Missionaries of Africa, Jinja

The rate at which human activities are destroying nature and putting thousands of species in danger of extinction is worrying. Human beings tend to feel that they are superior to all creatures and that all other creatures were created for him alone. Some have even gone farther to argue that other creatures – animals and plants- have no rights, thus encouraging people to continue manipulating them as much as they can for their own selfish ends. The risk brought by this kind of conception is that human beings develop an attitude that any action they do towards these creatures cannot be labelled as morally wrong, therefore they feel no guilt over their actions. I am not interested in discussing whether these creatures have rights or not, but the fact that we, human beings, have a responsibility towards them, for their own sake and for the good of human life. Though in the book of Genesis (Gen.1:28-31) human beings are said to have been given dominion over nature by God, this domin...

With the acquaintance of Palmer Parker’s quote that, we are deeply an interconnected species, who need to embrace the simple fact that we are dependent on and accountable to the ecosphere, members of Lavigerie House embrace the simple premise of being part of a whole and seeing the whole in part of themselves.  This inspiration lies behind the creation of a splendid environment. The flowers that blossom with grace in front of the chapel, the flowers of new respire in front the apartments and the verdant foliage of green grass and green trees disseminate the compound with peace, love and sustenance of its beauty. The beauty personified in our compound serves to offer impressive meditations, and thus a journey to the beautiful. The aptitude of caring for, taming or interrelating finely with our ecosystem is expressible in: We do gardening; where we plant vegetables for our consumption. We also plant fruits such as pawpaws, oranges and guavas. We plant and...