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1 January-March 2007

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EDITORIAL

Dear readers,

It is a privilege to present to you

our 12th issue of Omusondolya-The

Guide newsletter. As you may real-

ize our last issue was in 2001. We had taken a strategic retreat to re-

organize and we are now back in

print with vigor and new ideas. The

world is becoming a global village

and the Church cannot be indifferent

to what is happening. It has to com-

municate its ideals through newslet-

ters such as this.

Omusondolya will continue to be

the church’s mouth piece on issues

concerning the Church in Kasese. It

will include articles concerning spir-ituality and religious matters. It

shall be informing you of the events

in the diocese and in the church as

whole. It shall also publish messages

and information from Diocesan de-

partments and institutions and not

leaving out social-political issues.

We therefore urge all diocesan de-

partments and institutions to keep on

supplying us with information. This

newsletter will be quarterly. We wish to thank the people who

sent in articles for publication. We

also thank His Lordship Bishop

Egidio for being one of the con-

sistent contributors to this newslet-

ter. We thank all who have been

behind the editing and printing of

this work. May you also know the

team I work with: Florence Basaliza

Ithungu the assistant editor, Mr

John Nzinjah Chief advisor and Fr.

Augustine M. Sunday the Social Communications Coordinator, not

forgetting Fr. John B. Kithendere a

senior writer.

We wish you a fruitful Lenten and

Easter season.

Rev. Fr. Francis Kojo Kule

Chief Editor

KASESE DIOCESAN SYNOD

Find in this issue

1. Kasese Synod,

page 1 2. Bishops desk, page 2 3. Appointments, page 3

4.Karitas Kasese, page 4 6. Youth Apostolate, page 5 7. Do priests confess, page 6 8. The power of the spirit, page 6 9. Healing the wounds,

page 7

The main commissions are: the Pasto-

ral, the Education, the Social Services

and Development, the Social Com-

munications, the Justice and Peace,

the Economic and Planning. The Councils are: the Catechists

and the Laity.

The position papers shall include

the following points: Objectives,

activities, achievements, problems

and then strategies to lead to better

results in

the future.

Soon I

am going to

appoint the

central Or-ganizing

Committee

that will

plan the

meetings

and the

budgets

with those

concerned

and oversee

all opera-tions.

Please cooperate and contribute

whatever you can contribute.

This new century calls for re-

newed vigor and commitment and

new strategies in our evangelizing

mission. May the Holy Spirit en-

lighten us and guide us in our prep-

arations for this very important Syn-

od.

Yours Sincerely in Christ,

+ Egidio Nkaijanabwo, Bishop

15th January 2007

To: All the Faithful of the Dio-

cese of Kasese

Dear Brothers and Sisters in

Christ,

Re: Kasese Diocesan Synod First of all I wish you all a

Happy and Fruitful New Year

2007.

In order to make this

year particularly

fruitful I propose

that we prepare for

and hold a Synod. A Synod is an

Assembly of select-

ed priests, religious

and lay faithful, pre-

sided over by the

diocesan Bishop, in

which questions

relevant to the evan-

gelizing mission of

the Church are dis-

cussed and practical

conclusions are pro-posed to the Bishop.

We shall discuss questions relat-

ed to our diocese.

Our diocese has been running

now for sixteen years. We have

been having different meetings

on different levels - on village,

sub-parish, parish and diocesan

levels: meetings of apostolic

movements, of committees, of

commissions, of Councils, of the religious and of the clergy. But

we have not had such an assem-

bly, involving representatives of

all these different groups togeth-

er.

We shall have meetings at all

levels and so each one of you

will have a chance to put forward

your views.

We want to review what we have

done, and how we have carried

out our apostolate so far and then come up with a plan for the next

five or more years. In the process

of preparations, the commissions

and councils shall have to pre-

pare positions papers regarding

the operations of their depart-

15. Setbacks, page 13

16. The roots, page 14

17. True love, page 14

18. Education, page 15

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BISHOP’S DESK MESSAGE OF LENT AND

EASTER To all the faithful,

Diocese of Kasese

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

Greetings to you all and best wishes

for Lent and Easter. You might read

this letter after the season of lent has passed but you know that the Spirit

of Lent, which is Penance and Re-

pentance, has to stay with us the

whole year. You know that I have

just come back from Europe where I

spent three weeks and that I came

with a broken leg! I slipped and frac-

tured a little a bone of my left leg

and the whole leg is now in plaster.

Thank you for your prayers that ena-

bled me return safely. I need more prayers that I may heal properly. As

it is lent I took it as an occasion to

share a little more in the passion of

Christ.

Our Holy Father pope Benedict

XVI has written to us, all the faith-

ful, a message for lent and in it he

invites us to “Look on Him whom

they have pierced”(Jn

19:37), that we direct

our gaze at Christ Cru-

cified who, dying on Calvary, revealed fully

for us the love of God”.

The pope quotes the

text of John 12:32

where Jesus said: “When I am lifted

up from the earth, I will draw all

men to myself”, and concludes that “

On the Cross, it is God Himself who

begs the love of His creatures: He is

thirsty for the love of every one of

us”, but that it is not enough to ac-cept His love: We must, in addition,

dedicate ourselves to communicating

this love to others: “ Christ draws

me to Himself in order to unite

Himself to me, so that I learn to love

the brothers with His

own love, a love that each day

we, in turn must re-give to our

neighbour, especially to the one

who suffers most and is in need”.

The theme of the international meeting I went to attend in Rome

was in line with the Pope‟s mes-

sage above. It was a meeting

organized by Saint Egidio Com-

munity, an organization dedicat-

ed to fostering reconciliation and

peace in the world. They invited

some 80 bishops from all over

the world, including Orthodox

and Anglican Bishops. The main

theme of the meeting was:

“Globalization of love”. You know, since about 20

years there is a move-

ment in the world to

bring all nations and

organizations together

to cooperate in eco-

nomic, social, techno-

logical, cultural, polit-

ical and ecological

spheres. “The whole

world is a village”, people say, and in-

deed it has become one in

a real sense and nations and or-

ganizations are very interdepend-

ent.

In that meeting in Rome, the

founder of this Saint Egidio

Community, Mr. Andrea Ric-

cardi, gave us a talk on this. He

says that indeed globalization has

grown impressively into a market

empire that nobody seems able to withstand. He says that the aim

of this movement of globaliza-

tion was to bring into the world

democracy, wealth and peace.

But he says it has not created a

world of peace: there conflicts,

wars and tensions everywhere.

He says it lacks something. It

lacks a soul of peace and recon-

ciliation. It lacks love. People are

mobilized, connected and inte-grated for economic interests

only. He says the answer will be

promoting a globalization of

Love, which is in fact, he says

the preaching of Christianity

from the beginning: Communion

and caring for one another.

. St Paul says: “You should carry each oth-

er‟s troubles and fulfill the law of Christ”

(Galatians 6:2), and “what is the great law

of Christ if not the commandment of

love?” Christianity from the beginning was glob-

alization, going beyond

the borders of Judaism, gathering different

peoples of all races and nationalities. At

the first Pentecost in Jerusalem the Holy

Spirit opened communication between

peoples causing them to understand each

other and listen together and understand

the Word of God spoken by the apostles.

And so Christians do not only understand

one another but, above all, they listen to-

gether to the Word of God which enlight-ens them and

saves them.

“Frontiers are

to be opened

in our hearts.

We have a

common lan-

guage that

passes

through

hearts. A Catholic

(Christian) is

whoever does not put to himself any border

but the one of charity in all directions both

geographical and inner ones.

Some time ago Pope Benedict XVI said:

“The Holy Spirit gives believers a superior

vision of the world, of life, of history and

makes them keepers of hope that does not

disappoint”. Andrea Riccardi continues

that idea of a superior vision. “It is a vi-

sion”, he says, “that makes us love ene-mies, that makes us search for friendship

and dialogue, defeat evil with good”. He

adds that Christians, individuals, small

communities and large communities are

stars shining on themselves and giving

light also to the whole of humanity: giving

light to our confused world that is full of

conflicts, wars and tensions. “You are the

light of the world…..your light must shine

in the sight of men, so that, seeing your

good works, they may give the praise to your Father in heaven" Matt 5: 14 – 16).

Yours Sincerely in Christ,

+Egidio Nkaijanabwo,

Bishop of Kasese Diocese

Bishops of St Egidio Community with

the Pope


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DIOCESAN APPOINTMENTS 2007 To let you know the personnel in the Diocese of Kasese just read below:

1. The Ordinary of Kasese Diocese: Rt. Rev Egidio Nkaijanabwo 2. Diocesan Departments: i) Vicar General: Msgr. Bwambale Ngalyabuyira Landas (ii) Chancellor: Tata Asensio. Kamalha Buhaka (iii) Pastoral Coordinator: Rev. Fr. Masereka Kisem-bo Sikiryabosi Expedito. (iv) Diocesan Financial Administrator: Rev. Fr, Kule Ngalyabuyira Frumentius. (v) Diocesan Social Services and Development (SSD) also known as CARITAS Kasese: Rev. Fr. Thembo Remegius is the Coordinator. The following fall under the SSD: Women’s Desk: Mrs. Justine Muhindo is in charge of the Women’s Desk. Health Department: Mr. Kule Muthabali Deus is the Diocesan Health Coordi-

nator. ( vi) Liturgy Department: It is managed by Rev. Fr. Balinandi Kambale Raphael. Under this depart-

ment is a section called Liturgical Translations. (vii) Education Department:The Coordinator is Rev. Fr. Masereka Kasenyangwe Modest. Under this Department is the “Religious Education Advisor” who is Sr. Zaweri W. Karanja. (viii) Justice and Peace Department: The Coordinator for Justice and Peace is Rev. Fr. A. Kamalha Buhaka. Fr. Buha-ka calls himself “Tata” instead of “Fr”. (x) Vocations Department: The Vocations Director is the Rev. Fr. Masereka Kasenyangwe Modest. (xi) Youth Department: The Youth Chaplain is the Rev. Fr. Muna Mashamba Walter. Youth Organising Secretary is Mr. Kenja Adrian. (xii) Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS): The Coordinator of PMS is Rev. Fr. Kirungi Joseph. (xiii) So-cial Communications Department (SCs): Fr. Masereka Sunday Augustine is SCs coordinator, i.e. secretary for Communication. 3. PARISHES AND PARISH PRIESTS (i) Nsenyi (Senyi) Parish:Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Kambale Mwanamolo Silver. Curate is Rev. Fr.

Thembo Tavulya-Ndanda Emmanuel. (ii) Kasanga Parish: Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Masereka Kisembo S. Expedito. His Assistants: Rev. Fr. Kule Vitto and Rev. Fr. Bwambale Bahati Lawent. (iii) Kasese Parish: Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Maathe Blaise. Curate is Rev. Fr. Kirungi Joseph. (iv) Kyalhumba Parish: Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Kojo Kule Francis. Curate is Rev. Fr. Mbusa Joseph. (v) Hima Parish: Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Thembo Remegius. Curates are Rev. Fr. Muna Mashamba Walter and Rev. Fr. Syathetha Kule Jo-seph. (vi) Lake Katwe Parish: Parish Priest is Rev. Fr. Kuribuuza Nkungu Joseph. (vii) Ibanda Parish: Parish Priest is the Rev. Fr. Ajiga Toxton Ciriako.Curate is Rev. Fr. Wakube John Chrysostom. 4. Heads of Diocesan Institutions:

(i) St. John the Evangelist Minor Seminary Kibwarara: The Rector is Msgr. Bwambale Ngalyabuyira Landas. (ii) Catechists’ Training and Pastoral Center (CTC): The Director is Rev. Fr. Basaliza Mubunga Peter. (iii) Kasanga Technical Centre: The Principal or Director is Br. Ssempungu John Vianney (iv) Diocesan Laity Council: The Chairperson is Mr. Mubi Paschal. (v) Chaplains and Chairpersons Board of Governors (Board of Directors): a. Lay Apostolate Movements: The Chaplain is Rev. Fr. Masereka Kisembo S. Expedito. b. Legion of Mary: Chaplain is Rev. Fr. Kojo Kule Francis. c. Catholic Charismatic Renewal Movement:

Rev. Fr. Basaliza Mubunga Peter is the Chaplain. d.

Dreams of Kasese Diocese: A diocesan Synod, Diocesan Radio, New Cathedral,

Diocesan Web site, Reviving Diocesan Newsletter Omusondaly/ The Guide


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FROM CARITAS KASESE

Caritas Kasese was founded in October 1989. The department is the Socio – Development arm of the catholic

diocese of Kasese which aims at:

Creating a more just society by working with all people of different categories who share the caritas vi-

sion of spreading charity social justice and integral development. Contributing to translating the Christian message of love of neighbor, compassion and solidarity into con-

temporary action for the sake of the poorest in society.

Responding to the acute human needs from major emergencies. Vision: An organized, effective and efficient caritas Institution capable of meeting its mandate in conformity

with the teaching of the Church.

Mission: To work together with God‟s people to provide quality services for their sustainable development with love, care and concern.

The Process of Formulating a Strategic Plan: Caritas Kasese has been undergoing a process of formulating

a Five-Year Strategic Plan. The exercise has been completed and a final copy of the plan is already out. The

plan together with its budgetary proposal contains all the essentials needed for the department in the next five years.

Programs Being Implemented by Caritas Kasese:

Agriculture, Environment and Natural Resources Management. Sustainable agriculture is being implemented in Nsenyi Parish covering the Sub-Counties of Kisinga,

Kyondo and some parts of Katwe. This was after the program being successful in Ibanda and Kasan-

ga Parishes.

Women and gender responsiveness: Women initiative support program (WISP) which addresses some issues like: Savings and credit, Gender

related issues.

Promoting micro enterprise for reduction of poverty (PROMIC). This gives women groups who are entre-preneurs top up funds to boost their small business.

Psychological support to the vulnerable in the four sub-counties of Karambi, Rukoki and Kyabarungirs.

Global fund to vulnerable in the Sub-counties of Karambi, Kyarumba, Rukoki and Kyabarungira. This program gives school fees and other scholastic materials to students.

Diary goat rearing in some women groups in the Diocese of Kasese.

3. Health

- Primary health education campaigns: Malaria control, health education in schools, personal hygiene, food and nutrition, refuse, local incinerators, better housing.

4. Estates Management: Caritas Kasese runs Hostels and Conference facilities. These attract local, region-

al and national meetings, seminars and workshops. A girl‟s support education program with boarding facilities.

All these programs are co-ordinated by the Caritas Co-cordinator

( Social Services and Development Co-ordinator). Rev. Fr. Remegius Thembo

CARITAS CO-ORDINATOR

Rev. Fr. Remegius Thembo

CARITAS CO-ORDINATOR

Announcement: Kasese Catholic Community in Kampala have Holy

Mass every last Sunday of the month at Lourdel House at 10:00. Wel-

come all. You can also be informed that the Bishop will be invited for

the month of April. Fr. John Baptist Kule, acting chaplain.


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YOUTH APOSTOLATE OFFICE

-DIOCESE OF KASESE

“Where your treasure is, there will

your heart be also.” (Mt 6:21) In-

deed, the youth in our Diocese are a hidden treasure, always waiting to

be discovered and to work with. Our

catholic youth are the future of the

Church, said the late pope John Paul

II. We need to strengthen our

Church by investing in the youth.

God called the young Jeremiah to

“Uproot and to knock down, to de-

stroy and to overthrow, to build and

to plant” (Jeremiah 1:10). There is

something in the call of Jeremiah

that the youth could share if the false religious images are to be broken so

that a new self-understanding is

built.

Young people are action-oriented

and that in it is a major lesson to be

learned from them. That action has

two special applications regarding

our work with young adults: we

must be making special efforts to

evangelise

them, and we must be com-

missioning and

freeing them to

evangelise oth-

ers.

The youth

office to be able

to nurture and

promote this

hidden treasure

tires through

facts finding, work hand in hand with the parish priests and staff in

the parishes, the school and institu-

tion chaplains, together with the

administration authorities and pa-

trons to reach out to the youth.

The youth apostolate office is man-

aged by the young people them-

selves. In our case youth refers to

young people from the age of 12 to

30 who are in and out of school. The

office prepares:

Workshops for animators

(T.O.T), Diocesan Youth execu-

tives and parish councils. .

Formation and training of leaders

and members of various, aposto-late, association/movements and

clubs.

. Monthly and periodical meet-

ings with youth leaders and the

youth.

. Exposure programs.

.Youth competitions in music,

dance and drama at school and

parish levels.

. Enlighten the youth to be self

reliant through workshops and

seminars, and self help projects. These are some of the many

programmes/ activities run by the

youth Apostolate office.

We are charged with the respon-

sibility of the following move-

ments:

. YCS – young Christina students

. YCW – young Christian work-

ers

. CACRYM- Catholic Charis-

matic Renewal Youth ministry . CARYM – catholic agricultural

and Rural youth movement.

. Xaverian movement

Y.P.C – Youth Peace clubs

The mentioned movements

and asso-

ciations

are

geared

towards

making

the world

in which the youth

are living

a better

and hap-

pier place

in all, the main aim of the youth

apostolate office is to empower

the young people to actively par-

ticipate in their own growth and

mature into better citizens. It is

from this point that the youth

office tires to bridge the gap be-tween the schooling and the non

schooling youth both in parishes,

and towns, by organising activi-

ties like youth conferences.

These provide an opportunity for young

people to make bold choices which can

help steer the future course of history.

By, Rev. Fr. Munna

Walter Mashamba

Diocesan Youth Chaplain

E-mail:[email protected]

Youth secretary and her co-worker

Some Suggestions on how to Keep a

disagreement from becoming an

argument

Welcome the disagreement Distrust your first instinctive im-

pression

Control your temper Listen first

look for areas of agreement

Be honest Promise to think over your oppo-

nents ideas and study them care-

fully.

Thank your opponents sincerely for their interest

Postpone action to give both sides

time to think through the problem Remember when one yells, the oth-

er should listen– because when two

people yell, there is no communication, just noise and bad vibrations.

Fr. Walter at Kasanga presbytery


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THE POWER OF THE

SPIRIT

All begun with the life in the

Spirit seminar for catechists at St.

Augustine‟s catechists and pasto-ral center Nsenyi, from

28.01.2007 up to 04.02.2007 led

by Cecilia Kabugho from Kasan-

ga parish and Baluku John from

Kyalhumba. The catechists expe-

rienced the power of the Holy

Spirit, and the seminar ended

with commissioning, in which

each catechist was given a can-

dle, to be light to the world, salt

to be salt of the earth, placed the

Bible on their heads to proclaim the word of God and a crucifix of

Jesus placed on their shoulders to

share the life of Jesus in their

ministry.

There are two testimonies of

catechists as they experienced the

power of the Holy Spirit. “I cate-

chist, Joseph Kibikwamu, from

Kyalhumba parish, came to CTC

Nsenyi on 20.01.2007, with a

sickness of Hernia. At the begin-ning of life in the spirit seminar, I

presented my sickness to the

lord, and asked him to heal me.

On Saturday ( a day of come

and drink) as we were being

prayed over, I felt something

passing by my eyes, and my eyes

closed: When I opened my eyes,

I felt so light, and from that mo-

ment I did not feel pain of Her-

nia, up to today. Glory be to God.

Amen. There came the second testimony. I catechist, Kule

Venesio, from Kyalhumba par-

ish, was praying during the life in

the Spirit seminar, that the Lord

should reveal himself to me in a

special way. I went to the chapel,

dormitory, and conference room,

with the same intention. God

revealed himself to me by show-

ing me a text from Romans 6: 20

-23. The Lord really spoke to me personally, that I am no longer a

slave of sin but freed, and be-

lieved that the gift of God for me

is eternal life. I came out very

happily and I thank God for hav-

ing used the college administra-

tors to organize the life in the

spirit seminar.”

My friends, the catechetical center has

started a prayer group that will be meeting

every Monday from 6: 00 – 8: 00 pm. All

the members of the CTC Nsenyi will be

attending the prayer meeting, and hence all belong to the prayer group to continue with

the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

By Fr. Peter Mubunga Basaliza

Director St. Augustine Center,

Nsenyi.

DO PRIESTS ALSO

CONFESS?

To really show that the sacrament of

reconciliation matters, priests them-

selves confess their sins. The value

is thus transmitted as Christ himself

recommended it. In secret, as shown

in the photo, God touches a priest through another priest. Who would

wish to have the beans spilled in

public? No one, I would suppose,

would wish to wash ones private

dirty linen in public! So the confes-

sion of an ordained priest is a sign of

humility. For no one really is per-

fect, we all need the grace of God to

always be on the right truck, not

really as a rule, but to keep good

fellowship in Christ going. Remem-

ber, the Saint is not the one who never sins, but who always remem-

bers that we should keep at peace

with one another and at best, always

reconciled.

By Fr. John B. Kithendere

Proverbs Can Be Your Guide Thank you is nothing if not offered

with a will

Politeness costs nothing

All things are difficult before they are

easy

Love is never afraid of giving to

much

Chance favours the prepared mind

Vision is the art of seeing the invisi-

ble

Well done is better than well said

Be grateful for luck but don't depend

on it

There is no right way to do the wrong

thing

The enemy of the best is the good

Paralyzes resistance with persistence

Failure is not the worst thing n the

world. The worst is not to try

Success does not come to you, you go

to it

In the middle of difficulty lies oppor-

tunity

If there is a way to do it better find it

All men who have achieved great

things have been dreamers.

…………………………………………...

Compiled by, TAB. Next Issue we shall

continue writing more

FOR YOUR MEDITATION.

Father, I have sinned against God and against you!

He who has no sin let him throw the first stone!

Lord I am sinful man!

Lord if you would mark our guilt who would survive?

Bishop commissions Catechist at

Nsenyi CTC centre


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The Martyrs Guild In

Kasese Diocese

The Martyrs Guild ( Bakaiso)

movement was introduced in Kasese

by Kahwa John from Yerya Parish,

Fort portal Diocese. He initially re-

cruited seven members and after

consolidating them, they established their base at Nyakasanga church.

And from there they have spread the

movement to other churches and

parishes.

The Bakaiso are mainly concerned

with delivering people bound by

satanic powers of all kinds such as

witches, ghosts, evil spirits, bad

luck, cultural family tree strings,

curses, demons of all vices etc. They also pray and cure patients of acci-

dents. Cure many types of sickness

and open many business avenues

and jobs.

To do this, they are empowered by

the Holy Spirit and do every thing in

Jesus‟ name. Again a few of them

are anointed by God to specific of-

fices like prophetic, seers, magic

detectors and still the highly favored

ones have reached a stage of hearing Jesus‟ voice such that often as they

pray you will hear Jesus or the vir-

gin Mary give message of his her

wish.

So dear clergy and laity endeavor to

seek deliverance while there is still

time because it is deliverance lead-

ing to holiness and holiness leading

to possession.

By, Barongo Peter

HEALING THE WOUNDS

OF THE PAST My dear friends, healing the

wounds of the past life is some-

times referred to as inner healing.

In this case the wounds in the

past life, are not referring to the

physical wounds, but the hurts in

life that people experience. Inner

healing is one of the healings:

Physical healing for physical

sickness, spiritual healing for spiritual sickness (sin) by repent-

ance, and Emotional healing.

Many people, if not all people

have been hurt in the past. Some

other people have already been

healed of this problem, and some

are still sick and are in need of

healing.

Dear reader, some wounds in

the past could be basically in the

early childhood, others could be before birth and some other

wounds can‟t be very recent. In

the past some people may not

have been loved by their parents,

friends, communities, families,

places of work, school, and this

caused them a wound in life

since we all need to be loved. For

some people, the wound could be

rejection by family members, for

instance, a boy who is rejected in

the family that he belongs to an-other family, and told at a later

period. Sometimes, some people

talk against us falsely, at whatev-

er stage of life. Some other

wounds could be connected with

appearance. Some people name

us “ugly” Nobody wishes to be

ugly. All people wish to be beau-

tiful or handsome. Open pro-

nouncement that one is ugly, or

mere suspicion that one is ugly causes a wound in life. Lack of

acceptance, being misunderstood

could also be other wounds.

Who then can heal such

wounds in the past? Only God

can heal the wounds of the past

life, it is not by medicine that

cures physical sickness that inner

healing can take place. Jesus

himself moves to the past life of

the individual,

even before birth and begin to heal the

past wounds. In most cases, we do inner

healing prayers before the Blessed Sac-

rament. Christ has been healed through

this process. Important to note is that God loves us as we are, and will not de-

sert anybody. He does not at one mo-

ment deny us His love. We are always

acceptable to him, and will never talk ill

of us. Therefore, even if some people

may misunderstand, not love, reject and

talk ill of us, God will always understand

and love us. Jesus prints love in our

heart. We have to forgive all those who

have hurt us in the past, as Jesus asked

God to forgive who hang him on the

cross that they did not know what they were doing. Inner healing will give us

peace joy, serenity.

From Catechetical:

St Augustine CTC Nsenyi is training the cate-

chists in the diocese for three months and one

year concurrently. We are at the moment train-

ing 14 catechists from three parishes: Kasanga

(5), Kyalhumba(8) and Katwe(1). We are of-

fering pastoral and religious studies: Pastoral

Theology, Bible, Counseling, Leadership,

Spirituality, Social communications, Liturgy,

Pastoral Anthropology, Dogmatic, Catechesis,

Moral Theology and Psychology.

Staff: We are having six teaching staff mem-

bers namely: Fr. Peter Mubunga Basaliza, the

director, Fr. Emmanuel Tabulya-Ndanda, the

chaplain, Mr Augustine Tibaijuka, Vice direc-

tor, Mr Andrea Bulemu Kahindanzogha, dean

of studies, Sr Anna Mukamutara, heading lit-

urgy and health department and Mr. Cornelius

Malikidogo, welfare master.

We hope to have a visiting priest, Fr Joseph

Mbusa for psychology. We wish you the best of luck and pray for us.

By, Fr. Peter Mubunga Basaliza


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THE EUCHARIST

Happy are those who are called

to his banquet

It is a common sight during

our Eucharistic celebrations that

various people of different Christian

denominations and religious beliefs

are present. This is quite beautiful as

it expresses the unity and harmony

we live as a people of God. Howev-

er, for matters of precision and re-

spect for each other, it is important

to distinguish this unity from the

ecclesial unity that is fully realised

in the sacrament of the Eucharist.

This hastens us to paradoxically ask

ourselves: “who is worthy to receive

the Eucharist/holy communion

during Mass?”.

Many times we hear on

our many functions where Mass

is integrated in the festivities:

“Only the Catholics who are du-

ly and worthily prepared may

come and have Holy communion

at the table of the Lord”. This

does not only exclude the broth-

ers and sisters of other religious

beliefs but also all Christians

who are not in full communion

with the Catholic Church and do

not have a valid sacrament of the

Holy orders. Since the Eucharist

can only be celebrated by a valid-

ly ordained priest, all the other

Christian ecclesial communities

that do not have such a sacra-

ment do not have the sacrament

of the Eucharist and thus differ

with the Catholic Church in doc-

trine and discipline in regard to

the Holy Eucharist.

This may sound very theologi-

cal, but in simple terms, our

brothers and sisters of the

Church of Uganda

(a branch of the

Anglican Church)

and other

protestant Chris-

tian communities

can not participate in the Holy

communion since they do not

have valid ordained ministers

(abahuli) and differ in doc-

trine and discipline in the cele-

bration and administration of

holy communion. The pastors

of the Church of (even their

Bishops!) and the self-styled

pastors of the mushrooming

Pentecostal and evangelical

churches( if ever they are

churches!) are not validly or-

dained ministers according to

the teaching of the Catholic

Church.

It is unfortunate that

on many occasions, our broth-

ers and sisters who do not

share this privilege succumb

to the abominable temptation

of coming to the table of the

Lord in the sanctuaries of the

Catholic Church. It is not only

a doctrinal offence, but lack of

respect and dishonesty. If one

does not believe in the real

presence of Christ in the Eu-

charist, where does he/she

find the courage to come and

take the Holy Host that con-

tains the body of Christ? Does

he/she know that Christ sub-

sists in that Host? Does he

know or believe that Christ is

entirely, truly, really, and

substantially present in that

Host? One wonders how a pastor who

knows the doctrine of the Eucharist or

whatever they call it, in his own de-

nomination can have the courage after

the Eucharistic prayers to partake of

the Eucharist! We are talking about a

mystery here, brothers and sisters. On-

ly faith can instigate us to partake in

this mystery not sheer curiosity. It is

embarrassing to stop one clad in a cler-

ical shirt with a white collar and asked

leave the line to go back and retake

his/her seat because he or she…I un-

derstand women also put on clerical

shirts/blouses these days!) is not wor-

thy. It is courtesy to be respectful of

each other and our beliefs.

On the other hand, the broth-

ers and sisters of other beliefs, Mos-

lems, Hindus, Jews(if any in Kasese!)

etc, can not near the holy Eucharist.

Since the Eucharist is an act of faith in

Christ as the Lord and messiah, a faith

our brethren in other religious beliefs

do not hold and accept, it would be

dishonest for them to take communion

or even for the Catholics to invite

them.

Communion in the body of the

Lord makes us one in Christ, but this is

unfortunately not true of those Chris-

tians who have totally different doc-

trines regarding Christ’s presence in

the Eucharist. In effect if we allowed

wide intercommunion we would be

saying that we are all ONE doctrinally,

organically and ecclesial, but this is

simply not true. We rejoice in what we

do share together: a common Baptism

in Christ and a love of his Word.

However, if there is grave ne-

cessity and the Bishop concurs, the

Eucharist may be given to those Chris-

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and are rightly disposed

(cfr.Catechism of the catholic

Church, No. 1401). This is possi-

ble only with Christians who

have a strong sacramental tradi-

tion like the Anglicans, Luther-

ans and perhaps the Methodists .

Despite, this grave necessity, it is

not permissible for a protestant

clergyman to invite himself or to

be invited to concelebrate the

Eucharist even if held in the

highest regard! We should fur-

ther note that this exception is a

case of grave necessity. One who

presents himself/herself on a

feast can not be considered a

grave necessity!

The Eucharist is not a

mere convivial or banquet where

every one can participate at will.

The Holy Eucharist is a banquet.

But it is, above all, a profound

sacrificial banquet: We proclaim

the Lord's death; we proclaim his

resurrection, and we await his

coming in glory.

It is also the perpetuation of

Christ’s salvific presence among

his people. It is done “in

memory” of Christ by the succes-

sors and collaborators of the

apostles to whom Christ himself

left the command: “Do this in

memory of me”. That is why

only validly ordained priests rec-

ognised by the Catholic Church

can celebrate the Eucharist. It is

not being selfish, but a question

of principle. If Christ instituted

the sacraments, and in a special

way

the sacrament of the

Eucharist which calls for the

sacrament of ordination, how

can we be so “lenient” to al-

low members of the ecclesial

communities who do not be-

lieve in such a gift to abuse

it?

Returning to our

question, “who is worthy to

receive holy communion at

Mass?”, it is clear that all

Catholics in good standing

may receive Holy commun-

ion, in any rite of the Catholic

Church, the more numerous

churches of the Western or

Roman rite, or in any of the

various Eastern Catholic rites.

The Orthodox churches and

other Eastern churches not

united to Rome still have val-

id orders in their priesthood;

their priests are truly priests,

and they have the sacrament

of the Eucharist, which they

receive. Because they are so

close to the Catholic Church

in belief, and with ecclesial

permission of their hierarchy,

on certain occasions they may

receive at the Catholic Eucha-

rist(cfr. Catechism of the cath-

olic Church, no. 1399). Eating

the body of the Lord makes

one more completely a mem-

ber of the body of the Church

and renders the Eucharist the

very centre of the Church’s

unity. The Eucharist is such a

great gift to suffer any ambi-

guity. Interfaith and ecumeni-

cal cooperation on issues of

“justice and peace, support

for family life, respect for mi-

nority

groups and protection of hu-

man rights” is highly recommended

as such cooperation and collaboration

encourages mutual understanding.

The unity of Christians and of the

Churches/ecclesial communities

ought to pass through the Eucharist.

However, since Eucharistic commun-

ion demands, to be true, a sincere ec-

clesial communion is necessary; any

approximate unity in confusion

would yield no fruits. The very same

relationship between the Eucharist

and faith reclaims unity in truth, i.e.,

unity in faith which is quite different

from ecclesiastical, liturgical and the-

ological uniformity.

Let us continue to build as

humanity the Kingdom of God and

pray that we may all be One in the

Holy Spirit so as to unanimously cele-

brate the mysteries of salvation in the

Eucharist and adore and contemplate

God in Christ present in Eucharist. By

Fr. Patrick Sunday Baluku – Doctoral

Student, Dogmatic

Theology,Urbaniana

University, Rome.


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PRIESTS ANNUAL RETREAT

On 21st to 26th Jan, 2007 the

priests of Kasese diocese had their

annual retreat at the St. Johns Minor

Seminary. It was conducted by Rev.Fr. Grenvasi Mukasa from St.

Augustine On going Formation Cen-

tre-Nsambya. Fr. Mukasa introduced

the theme of the

retreat: Spiritual and

Pastoral Renewal of

Priestly life.

In this retreat, we

kept reflecting on

Heb 10: 7 “Here I

am lord, I have

come to do your will” This is what

should pro-occupy

me as a priest. The will of the Father

is that all may be saved. The fact is

that God has loved each one of

us .God‟s love is a mystery and the

mystery of God‟s love is that He still

loves me as much as possible as if I

have never done anything wrong

before.

God has called some of us to his ministerial priesthood. Jesus is the

ideal priest and sacrifice. Priesthood

is a mystery. And where do we get

this mystery from? From Jesus

Christ the ideal priest and sacrifice.

Our roots come from Him. A priest

is taken from people to stand be-

tween them and God, to bring the

needs of people to God that they

need to be forgiven. Hence, doing

the will of God- “Here I am lord to

do your will” The primary concern of every

Christian is to live the life that

Christ lived. I.e. to be united with

Christ to the part of being config-

ured with him. Jesus Christ comes to

give eternal life that the Father has

entrusted to him. And eternal life is

this: “to know you, the only true

God, and Jesus Christ whom you

have sent” ( Jn 17:3)

Our spiritual life is built on three

pillars: I. image of God.

II. Baptism III. Priesthood

Image of God: I have the image

of God. I am not like a beast or insect. Besides being in the body,

we are made in the likeness of

God.

Baptism: We are not only the

image of God, but adopted sons

of God through baptism.

Priesthood: Besides the above

two, Jesus has empowered us

with his uniqueness to save out

humanity. He is the one who as-

sists us to

live a divine son ship,

priesthood.

When I

work, it is

Christ work-

ing in me.

Christ is

the mediator

between

God and man 1Tim 2, 5-6. And

whoever possesses the son of God possesses life. Christ is the

word of life. Therefore, we must

live in him and let him work

through us by his spirit. Christ is

the vine and w are the branches.

Hence, we must remain in Him in

order to produce fruits of eternal

life in the spiritual and pastoral

work we do. (Jn 15, ff) Christ

alone has the words of truth.

Therefore, in the measure that we

accept his teaching, we shall walk in the truth and impart his truth to

others.

Our pastoral aspect needs re-

newal. In our pastoral activities,

we take the message of salvation.

The priests were able to identify

the pastoral spiritual problems

facing the Catholic Church in

Kasese today and giving the caus-

es of these problems basing on

personal experience in the pasto-ral field and finally suggested

some practical solutions.

Priesthood is not acting but be-

ing.

By, Fr. Joseph Kule

Syathetha, Hima Parish

15TH WORLD DAY FOR THE SICK

AT KILEMBE HOSPITAL

On the eve 10th Feb, 2007 we had a video

show on the compassion and healing min-

istry of Jesus Christ. A big number of at-tendants turned up. The management used

the same occasion to explain to the attend-

ants and patients the mission statement of

the hospital that takes its roots from the

mission of Christ. “To continue the com-

passion healing ministry in the person of

Jesus Christ with special consideration of

the children,

women and the

poor.”

On Sunday

11th Feb. 2007 we had a color-

ful liturgical

celebration in

the community

Health Hall.

The Eucharistic

celebration was

presided over

by the chaplain

Rev. Fr. Joseph

Kirungi, the choir animated

by the children

of the holy childhood. Both patients and

attendants participated actively. Prayers of

the faithful were endless.

In the homily, Fr, Kirungi invited the

congregation to pray for the sick especially

the terminally ill. He reminded us to trust

in God at all times. He further said helping

the sick is helping the Lord because every

one is created in God‟s image. Fr. Kirungi

thanked those who had dedicated their lives as a vocation to the service of the

sick.

After the mass, the priest, the choir, staff

members and attendants went to individual

ward to bless and pray with the patients.

We began with the children‟s ward, mater-

nity female, male, surgical and private

wards.

In the children‟s ward the Holy child-

hood prayed over the sick children. There-

after the office of the chaplain together with the holy childhood donated presents

to the sick children. Each child received

some sugar, biscuits, soap and some rice.

Continue to page 11

Kasese priests pose for a photo at a

retreat, Kiburara Minor Seminary

Children receive Holy

communion


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JUBILATION AND PRO-

FESSING FINAL VOWS On 6th Jan 2007, there was a lot

of Jubilation in Virika Cathedral

Parish. People of different races,

and culture had gathered to wit-

ness the power of

God re-

vealed in

22

“brides”

from the

Banya-

tereza

Sisters.

Two

nuns

were celebrat-

ing 65

years in

religious life, four 50 years in

religious life, six celebrating 25

years in religious life whereas 10

made their final vows.

Among these brides, Kasese

Diocese had six. They are Rev.

Sr. Maria Franciska Adyeeri; she

celebrated 50 years in religious life. She is a mukonzo by tribe,

Musukali by clan, she hails from

Nsenyi Parish. What return to

Yahweh can we make!

In the group of Silver Jubilee

celebrants, was Rev. Sr. Euphra-

sia Masika Atenyi. Her parents

are Sosten Muhindo and Maria

Kabugho. Rev. Sr. Euphrasia.

More and more blessings!!!

Those of final vows were four in number namely Sr. Monica

Abitegeka Aboki a Omunyoro by

tribe; she born from Katwe Par-

ish. Abundant blessings.

The readings were from Gen.

12: 1- 4 , ICorn. 1: 22 -31 and the

Gospel was from Mark 10: 24 –

34. In his homily, the Bishop said

that from the beginning God

called Abraham to leave the rela-

tives and father‟s home, and was

to become a blessing, have many descendants, and become a great

nation (Gen 12: 1- 4)

He said that the nuns and priests are called

to be a blessing wherever they are. And

here after, like St. Paul, these nuns are

called to proclaim the Crucified Christ,

a message that is offensive to the Jews and nonsense to the gentiles, that is those who

don‟t believe

in Jesus and

those who

believe but do

not follow

what he

teaches ( 1

Cor 1: 22-31.

The bishop

wondered

why Jesus did not talk of

those who

leave hus-

bands/wives,

when Peter

posed the question of the benefit of those

who left everything and followed Him

(Mark 10: 24 – 30) He went on to say that,

these ten young nuns, would have been

married but they have chosen to forego

marriage as they make their vow of chasti-ty not that they have failed to get men but

for the sake of the kingdom. They also

vowed the Evangelical poverty, that is, to

share what they have in common and obe-

dience - to do the will of God. He thanked

parents for offering their children to God,

and the congregation for forming them.

Such is a blessing to the church and nation.

Mr. Pascal Bitswamba uncle to Sr. Reste-

tuta Katusabe represented all the parents.

In his speech, he thanked the Banyatereza

congregation for having formed their chil-dren. “It is not a simple task to bring up a

child to that level”, he said. He urged them

to continue helping their children since

majority are from poor families. He

thanked also these nuns for having accept-

ed God‟s call. Among the visitors were

thousands of Christians, three Bishops, 60

priests and around 250 nuns, the LC 5

chairperson Kabarole District and the

Women‟s MP representative Kasese Dis-

trict Hon. Winnie Bihandi. The day was so graceful and those who

attended enjoyed a multiple of Gods bless-

ings. God bless

By Sr. Angela Mukabaganizi

Holy Childhood members visit

the sick in Kilembe Hospital

From page 10.

Day of the sick

Missionary Childhood Project

Pontifical Missionary Childhood of-

fice has started a shop in Kasese

Town as a way of raising funds to

facilitate office activities. As the of-fice looks at sustainability of the so-

ciety activities in future, it finds it fit

to look at other sources of income

other than basing on annual subsi-

dies, which are not enough to support

the office and parishes.

In 2004, parishes were also supported

with 100,000= each to help them

come up with small scale income

generating projects. Its our humble

request to all readers to support the

children‟s shop project. The shop under the Name “St Kizito Enterpris-

es” serves you with general merchan-

dise that you may require. Stanley

Street towards Centenary Bank

By, Masereka Benard,

MCH– Coordinator

We are grateful to Fr.Kirungi for his

gesture of love to the sick. The Hos-

pital management also donated some

rice to each of the 179 inpatients. The

patients, attendants and health work-ers were happy for having had special

prayers said for them.

Reported by, Sr. Faustina Kyakuhai-

re,

Hospital Administrator

Through the Office of Fr. Joseph

Kirungi, Chaplain Kilember Mines

Hospital

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BEWARE OF THE BAD

FRIEND WHO CAME

TO STAY People say that the art of being

a good visitor is to know when to

leave the earliest. This means that

even good visitors should not

come to stay. They must get up to

go before their hosts grow tired

of them and what about bad visi-

tors?

Quite clearly, many grown ups

can still remember the fateful

time when HIV/AIDS quietly crept into our society. Like

plague, it was misunderstood at

once and many superstitions were

forwarded to cover it up.

You could know of countless

families that lost a father, mother,

or son those days and alleged that

it was a result of malicious witch-

craft. Today, those families might

have inwardly accepted that it

was AIDS that claimed the lives of their loved ones, going by

awareness that society has now

been equipped with.

It then defeats all logic to see

that aware though society is, the

behavior change of attitude to-

wards sex, especially in terms of

abstinence, is taking even a lower

trend. This is because Sex is an

Instinct. Sex is a traitor. It renders

love blind. It makes all the senses

numb and almost dysfunctional. When an enemy strikes against a

disunited group he easily invades.

Likewise, most people are always

at war with their sense of reason-

ing. The harder HIV/AIDS

strikes, the more loose the sexual

habits of society become. This is

so ironical that on the surface it

seems as though man kind is run-

ning crazy. But you can be sure

all death is like that. At a time when it is best used. Sincerely

who is not aware that HIV/AIDS

is with us? Who does not know

that even to this late, HIV/AIDS

has no cure? Do we even need

sensitization this far? We are

doomed to fall victims to the

scourge.

The biggest problem with the human mind

is that when it‟s idle, it tends to turn evil.

This has been practical with lives of most

youth in the face of HIV/AIDS. The high-

est number of infections have taken place in super coincidence with leisure, for that

is when the mind is idle. That however is

only a small part of the problem. The big-

ger part is a bit too logical in nature. When

you live with a situation you very quickly

come to understand it. So the earlier you

learn to live with a friend who is changing

into an enemy the better. But it would even

get to the best if and when you stop calling

that person a friend. There fore if the

slightest gauge of survival is to be realized,

HIV must be treated by all of us as a bad friend. That would be too soft for HIV/

AIDS.

Now which way to go? The bad friend,

rather the enemy surprisingly came to stay.

Who knows if HIV/AIDS will bring the

world to its end? Shall we merely confide

in the antiretroviral drugs and continue

behaving irresponsibly? That would sorely

mean doom. When a snail finds splinters in

its shell, it changes house. We must change

the way we behave. By, Bwambale B. Johnson

Clinical officer Kasanga PHC

PRIESTS PICNIC AT

NSENYI On 29th December 2006 the priests

of the diocese of Kasese had a pic-

nic at Nsenyi Parish at the dam, a

distance of about one kilometre

from the presbytery. It is a nice place for relaxation. Its cool atmos-

phere, the musical sound of river

Rwembi and the fashionable stones

make it ideal. For the drinks, you

don’t need a refrigerator as the cool waters of the river do the work. The

priests together with the bishop

were happy to be at the site. It was

so moving to see priests hugging

and congratulated each other upon

finishing the advent season and be-

ginning the Christmas tide. One

newly ordained priest was heard

saying, “During an advent pastoral

visit to one Church in the hills I

almost fell down trying to move down the slope. Now it is time to

relax.” The Spirit of priestly frater-

nity was manifested.

By Fr. Francis K. Kule

Parish Priest Kyalhumba Parish

Fr. Augustine and Fr Visambali relax

THE DOG DOES IT, WHY NOT

YOU?

Did you ever stop to think that a dog

is the only animal that does not work

for a living?

A hen has to lay eggs

A cow

has to

give

milk

A canary has to sing

But a dog makes his living by giving

you nothing but sincere love.

Therefore that bad friend who has

come to stay has no sincere love. He is

cunning, just wake up from sleep be-

fore he does, otherwise he takes all

your belongings, if not the whole of

you.


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To my disappointment, nobody cares about me after I leave the seat for the so called old people who never keep time and often come late for Sunday service. I then look left and right con-fused; and our church being in the rural area, I am left with no option but to either sit down on the dusty floor or to keep standing till the service ends, in fear of making my dress dirty because I am warned strongly by my mum who I think doesn’t know even where our church is found, not to make myself dirty lest I stop going to church. Please’ my appeal to you dear old person, is that you start com-ing in time for Sunday service so as to save me from this condition of taking a seat in church which is meant for you. ( Sir 6: 23, 33) TO GOD BE THE GLORY By Basaliza Ithungu Florence

SETBACKS AND

OBSTACLES Regardless of how careful your planning

may be, it is possible that your goal plan

will not work perfectly. Things happen that

we can foresee. Circumstances change.

Obstacles arise from time to time, often without warning. Crises are opportunities,

and how you seize these opportunities, is

up to you. Crises are often blessings in

disguise. So while you should have a goal

plan against which to measure success and

progress, you should always remain flexi-

ble. Loose – so you can make modification

in your plan as circumstances require. For

good reason your goal plan may have to be

stretched out or even speeded up. Perhaps

some other factor may suggest advanta-

geous changes. Be prepared to seize the opportunity by being relaxed and flexible.

In goal – planning, backup plans are also

useful in so far as we are able to predict

what obstacles may come before us.

Reaching a goal should involve constant

effort, and there is danger that one may

become lulled into a safer route if the con-

tingency plan seems easier. Use your back-

up plan only when you know the main plan

will not work best for you. Let wisdom be

your guide, don‟t be misled by wishful thinking.

Masereka John Kibikyabo

HIV/AIDS counselor, Kasanga PHC

STRESS! STRESS! Have you been stressed and do not know how you will ever get out of this un favorable situation. I am a small young girl who goes very early in time for the Sunday service. Eager to watch and see everything that takes place in our Church, I choose one of the front benches which is usually not occu-pied at that time. The congregation increases in number as people come in one at time. Soon or later, you hardly see an empty space after the service has long started. “You girl”, I hear a voice say, re-ferring to me, “leave that seat for elders” Hesitantly, I stand up, think-ing they are offering me an alterna-tive space at the back of the church where I shall not be able to see the catechist because of my size.

The Church is growing in Kasese Diocese, as the population in-

creases, churches remain of the

same size. The beautiful Cathe-

dral Church of Kasese Diocese is no longer accommodating all the

faithful on Sundays and feast

days. The Bishop and his Clergy are expressing the need to build

another big cathedral or enlarge

the present one you see. The faith-ful have also expressed the same

desire. The present cathedral can-

not even accommodate the school

children of Kasese Primary school. We therefore need your

dear help to realize this project.

Promising Youth from Kasese Primary


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THE ROOTS A spider spins its web from a

single strand until it grows wide

enough to trap other insects like flies and mosquitoes for its food.

One arrogant spider noticed its

single strand and thought it was not necessary then, since the web

was able to trap enough insects for

it to live on. Without wasting time,

it headed for the strand and cut it; but only to see its web falling in to

the ground taking this spider with

it. It is at this time that it realized the mistake it had made and the

usefulness of the single strong

strand. Dear Christian, have you ever

fallen suit? Allow me to liken the

Blessed Virgin Mary to the Single

strong strand in Christian life. It is through her that we received the

grace of God. Although she had

been betrothed to Joseph, she ac-cepted to carry God‟s son, Jesus

Christ, our redeemer, in her womb

( Lk. 1: 30-38). How can we, then, wish to de-

stroy our strong strand from whom

all our joy, peace and prosperity

began by denying the Virgin Mary, the mother of God and our mother,

the honor she deserves? If we be-

have like the stubborn spider, we shall just be denying what we al-

ready own.

Holy Mary, Mother of our God,

turn your eyes of mercy towards us and show unto us the blessed fruit

of your womb Jesus. BLESSED

ARE YOU AMONG WOMEN!

By, Frorence Ithungu Basaliza

TRUE LOVE

In Arua for a Workshop

When two people are in courtship, they

tend to do anything possible and im-

possible, to win the partner. Majority of these end up getting married and

even making vows in Church.

Shortly afterwards, what was grace turns into laws; and love into rules.

The smiles on their faces start fading

and when one calls the other, he/she

groans as though he/she had been asked to pluck one of his/his eyes.

One business woman whose hus-

band works and stays in the city left her home town for the city to do some

shopping. When she called on phone to

inform him she was already in the city, the husband said he was in Arua for a

workshop to last the whole week. Still

talking, she saw her

husband taking fuel at the nearby petrol

station.

In shock, she moved closer and

asked her husband if

that petrol station

where he was park-ing was in Arua. On

hearing this, he

looked around only to see his wife looking at him sharply. Sheepishly, he

started moving towards the wife who

in disgust disappeared in the heavy traffic, crossed road after the other un-

til she reached one of the shopping Ar-

cades and did her shopping, after

which got a bus back home. Friends, watch out! Do you love God

with all your heart; and your neighbor

as yourself? God only bless you when you are committed to what he called

you for.

Try it and all your dreams will come true. (Rm. 13: 8-10) There is no magi-

cal age for success.

By, Basaliza Ithungu Florence

BEGIN WITH THE END

IN MIND The most effective way I know to begin with the End in Mind is to develop a personal mission state-ment or a philosophy or a creed. It focuses on what you want to be and do. We are unique each may have his or hers, but one ex-pressed his as follows:

Seek and merit divine help

Never compromise with the truth

Remember the people in-volved

Hear both sides before judg-ing

Obtain council from others

Defend those who are absent

Be sincere yet decisive

Develop one proficiency a year

Plan tomorrows work today

Hustle while you wait

Maintain a positive attitude

Keep a sense of Humour

Do not fear mistakes, fear

only the absence of creative

and corrective response to

those mistakes

Be orderly in person and

work

Facilitate the success of Sub-

ordinates

Listen twice as you speak

Concentrate all abilities and

efforts on the task at hand

not worrying about the next

Job or Promotion

Compiled by Fr. Sunday Augus-

tine Masereka, from the book of

Stephen Covey


YESU OMUSONDOLYA

THE 12th ISSUE

Appointments From page 3

d. Society of St. Jude Thaddeous (Abanya Yuda Tadeo): Its Chaplain is Rev. Fr. Kuribuuza N Joseph. e. St. John the Evangelist Minor Seminary: Chairman Board of Governors is Rt. Rev. Nkaijanabwo

Egidio. f. Catechists’ Training and Pastoral Centre:

- The Chaplain is Rev. Fr. Tembo Tavulya-Ndanda Emmanuel. - Chairman Board of Governors (BOG) is the Rev. Fr. Masereka Kisembo S. Expedito. g. Bwera Teachers’ College (BTC):

- The Chaplain is Rev. Fr. Kule Vitto - Tata A. K. Buhaka is the Chairman Board of Governors. h. Diocesan Advisory Committee for Centenary Rural Development

Bank Kasese Branch (DAC): Mr. Kyamukono Julius is the Chairman of DAC. i. St. Theresa Girls’ Secondary School:

Chairman Board of Governors is the Rt. Rev. Nkaijanabwo Egidio. j. Kasese Secondary School: The Chairman Board of Governors is Rt. Rev. Nkaijanabwo Egidio. k. Kuruhe High School: Rev. Fr. Thembo Remegius is the Chairman BOG. l. St. Charles Vocational Secondary School:The Rev. Fr. Kule Vitto is the Chairman BOG. m. Kitholu Secondary School: Her Chairman Board of Governors is Rev. Fr. Masereka K.S. Expedito. n. Holy Trinity Vocational Secondary School:Its BOG’s Chairman is Rev. Fr. Kojo Kule Francis. o. Uganda Martyrs’ College Kyondo: The chairman Board of Governors is Mr. Bwambale Mpabaisi

Francis. P. St. Jude’s High School:The Chairman Board of Governors is Mr. Busaghiro Gideon. q. Cardinal Nsubuga Secondary School: Her Chairman Board of Governors is Mr. Maziga Dominic. r. St. Kizito’s Secondary School Mahango: The Rev. Fr. Kojo Kule Francis is Chairman BOG. s. Holy Dove Secondary School: The Chairman BOG is Rev. Fr. Masereka Kasenyangwe Modest. t. St. Kizito Secondary School Kituti: Here, the Chairman Board of Governors is Rev. Fr. Thembo

Remegius. u. Mubuku Valley Secondary School: The Board of Governors is headed by Rev. Fr. Muna Mashamba Walter.

The office of the chancellor promises to keep updating you on appointment

changes in the diocese of Kasese. We therefore encourage you to keep reading

this newsletter, Omusondolya that we have called in English The Guide.

Tata A. K. Buhaka, CHANCELLOR,

You can reach him on:

Tel No. +256 712 367256,

+256 772 613711,

+256 75 1613111


YESU OMUSONDOLYA

THE 12th ISSUE

EDUCATION THE KEY TO SUCCESS Do you realize you are the architect of your life? Be prophetic. He who can

control himself, his own emotion and drives can control all circumstances of

his life. Just set your goal, be big, and live with enthusiasm. Don‟t let your

possession possess you. Utilize every single chance. And assure your full

share of responsibility. And at the end you will eat like a king.

Some parents don‟t mind their children‟s future. They are not devoted to

their responsibility. Do you have a reasonable cause for denying your child

his or her right?

Come on! Shed right in those dark corners. And make the child‟s future rea-

sonable

So many orphans in country. Uncertainly we have adopted them to our selves. „Whatever you did to one of the least, you did to me‟. Again Lazarus

and the rich man were also there. They didn‟t call for it „poor or orphans‟ why

don‟t you store your treasure in heaven. By making their future bright?

The church has joined hand in hand with the Government. To fight illitera-

cy, which still a big problem, due to our ignorance. The Uganda Catholic Ed-

ucation Department (UCED)

has launched program to improve the Education standard, with the assistance

of the Diocesan Education Secretary.

In our diocese, the Diocesan Education Office has set up some projects to

ensure that the number of primary, secondary and tertiary schools increase, to

accommodate all the children in the dioceses. The office is also working hard to train more animators. Not leaving behind the idea of quality standard ani-

mators.

My friends, let‟s therefore join hands and say no to illiteracy then we all go

to school. And look for Mr. Education the key to success always aiming

higher. With this motto, „forward ever

backward never‟.

Thank you,

By, Sr. Zaweri W. Karanja

Religious adviser

Kasese Diocese. Sr Zaweri works with

Fr. Modest the Diocesan Education

Secretary. She is a Munyatereza and

hails from Kenya.

SPIRITUAL WARFARE! The Young Devil is training the small one

Mini: Mr. Positive you’re great teacher,

you’ve taught me the fine art of winning

souls for Satan but I’ve been wondering …

Why we fight against God?

Mister: Why do we fight against God? I

have been waiting for you to ask that ques-

tion.

Mini; Will we ever stop fighting God?

Mister: This lesson is the most important

one I will ever teach you- why we fight God!

I was there in the beginning… I remember

that fateful day when God asked… “Do you

love or do you love yourself?” I knew his

plan- that some day I would have to bow

down to tiny insignificant human creatures

– His mother/ His son.

I looked up to see our fearless leader Satan,

the light Bearer, he was far and away the

greatest being ever created with a voice of

thunder he commanded, “I will not serve? I

looked at myself and I also knew I was too

great to bow down. I should be

like God- not his humble servant.

Mini: What happened next, Mr. Positive?

Mister: What happened next…. Is the rea-

son we fight him…and the reason we will

never stop fighting him.

Mini:Then what? This so exciting! I have

never heard this story before!

Mister: The first battle happened very

quickly. In an instant God gave His power,

a power that was never seen before, to bat-

talion of angles lead by the ferocious warri-

or Michael.

Mini: Did we win Mr. positive? Tell me… did

we win this great battle?

Mister: NO. That day we did not win.

But we have been fighting back- al-

ways advancing on the forces of good.

Mini: Then can we win? Are we strong

and smart enough… to defeat the fero-

cious warrior prince Michael?

Mister: Absolutely. Every time we bring

someone to sin-we win. Every time we

bring someone to despair- we win. Every

time we make someone hate or convince

them that they know batter than God, we

win and every time they think- they are

beyond forgiveness.. Victory is ours!

Mini: Then just so I understand, we meas-

ure our success by the number of souls we

steal from the creator?

Mister: Yes mini positive, that’s exactly

how we measure success and we are very,

very successful

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