Missionaries of Africa, Jinja

Who on this earth has never heard about football? Even if it is neither your hobby nor your favourite, at least you have heard about it from someone somewhere. In the Jinja Formation house, we not only hear about it but also play it. With many advantageous and disadvantageous traits coming along with it, I can do say join us one time and feel it yourself. Being majorly referred to as a demanding sport, regardless of the position one performs in the field, it is a great promoter of physical fitness. As it requires fully involvement of the body as a whole, one has to be strong and fast both in thinking and handling the precious ball. Sometimes I imagine if one of our key players goes down and do not stand back on his two feet, how will be the team! The risk of getting injuries is very high especially when you are in the field for the 90 minutes. It is only by God’s Grace we have managed to play against other congregations and a society in the PCJ super Leag...

It was the 122nd death anniversary of our Founder Cardinal Charles  Lavigerie. Various groups of people were invited including all t he  religious congregations attending the Philosophical Center of Jinja  (PCJ). The family relatives of our confreres and students living  around Jinja were also invited. The Eucharistic celebration was  presided by Fr. Gerard Chabanon, our Ugandan Sector Superior. The  celebration commenced with procession. Fr. Gerard explained more about  our Founder and the charism of the Missionaries of Africa.  The  congregation gathered in the hall after mass. We listened the speech  of our rector and the chairman of the students. Lavigerie’s invitation  “few people, too few people have the ultimate vocation: humanity” was  highlighted. The different teams of Lavigerie formation house (Mapera,  Kiwanuka, Tobi Kizza, and Amans) prepared different kinds of drama for  the guest on our fou...

Reflecting on the Blessed Virgin Mary makes us ponder how she related with her son Jesus. I have a postulation about Mary in the gospels. “Mary is the first one”. I will try to expound this phrase. She was the first one to be evangelized by the good news proclaimed by the angel Gabriel (Luke 1: 26-38). She was the first one to make this child the centre of her life and the first one to hear his name. She was also the first to repeat in spontaneous longing, what any mother whispers to the infant she carries in her womb. Devotion to the name of Jesus sprang from her lips. She was the first one to say yes to Jesus. Her yes was a prelude to the endless series of “yeses” starting with Joseph’s yes, Peter’s, the beloved disciple’s, a yes that was to have a ripple effect from generation to generation, through centuries and across all nations, tongues and cultures, touching our hearts and evoking our yes today. As the hymn goes “thank you mother Mary for that Yes of our redemption.” ...