|| FATHER EDEH ||

HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTELLECTUAL WORLD
(1)   He is the first to articulate African Philosophy, through his          articulation of Igbo Metaphysics, 1985.
(2)   Founder of the first Catholic University in Nigeria and West         African sub region: Madonna University Okija 1993, and Elele,         2002.
        Federal Government approved 20th Alril1999.
        Approved as a Catholic University 9 December 1999.
(3)   Founder of Car it as University, Amorji-Nike Enugu 2004.
(4) Founder of Osisatech Polytechnic and College of Education,         Enugu: the first nonGovernment owned tertiary institutions in         Nigeria.

HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CHURCH IN AFRICA

(1) Founded in 1984 the Catholic Prayer Ministry of the Holy Spirit, a pious association of the people of God who pray both individually and collectively before Christ in the Blessed Sacrament with special devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and care for the sick and suffering in the society.

(2) Founded in 1984 the largest and most famous Pilgrimage Centre in Africa, namely: The Pilgrimage Centre of Eucharistic Adoration and Special Marian Devotion, Elele, Nigeria, where thousands of Pilgrims do come on Pilgrimage especially every first week of the month all year round.

(3) He established since 1989 The Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Elele where over six million (6,000,000) cases have been settled peacefully with no cost on the part of the quarrelling parties.

(4) He founded four flourishing Religious Congregations as mentioned above. The members of these Congregations participate actively in the work of the Church in Africa. They devote themselves to the work of justice, reconciliation and peace. (Cf. my book "Peace in the modern world")