Bishop Godfrey M.P. Okoye reflects on the person and message of Father Tansi Bishop’ HouseCatholic Mission, Box 16Port Harcourt, Nigeria. 19th February, 1967. I began to know Father Cyprian Tansi intimately from 1940 when he was appointed to open Dunukofia…
MEMOIRS OF A CONFRÈRE I lived with Fr. Tansi as a curate at Aguleri for a year 1949 – 1950. What impressed me most in my association with him was his charity, holiness, asceticism, and an ability to cope with…
FATHER CYPRIAN IWENE TANSI IS ALIVE IN NIGERIA Fr. Iwene Tansi is alive in Nigeria, he speaks through the “living words” which he preached and witnessed by his life and ministry. He is leading and influencing the life of many…
Retreat Talk to a Bishop Some time ago, I was planning to write to you what I thought would be my last letter to you as “Father Godfrey” after which it would all be “My Lord Bishop”, and nothing more.…
BLESSED CYPRIAN IWENE TANSI was BEATIFIED By POPE JOHN PAUL II on 22 March, 1998 at Oba, Nigeria. Biographical Sketch September 1903: A baby boy is born to Tabansi (name meaning “continue to bear evil patiently”) of Igboezunu-Aguleri and his…
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God”, is one of the most important statements of Jesus Christ in the Scriptures. It contains both a challenge and a promise which are fundamental to the Christian life. (art 4)
BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART
“Archbishop Valerian Okeke “
