Category: Vocation stories

A Brief Introduction of Myself/Family Background I am Salisu Yakubu Sabo SMA. I was born and brought up in a village called Dukuki, Garko Local Government Area of Kano State; my parish is called St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Gamashina, Kano Diocese. I am the third born, but the first son among eight children. I began…

Everything has a history, a history of how it came about. For man, as long as he lives, every second, minute, hour, day, week and year marks a history for him. It is to this regard that I as a person, being a man that lives within the spheres of second, minute, hours,, days, weeks…

When the planning committee for my ordination (2012) asked me to choose the Scripture texts for the Ordination Mass, I had little difficulty in doing it. In the course of my formation, I had long reflected about the origin of my vocation. It is deeper than I can remember. Thus, I could not think of…

Parallel to the saying, “forgetting where you come from is to forever remain a child,” the story of my vocation to the priesthood and in addition, the missionary priesthood with the Society of African Missions, (SMA) cannot be thrown to oblivion. The importance of history in the life of every person plays a vital role…