The Knights of St. John International and Ladies Auxillary is set to hold the grand finale of Archbishop Adewale Martins’ Family Quiz Competition on September 21, 2024. The Programme Syllabus includes, Books of Deuteronomy and Isaiah of the Old Testament, Gospel of Mark and Galatians of the New Testament as well as Catechism narrowed down to the Church, Liturgy of the Church, Sacred Vessels and Vestments, Sacraments and Sacramentals.
The 2024 edition started off as usual from the parishes in the Archdiocese of Lagos on April 1. All first prize winners at the parish level competitions were brought together to compete for the deanery level championship. The deanery level competition was held on May 26 in some deaneries while others were rescheduled for a later date and were eventually held before the regional level championship. The regional level competition was scheduled for July 28, 2024 and took place in all the four regions of the Archdiocese.
The regional competition was held in the following parishes within the region: St. Agnes Catholic Church, Ikeja; St. Patrick Catholic Church, Alaba; Divine Mercy Catholic Church, Lekki and Regina Mundi Catholic Church, Mushin. The four regions are: Badagry, Ikeja, Lagos and Lekki. For Badagry region, the following Deaneries where represented: Badagry, Iba, Ijanikin, Ilemba, Isolo, FESTAC, and Satellite. Ikeja region had the following Deaneries: Agege, Ijede, Ikeja, Ikorodu, Ipaja and Maryland. Lagos region comprise the following Deaneries: Apapa, Yaba, Surulere and Lagos Island, while Lekki region is made up of the following Deaneries; Ajah, Epe and Lekki.
The Knights of St. John international, Lagos Grand Commandery worked closely with the Archdiocesan Laity Council, Religious Education Department, Parish Priests, Deans and Parish Laity Council Chairpersons to a successful hosting of the Archbishop Adewale Martins Family Quiz Competition at various levels and the grand finale would not be an exception. The winners from the four regions would slog it out on September 21 2024, which happens to be a day set aside to celebrate the Archbishop’s birthday. By design, there are no losers at the grand finale as all finalists would go home from the competition with handsome monetary prizes, ranging from five hundred thousand, three hundred, two hundred and one hundred thousand naira, respectively.
The winners of the Badagry region championship are Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Ezeimo from Ijanikin deanery, while the champion family from the Ikeja region are Mr. and Mrs. Donatus Oke from Ikorodu deanery. The winners of the competition at the Lagos regional level are no other than Mr. and Mrs. Ezenwa Charles Ifeanyi from Apapa deanery. Lekki region were not left out of the glory of having a champion family in Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Eze Ihuoma from Yaba deanery.
These four champion families will be digging deep into the questions prepared by the Religious Education Department and would be getting their rewards at the end of the championship. More families are encouraged to join the competition subsequently in order to broaden their knowledge of the Catholic faith, doctrine and the bible. It’s a family affair and the family is a mini Church where Christ functions optimally.