Owerri STRC, Nigeria was formed in the year 2005 by some students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) and a student of the Federal Polytechnic¸Nekede who were disheartened as a result of the numerous heresies, non-Catholic practices associated with the Vatican 2 Church.

These men decided to leave the Novus Ordo after due consultation (through the help of their leader) with Bishop D. Dolan who later sent them a priest (Fr. Eldred Leslie) in the year 2006 who helped to give the group a solid foundation, thus establishing a viable mission in Nigeria. The members were about 11 men at the beginning. However, after these students graduated and some traveled to other parts of the country, especially Lagos and Port Harcourt, they helped to establish missions in these locations. Two members who remained in Owerri continued to sustain the group in Owerri as soon as they were back from their NYSC(Nigerian Youth Service Corps) programmes. Hence, by the year 2010, STRC, Nigeria had three branches, namely, STRC Owerri, STRC Port Harcourt and STRC Lagos, respectively.

The group in Owerri received about this time the membership of a courageous lady who joined the group shortly after she was convinced concerning the errors of Vatican 2. And after the death of Father Leslie in 2011, the group through the benevolence of Bishop Dolan was visited by Frs. Carlos Ercoli and Julian Larabee before the ordination of Fr. Nkamuke in 2013. The Owerri group which was later named St. Louis De Montfort mission always met on Sundays for prayers and discussions on matters of Faith and Morals in one of the classrooms within St. Paul’s Primary School, off Douglas Road, Owerri. On Fridays of Lent, we initially held our Stations of the Cross in this Primary School for about two years, but later gathered (for the sake of convenience) at either the Pastoral Centre or the Carmelite Order both situated along Wetheral Road, Owerri for both the Stations of the Cross and the Sacred Heart devotion. The number of the members which was originally about four persons around 2010 increased to about twelve in 2014. Besides, we occasionally enjoyed visits by some brethren resident in Port Harcourt and Lagos.

After Father Nkamuke's arrival in 2014, the Sunday Masses were held in a members house in Nekede, whereas we continued our Sunday meetings in St. Paul’s Primary School, Owerri, whenever the priest was not around. However, when the members progressively increased to a sizable number, the need to look for a more spacious and convenient place to accommodate the members arose. Consequently, in the year 2019, we rented an apartment which serves as our present chapel and houses some few young ladies answering the call to the religious vocation.