Rev. Fr. Mario David Dibie, a catholic priest and missionary based at Issele-Uku is rapidly changing the lives of Nigerians everywhere and bringing hope to the poor; the destitute and the spiritually challenged. Fr. Mario David Dibie is the director Emmaus School of Evangelization and also the Director of Retreats, Lumen Christ Family at Issele-Uku Diocese. Fr. Dibie was ordained in 1999 and he was later appointed assistant Director of Emmaus School of Evangelization at All Saints Parish, Onicha Ugbo. His commitment to serve the people even more was found when he was appointed Director of Retreats and Mission which in turn grew to the weekly Tuesday for prayers and counseling groups at Shepherd Chapel at Issele-Uku.

Fr. Mario David Dibie is accomplishing all these through his dynamic and spiritual approach to the salvation of his vast congregation by conducting weekly Tuesday re-newel prayer groups and soul enriched sessions. People from all over Nigeria come to Fr. Mario Dibie to seek counseling, salvation and blessings. The Lumen Christi Family retreat campus is a hub of prayer activities all week long at Issele-Uku. Fr. Dibie believes not only in the spiritual needs of his flocks, he also believes that the poor, the destitute and the deprived can benefit from formal educational training through character building. Fr. Dibie has therefore engaged his resources in massive infrastructural projects at the Lumen Christi family retreat campus where he is building an ultra modern primary and secondary schools to train the future leaders of Nigeria and beyond. One of Fr. Mario Dibie’s projects is the scholarship scheme that benefits students and their parents. These schools are equipped with donated computers and a modern library. The Lumen Christi Family Campus also contains a massive prayer hall that seats over five thousand worshipers at a time. During my visit to the facility, the Holy Father conducted me round the campus and I was awed with what God is doing at Issele-Uku through Fr. Dibie.