Ss Simon and Jude Feast Day at Naggulu, 2016

Last Sunday I wrote about concluding the 3rd Solemn Novena to St. Jude, Thursday 27 October, 2016. Today I would like to congratulate you all my fellow Parishioners (and those St. Jude devotees from other parishes who  by some sort of chance, may get hold of this News Letter) upon the successful celebration of the Feast of Ss. Simon and Jude.

The numbers of the pilgrims were overwhelming, the seven couples who made their marriages vows were very graceful and Bishop John Baptist Kaggwa who led the Eucharistic Celebration and officiated at the marriages gave an inspiring homily.

By nine in the morning the Bishop was already at the shrine and at exactly 9:30 a.m. the procession to the venue for the celebrations was starting. The function was graced by a sizeable number of priests: they came from the Dioceses of Kasese, Fort Portal, Hoima, Kabale, Mbarara, Tororo Kiyinda Mityana, Kampala, Nangina Deanery (Kenya) and Masaka the leaders of this years’ celebrations.

As usual the function was held in St. Jude ceremonial gardens and although we had more than thirty tents a good number of the faithful had to stand or sit on the grass without tents to shelter them.

The Mass and marriage ceremony went on smoothly. Among the couples for Matrimony were the Masaka District L.C. V Chairman, some police officers from Naggulu and couples from Masaka just to mention some. At the end of the Mass all couples were given their marriage certificates amid ululations. Many were heard saying that these couples gave a good example of making moderate wedding ceremonies and stressing more the sacramental part of marriage rather than the material part!

After Mass St. Jude devotees brought to the Bishop their thanks giving gifts. Then there was some fund raising towards the construction of the new church and a few speeches.

This was followed by Lunch sponsored by Mr. F.X. Kitaka of MTK. Many thanks to him and all who made this function a success.

In a very special way Masaka Diocese deserves a word of thanks for leading this years’ celebrations. They put in a lot of effort, ideas and money. May God reward them for all this, and may St. Jude continue to intercede for them so that they may receive more favours in their daily lives. 

Thu 03, Nov 2016 22:11 pm