Year: 2023

THE STORY OF MY VOCATION 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 my nursery and primary school in my village in 1995 and completed in St. Louis Primary School, Airport Road, Kano in 2001. Then I proceeded to St. Thomas Secondary School, also Airport Road, Kano from where I graduated in 2007.…

MY VOCATION JOURNEY 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 and year also have a history; a history that brims itself in different spheres of life which include spiritual, cultural, educational, and vocational spheres of life. I would however consecrate this page on the vocational sphere. Being born into a catholic family…

GOD’S VOICE IN AN IRISH ACCENT - THE STORY OF MY VOCATION 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 any other story in the Bible which reflect my personal experience other than Jeremiah 1:4-8: “Before I form you in the womb I knew you; before you were born I sanctified you, I…

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 in the self-discovery of that person. However, being the first child of the family of five children, my vocation story has helped me to discover how God has journeyed with me through this “road less travelled”. At the dawn of my vocation as a priest,…