Two priests from the Archdiocese of Caceres in the Philippines — Fr. Joe-Nelo Penino and Fr. Arnold Bolima — were recently welcomed by Bishop Mark Hagemoen at the start of a week-long welcome, orientation and enculturation event in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon.
The first day of an orientation and enculturation week for new priests was held Feb. 5 at the Catholic Pastoral Centre (l-r): Catherine Couture of the Bishop’s Office, mentoring priest Fr. Habila Musa of Rosetown, recently-arrived priest Fr. Joe-Nelo Penino, Bishop Mark Hagemoen, recently-arrived priest Fr. Arnold Bolima, Delegate for Fidei Donum (International) Priests Fr. Peter Ebidero of Martensville, mentoring priest Fr. Benjamin Ezekwudo of Cudworth, and Rita Flaman Jarrett of the Catholic Pastoral Centre’s administration team. (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)
Fr. Joe-Nelo will serve as Associate Pastor at both Holy Spirit Parish and the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Saskatoon. Fr. Arnold Bolima will serve as Associate Pastor at Saint Anne Parish in Saskatoon.
Fr. Peter Ebidero, the bishop’s Delegate for Fidei Donum (International) Priests, oversees the orientation week, working with a team of presenters, clergy, diocesan staff, local experts, parishioners and volunteers to provide needed information for newly-arrived priests — including three others who arrived in the diocese of Saskatoon within the past year.
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Fr. Joe-Nelo Penino, Bishop Mark Hagemoen, and Fr. Arnold Bolima (l-r). (Photo by Kiply Lukan Yaworski, Catholic Saskatoon News)
Arrival Feb. 1, 2024:
(Photo by Rita Flaman Jarrett)
Representatives of the Clergy and the diocesan Catholic Pastoral Centre were on hand in the wee hours of Feb. 1, 2024, to welcome Fr. Joe-Nelo Penino and Fr. Arnold Bolima to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saskatoon. (Photo by Fr. Peter Ebidero).
Fr. Joe-Nelo Penino, Fr. Arnold Bolima, Fr. Peter Ebidero (l-r). (Photo by Rita Flaman Jarrett)
(Photo by Rita Flaman Jarrett)
