CHAPTER 18
"Remember those, O Lord, who in your peace have died, yet may not gain love's high reward till love is purified!" This stanza of a hymn from the Stan Brook Abbey Hymnal is one that is deeply appreciated, especially when the glories of departed brethren, marked with the sign of faith, are pondered upon. The thoughts of the four last things: Death, Judgment, Hell and Heaven are reassurances of another life in the hereafter. This is an aspect of the teachings and practice of the Catholic Faith, which has existed in Afemai land for more than a century. With the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Diocese of Auchi, it is appropriate to ruminate on the glories of men and women: Priests, Religious and lay faithful who worked unstintingly in the land of Afemai. This work examines the lives of some of the departed Afemai Catholic natives, whose evangelization and pastoral activities have contributed to the development of the Catholic Faith in Afemai and in the creation of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi. This chapter also uncovers the lapse in the work titled How Saints Are Made.
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