HTP Maitama Laity
About Us
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Maitama (Trinitarian Family) is one of the biggest Parishes in Abuja. It was established in 1997 under the pastoral Leadership of the indefatigable Parish Priest Very Rev Fr. Dr. Willy Odjukwu of blessed memory. It is located in the highbrow Maitama district of Abuja with a congregation of over 7,000 parishioners. The Church provides a very conducive environment for worship. We offer five masses on Sundays: 6am, 8:00am, 10:00am, 12 noon and 6pm and three masses on Mondays to Saturdays 6am, 12 noon and 6pm respectively.
We have a very active and vibrant Lay faithful’s with the various Communities, Pious Societies and Association well represented forming a big Family the Trinitarian Family that takes care of its spiritual, moral and social needs. Come worship with us and join the happy family.
As you come, bring your presence, your interest, experience and talents to the Church. Consider using these God-given gifts for the betterment of our parish Family.
Welcome on board! We are very glad to have you with us in this ship of life, as we journey together in and with Jesus, Enjoy the Lord and the people of our Parish.
Experience love, peace, hope, Joy, good health, grace, prayers and blessings in abundance as you abide in his presence in the Church. God bless you and your loved ones.
The Parish Organization and Communities, is a coming together of individuals with similar interests, to bond, learn and support each other while serving God with their time, talents and resources.
Below are the activity Groups in Holy Trinity Parish Maitama :
1. The Trinity Choir
2. St. Michael Yoruba Community
3. Catholic Charismatic Renewal
4. Board of Lectors
5. Board of Ushers
6. St. Patrick Edo/Delta Community
7. Catholic Women Organization (CWO)
8. Catholic Men Organization (CMO)
9. Legion of Mary
10. Catholic Sisters of United
11. St Rita Society
12. St. Dominic Imo/Abia Community
13. Guild of Immaculate Conception
14. Infant Jesus Society
15. Catholic Youth Organization of Nigeria (CYON)
16. St Anthony of Padua
17. St Vincent De Paul
18. St. Gabriel Northern Community
19. Blessed Iwene Tansi Anambra, Enugu & Ebonyi Community
20. St. Louis Foreign Community
21. St. Peter Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross Rivers & Rivers Community
22. Holy Family Society.
PARISH ORGANISATIONS
PASTORAL COUNCIL
The Parish Pastoral Council is a consultative body – in line with the provisions of the Code of Canon. The Council gives its help to the Priest-in-Charge in fostering pastoral activity. It investigates, under the authority of the Priest-in-Charge, all those things which pertain to pastoral works to ponder them, and to propose practical conclusions about them.
Specifically, the Parish Pastoral Council's purpose is to enhance the process of:
· pastoral planning
· developing pastoral programs
· improving pastoral services
· evaluating the pastoral effectiveness of various programs and services
The Priest-in-Charge presides over the Parish Pastoral Council and is responsible for the final approval of Council recommendations concerning pastoral planning, programs, and services for the parish, as well as for their implementation.
Membership
The Pastoral Council is a representative body rather than a body of representatives. A council member is not a representative for a particular neighborhood, age bracket, special interest group or organization.
Vice Chairman: Engr. Andrew Ojobo
Mobile: +2348055104388
Email: acojogbo@yahoo.com
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Secretary: Ms. Mary Anavhe
Mobile: +2348030749362, +2348055171398
Email: manavhe@nercng.org
Ongoing formation for the Council members includes an annual retreat which usually holds on the first Saturday of Lent.
Meetings/Agenda
Ordinarily the Council meets once every 2 months.
The Priest-in-Charge is the primary selector of the Council's agenda, but any member of the Council may raise items for the agenda.
The following are some of the pastoral activities which the council deliberates on at its meetings:
· instruction in the full range of the faith and catechetical formation
· programmes promoting gospel values, including issues of social justice
· responsibilities to people with special needs
· Catholic education of children and young adults
· outreach to alienated Catholics
· evangelization
· programmes of sacramental life and preparation
· promotion of Eucharistic devotion
· inculcation of prayer life, especially within families
· effective participation in the liturgy
· home visiting
· efforts at building community
· motivation of the spiritual and corporal works of mercy
· efforts of special care for the sick and dying
· tangible concern for the poor, the afflicted, and the lonely
· fostering of solid Christian family life
· promotion of the lay apostolate
· strengthening of extra-parochial relations with the bishop, diocesan-pastoral efforts and a worldwide Catholic identity
· special role with parish stewardship activities
· outreach to and inclusion of youth and young adults in the life of the parish