REACHING OUT TO THE NEEDY

Fr. Joseph Kaseeta and the Good Samaritan team, visiting the needy in our communities during this Lenten season pastoral program.

Wed 10, Apr 2019 09:04 am

GOD IS IN THE DRIVING SEAT

I would like to thank all of you parishioners and other people from elsewhere, for your support during the four days I was suddenly admitted at UMC Victoria Hospital. Thank you for your messages and prayers of get well soon.

The thing was unexpected, and the duration very much underestimated, that we cannot blame anyone for not letting people know, more so visit. Those who managed to know and came to see me, thank you. But I know the majority of you were praying for me, and that is more important than even a visit. Thank you.

Well 15th February, began like any other Friday here. Then we decided to go to the UMC Victoria hospital for a good up check of my sugar levels. I was worried about the high levels and the way I was generally feeling. I thought my Glucometer was playing me tricks, the readings were just too high!

All went well, their readings were as high as my readings. After giving a history of my condition to the doctor, they ordered me to the ER for some tests and “treatment”. After all had been said and done, the Dr. Discharged me and told me to report to the hospital the following morning for review.

It was while we were waiting at the reception, that the Lord’s hand took over! He wanted me to have some more time this side of the universe!

I am told that I began to sweat and breath very badly! I was unconscious. All I know is that I  was being whisked back to the ER, in a wheel chair, insisting that I was alright and that I had just been sleeping. They would not have this nonsense! Back on the bed, everybody saying that I was going no where, they just had to keep me under observation for the night. When the doctor, a very good and highly place gentleman, plus one of our Catholics here, who happens to work there as a cardiologist, said I was going no where, I bowed to them and silently said to the Lord, “You have a good reason for this, let it be!

A series of things began to unfold. I was put on oxygen to help my then short breathing, a decision was made to have a clot test and so many other tests. The clot test meant a trip to Nakasero hospital since the UMC hospital did not have the machinery for it.

In one day, a simple sugar test, ended in numerous medical tests, a ride in an ambulance and a breathing on those oxygen gadgets.

Please when you see those first moving ambulances, give way and throw in a prayer.

My sugar now is controlled, I am breathing on my own, and picking up my health. The Lord was in the driving seat, he wanted them to find out that I had clots developing. That wouldn’t had been so, if we had not gone for the imple sugar test.

Wed 13, Mar 2019 09:03 am

ST. JUDE DEVOTION KAMPALA ARCHDIOCESE: 2019 PROGRAM

EVENTS AHEAD:

17/02/2019: Executive meeting at Ggayaaza.

02/03/2019: Novena begins in Parishes and at the National Shrine Naggulu.

Friday and Sat. 08 –09/ 03/2019: Lusirika (retreat) At Ggayaaza for all.

16/03/2019: Executive meeting at Kanyanya. Fro chairpersons,  Executives.

27/04/2019: Executive meeting at Kyengera.

18/05/2019: Lukiiko lwa Bonna at Nansana.;

TO BE CONTINUED…. But the following Date is very important for Nggulu Devotion:

17/08/2019: LUNAKU LWA BANNAKIBIINA at Naggulu.

Tue 19, Feb 2019 09:02 am

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Greetings of love and gratitude to you all. Thank you for identifying yourself with Our Lady and St. Jude Parish Naggulu.

Tue 15, Jan 2019 15:01 pm

BEGINNING ADVENT THE RIGHT WAY

Last Sunday as the church was getting ready to liturgically celebrate the solemnity of Jesus Christ King of the universe, here in Uganda, we woke up to the news of a shocking event on Lake Victoria. Saturday evening, a cruise boat had capsized on the lake, leaving an unknown number of people dead. (By the time of writing this piece, the number of confirmed dead is 33). Tragic! Very sad! May the departed brothers and sisters rest in eternal peace. Amen.

Against that back drop, to some of us, the celebration of the Solemnity, became more of an occasion for soul searching than a time of jubilation. A time to meditatively say, in our hearts and actions, the famous “Viva Cristo Rey (Long Live Christ the King)”. Not because accidents of this nature are to be hailed, — Oh, no! —- but because of the whole idea behind the Solemnity of Christ the King. Namely, in the end, in spite of the many, many things we go through in this world, the various happenings whether joyful or sad, which more often than not, prevent us from seeing the true ’ruler’ of our lives; Christ the King must rule our hearts, minds, wills, and bodies. He  will reign for ever.

As this tragic event continues to dominate our conversation, discussions and prayers, to day we have woken up to a new Church liturgical Season: Advent. As it is the case most of the time, the themes of the last week of the outgoing season, merge with the opening themes of the incoming Season. We do not build walls between the two, we instead make it happen “re-lay style”.

Last week of outgoing Season

For example the whole of last week Mass readings, have been telling us of the End Times; …. “the angel of the Lord set his sickle to work on the earth and harvested the whole vintage of the earth and put it into a huge winepress, the winepress of God’s anger……….., Babylon has fallen…., the Lord God will shine on them….., there will never be night again; There will be great earthquakes and plagues and famines here and there; there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven…… then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. When these things begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation is near at hand.”

First day of incoming Season

The new season begins with Mass readings telling us: “……  the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I am going to fulfil the promise I made……. be blameless in the sight of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus Christ comes with all his saints…...‘There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the clamour of the ocean and its waves …..Stay awake, praying at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to stand with confidence before the Son of Man”. 

Relay Style? Looks like it from where I am standing.

Begin Advent the right way

Here are two examples to set each one of us reflecting on what God expects of us during this four-Sunday season. No offense or disrespect intended, but the examples happen to be about a sinking boat. 

Missing the signal!

The first example is from Fr. Anthony Kadavil, pastor of St. John the Baptist Catholic Parish in the Archdiocese of Mobile US.

In its day, the Titanic was the world’s largest ship, weighing 46,328 tons, and it was considered unsinkable. Yet, late during the night of April 14-15, 1912, the unthinkable happened to the unsinkable. Near midnight, the great Titanic struck an iceberg, ripping a three-hundred-foot hole through five of its sixteen watertight compartments. It sank in two and a half hours killing 1,513 people.

Before the Titanic sank, warning after warning had been sent to tell the crew that they were speeding into an ice field, but the messages were ignored. In fact, when a nearby ship sent an urgent warning, the Titanic was talking to Cape Race about the time the chauffeurs were to meet arriving passengers at the dock in New York, and what dinner menus were to be ready. Preoccupied with the trivia, the Titanic responded to the warning, “Shut up. I am talking to Cape Race. You are jamming my signals!”

Why did so many die that night? Perhaps the crew disregarded the danger of the weather; there were not enough lifeboats on board; and the radio operator of nearby California was off duty; perhaps those responsible did not heed the warnings; they were preoccupied with other things!

Lesson: Sometimes we believe that our ‘ship’ is unsinkable, our life is all well planned, and the unthinkable can never happen to us. We need to read the signs of the times, we need to pay attention to the warning signals. But if we are preoccupied with the trivial things of life we will miss the most important things till it is too late. The First Sunday of Advent gives us the warning to be watchful, waiting and prepared.

Would we keep arranging deckchairs on a sinking ship?  

The second example is again from Fr. Kadavil (as in the 1st one), but this time he gets it from the magazine, ‘Sunday Liturgies’ by M. Link.

On the night of April 15, 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank.  Over 1,500 people lost their lives in one of the worst sea disasters in history.  A few years ago a magazine recalled the great disaster and asked its readers this shocking –almost blasphemous question:

“If we’d been on the Titanic when it sank, would we have arranged the deckchairs?” 

At first we say to ourselves, “What a ridiculous question!  No one in his right mind would ignore wailing sirens on a sinking ship and rearrange its deck chairs!  No one with an ounce of sanity would ignore the shouts of drowning people and keep arranging deck chairs!” But as we continue to read the magazine, we see the reason for the strange question.  And suddenly we ask ourselves:

 “Are we perhaps, rearranging the deckchairs on a sinking ship? For example:

 - are we so caught up with material things in life that we are giving a back seat to spiritual things? 

- are we so busy making a living that we are forgetting the purpose of life? 

- are we so taken up with life that we are forgetting why God gave us life?” 

Wed 05, Dec 2018 10:12 am

KAMPALA ARCHDIOCESAN DAY 2018

28th October,2018 at Lubaga: Our Parish Priest, Fr Godfrey Kyeyune and Mr. Michael Mawerere , Secretary to the Parish council greeting His Grace Archbishop Kizito. Lwanga.

Wed 14, Nov 2018 09:11 am

NTINDA PARISHIONERS VISIT THEIR ROOTS

Ntinda parishioners in a group photo after St. Jude novena Mass on 21st October,2018. They were led by their Parish Priest, Fr. Edward Muwanga;

Eng Bakawa, the Head of the Laity and Mrs. Audrey Kahara Kawuki , the Deputy Head of the Laity. Ntinda Parish donated to us 25 Million shillings towards the construction of our new church. Thank you so much

Wed 31, Oct 2018 08:10 am

Kampala Archdiocesan Day: Some facts about the Diocese

Kampala is the result of territorial changes:

Victoria Nyanza Vicariate (1883)

The Vicariate Apostolic Victoria Nyanza was established by the Holy See in 1883 and was entrusted to the Missionaries of Africa commonly known as the White Fathers. Lubaga became the seat of the Bishop.

Upper Nile Vicariate (1894)

On July 13, 1894, the Holy See erected the Upper Nile Vicariate dividing it from Victoria Nyanza Vicariate and entrusted it to the Mill Hill Missionaries. Nsambya became the seat of the Bishop of that Vicariate. The name of Victoria Nyanza Vicariate was also changed to Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Victoria Nyanza.

Vicariate Apostolic of Uganda (1915)

After the erection of Vicariates in territories beyond the Nile on the southern side, the name of Northern Victoria Nyanza Vicariate was changed to the Vicariate of Uganda on Janaury 15, 1915.

Vicariate of Kampala

On June 10, 1948, the name of Upper Nile Vicariate was also changed to the Vicariate of Kampala which later became the Diocese of Kampala in 1953.

Archdiocese of Rubaga (1953-1966)

The Catholic Hierarchy in Uganda was established on March 25, 1953 and the Vicariates of Uganda became the dioceses of Uganda. Lubaga became an Archdiocese with 5 suffragan dioceses namely; Gulu, Masaka, Kampala, Mbarara and Tororo. The first Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Rubaga was Archbishop Louis Joseph Cabana WF (1947-1960) who died in retirement in 1981. He was succeeded by Archbishop Dr. Joseph Kiwanuka(1960-1965)

Archdiocese of Kampala (1966-)

On August 5, 1966, the Holy See joined together a section of the Diocese of Kampala and the Archdiocese of Rubaga to create the Archdiocese of Kampala. It was covering most parts of Central Uganda. His Grace Emmanuel K. Nsubuga (later Cardinal) was consecrated on 30th October 1966 to become the first Ordinary of the newly created Archdiocese of Kampala. He was elevated to the rank of Cardinal on 24 May 1976. He retired on 8 Feb 1990 and died on 20 April 1991. He was succeeded by His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1990-2006). Since then, three other new dioceses have been created namely: Kiyinda-Mityana (August 21, 1981), Kasana-Luweero (December 16, 1996) and Lugazi (December 16, 1996).

The line of succession to the See of former Rubaga Diocese (Cathedral: Lubaga)

The Rt. Revs:

Leon Livinhac, W.F. (1883-1890) Jean Hirth, W.F (1890-1894) Guillermain, W.F. (1895-1897) Henry Streicher, W.F. (1897-1933)————John Forbes, W.F. (1918-26)(Co-adjutor) Edward Michaud, W.F. (1933-1945)————James Smith, W.F. (1945-1947),(Pro-Vicar) —————————— Louis Joseph. Cabana W.F. (1947-1960)———–———————Joseph Kiwanuka, W.F. (1961-1966)

The line of succession to the See of former Kampala Diocese (Cathedral at Nsambya)

The Rt. Revs:

Henry Hanlon, MHM (1894-1911) John Biermans, MHM (1912-1924)  John W Campling, MHM (1925-1937)————————————John Reesinck, MHM 1938-1947) Vincent Billington, MHM (1947-1966)

The line of succession to the See of the Archdiocese of |Kampala

His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Nsubuga (1966-1990)—————His Eminence Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala (1990-2006)——————The Most Reverend Dr Cyprian Kizito Lwanga (2006-)

Additional info:

Area: 3,644 km²;

Population: 1,740,000 Catholics (41.0% of 4,242,000 total) (2014)

Suffragan Sees:, Kasana Luweero  Kiyinda-Mityana, Lugazi, Masaka.

67 parishes, (2017), ( more or less 360 priests (288 diocesan, 72 religious), 951 lay religious (285 brothers, 666 sisters)…..

Source: Uganda Episcopal Conference.

Wed 31, Oct 2018 07:10 am

The third and final Annual Solemn Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus,

The third and final Annual Solemn Novena to St. Jude Thaddeus, starts on Friday 19 October, 2018 at 04:00 p.m.

Rev. Fr. Joseph Kato is expected to be the Main Celebrant, and the choir will be from St. Paul Sub Parish Banda.

Brothers and sisters of St. Jude, are also sons and daughters of Mary. We continue to say our daily rosary during the Novena to St. Jude.

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Saturday 27 October will be the final day of the Novena, and on that day we shall also anticipate the Feast of Ss. Simon and Jude. We shall celebrate St. Jude’s Feast Day as we conclude the Novena.

Fort Portal Diocese will be in charge of leading the liturgy of the day.

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During the Novena, the 40 bead chaplet to St. Jude will be available, along with the prayers.

Registered members can get “Essaala y’Ekibiina - Kampala Archdiocese” from :

Ms. Florence Kyomugisha, Chairperson - 0704788369, 0788825588

Tue 16, Oct 2018 07:10 am

REFUGE OF SINNERS - PRAY FOR US

The Pope asked Catholics to pray the rosary every day during the month of October for protection of the Church from the devil.

A Vatican statement says: “ the Pope is asking the faithful of the whole world to pray so that the Mother of God puts the Church under her protective mantle to preserve her from the attacks of the evil one, the great accuser, and to make [the Church] all the more conscious of the faults, the mistakes, the abuses made in the present and in the past, and more committed to fighting without any hesitation for evil not to prevail.”

The Pope has also asked us to say the prayer to Michael the Archangel for the same purpose.

The two prayers:

(1) Invocation: Sub Tuum Praessidium (Under Your Protection)

We fly to thy protection, O Holy Mother of God; do not despise our petitions in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers, O Glorious and Blessed Virgin. Amen.

(2) St. Michael the Archangel

Saint Michael Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.

Fri 12, Oct 2018 13:10 pm