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CLINICAL PASTORAL CARE (ministry). I hereby share with you my “Thomist Copernican Revolution.”. I must say that the shift I (Thomas) made from clinical medical practice to apostolic pastoral ministry was a real Copernican revolution. In short, it was a shift from a Uganda Clinical Guideline- U.C.G (‘a ‘bible’ for all clinicians in practice for any case management references’) to a Breviary (a book with daily prayers for the religious). I must acknowledge that such a decision was and is not anyhow easy to make. In October 2017, I crowned my clinical services as a Medical Clinical Officer for Formation. A journey- long and very rough- as a certain singer mentions; focusing at the Altar of God; to serve Christ- our Lord and Savior, hence eternity as our telos - the final end. This was the toughest decision I have ever made in my life. The termination of a job contracts with a renowned and recognized institution; Kyamulibwa Health Center IV (HCIV)- the only HCIV in the diocese of M