challenges of life.
Rev Fr Nwankwo was speaking at Immaculate Heart Secondary School, Uga , Aguata council area of Anambra state while blessing the school calendar to become sacramental wherever it is hung in homes during the 2015 maiden Christmas carol of Nine lessons of the school. He encouraged the students to be not only prayerful but always sing praises to God Almighty at all times.
The Wounded Messiah Adoration family Spiritual Director, praised the various academic programmes of the school that stood it out among schools in the zone and urged families to be prayerful for God to take charge of their homes. He said having blessed the calendar, anywhere it is placed is a blessed home, office or institution.
He commended the school management for engaging the students in various activities as reflected in the calendar including cultural troop, coronation of school Igwe and Lolo, excursion , computer practical and research.
Various schools participated in the carol including Angelic Voice International (IHSSU), choir arm of the school, Hallel Choir led by Rev Fr Sylvester Igwe and Stecjecy Unizik Awka dance and drama group. Second lesson was read by Lady L.A Ogbata while Prof Marius Umego read first lesson even as Mr Austin Ikemefuna read the 3r lesson and Comrade Albert Maduka read the fourth lesson.
In his remarks, the manager of the Immaculate Heart Secondary School, Uga, Rev Fr Roland Victor Okoli and the Principal of the school , Comrade Albert Maduka described the carol of nine lessons as a success judging that the event was the first the school embarked on since 2002 it started.
They lauded students and parents for making it a success and pledged to enhance the participation and package next year, while encouraging the students not to relent in breaking/creating new academic records and history for the school as that is their pride.
Rev Fr Okoli while presenting the calendar to parents and students appealed for continued support and prayers for the school to maintain its pride of place in the society and insisted that it has no room for indolence and laziness but for competitive students.
He added that the vision of the school is to generate responsible citizens empowered to excel in higher education , work and life with a mission of providing a wholistic education in an orderly and supportive environment by empowering the students to develop their potentials.
 Contributing, the Education Secretary Ekwulobia region, Rev Fr Dr Hilary Peter Ugo Ekwenibe praised the manager of Immaculate Heart Group of Schools, Uga, Rev Fr Roland Victor Okoli for his strides in the school but encouraged the students to ensure the Roman Catholic doctrines are not compromised in any way during activities like such including in drama , attire and cultural dance. He insisted that parents kept on bringing their children to the school because of the good job by the management and urged them not to relent.
In an interview , the Dean/Vice Principal  of the school, Rev Sister Mary Hyacienth Nwale  said school has done very well in external and internal exams hence the 100 percent pass in this years WAEC and other exams. She said they have won various competitions regionally, state and nationally as well as laurels for performance in sports and other competitions.
Earlier in his keynote address, a Professor of Physics at Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Prof Marius Umego tasked the students to always exude confidence in the their academics as only that would give them the independence they needed to write examinations without resorting to examination malpractice. He decried that parents and teachers now aid and abet examination malpractice, depriving the society of industrious and future oriented students.
Prof Umego lamented that efforts of some professors in the community to ensure competitive education returned to Uga by sponsoring extra morals were abused by the students as they use the period as escapism from chores at home and parental supervision. He reminded them there is nothing like graduating in character and learning as one would be proud of his or her results against what is obtainable today called ‘’Special centers’’ for buying results one could not defend.
The University Don pointed out that students now abuse the mobile phone rather than engage in serious studies, they resort to frivolities with the phone and hope to engage in malpractice to get good grades at last, he therefore advised that moderation should be applied in everything they do to enable them excel in life , adding that once they realize that harwork does not kill but opens doors, they better for them.
‘’The precious time you should use to study , you waste in chatting and sourcing for what is not beneficial in your mobile phone, television too is a distraction to a studious mind , don’t over indulge .....parents should dedicate more of their time on their children to encourage them do better.....’’
He condemned special centers which he described as cancerous to the growth of education in Nigeria , hence he pointed out many students don’t cope in the University having gained entrance through the back door.