Missionaries of Africa, Jinja

Considering the universality of many aspects of human life, there are aspects which are necessary and in totality. These aspects have a wide horizon and spectrum which determine human fair-life. Every human being is in his/her potentiality; but how many do they come close to the actuality in a fulfilled manner? Knowing oneself, to live holiness, to be oneself, accepting the others, listening and silence, and forgiveness are really the basis of having a peaceful and a just global community both to the rational beings and the other beings in the universe. Many scholars, especially psychologists, have tried to elucidate in depth about a human life. The psyche being the centrality of a human, it needs to be worked upon. Comprising cognition, E-motions and feelings, it really bears a high percentage of the whole human being’s life. Nevertheless, awareness is very necessary in order to maintain all this complexity of this rational being. One has to recognize him/herself first in dep...

As social beings, the socialization nature in us is inevitable. Nevertheless, for effective socialization and the exercise of our beingness, there must be TRUST. This attribute is also a basic component of all relations. This trust can be in three ways: trust to Deity, trust to oneself and the trust to others. Trust to Deity, faith, is the force which is keeping many religions going (the name of this Supreme Being varies with religions). Writing about the Transcendent and Immanent God, from the Christianity point of view of God, we see His consequences in each one’s life. Taking the immanence view of God, whereby, He is down to earth, involved and concerned with our daily activities, He gives us life every day. I do not know if one has ever reflected on such great miracle that happens to some of the people. To be sincere, many do not. I can also certify that sometimes I also do not recognise that. However, it is a pity that people’s faith is based on miracles mainly in our c...

Just to try to brainstorm a bit, what is fear? Why is fear present in many people if not all? Is there a place or a human activity that involves authority without fear? Is fear good or bad? Fear by definition according to Collins Dictionary is, 'a feeling of anxiety and agitation caused by the presence or nearness of danger, evil, pain, etc.; timidity; dread; terror; fright; apprehension'. This definition at least gives some clues of its nature. It is very true that fear is a reality in our societies all along, from the whole of evolution and creation story to date. In the creation story, it is quite evident as it is depicted in the Holy Book. From the time, man (humanity) ate the forbidden fruit, I believe that death came alongside many human faults; and fear is among the many. Following the whole history of man, it is all full of fear. Man lives in this state almost the whole of his/her life if not the whole of it. In the same very Book, we see how fear seized ...

Pastoral work is one of the pillars of our formation program for the first cycle. This year, we have thirty eight students who reach out on Saturdays and Sundays to seventeen different areas of apostolate. I as a formator believe that, we and the students in formation need to be nourished and challenged by divine and human realities, which are outside our formation house; our comfort zone and security. Together, we reflect, share and pray about situations in which students find themselves. Examples of these situations are: prison ministry, youth ministry, outstation ministry, serving people with disabilities, hospital ministry or being for the first time involved in interreligious dialogue and ecumenism among others. The formation to be effective and healthy needs constant inputs from real life situations. It helps the students to grow spiritually, emotionally, rationally and socially in their personalities. The specific experiences of life test the motivation, the a...

Jean Marie Bamutaze and Gabriel Ouma Participants' quotes from the Trauma Awareness and Resilience workshop: 1.  Not all human beings are human. (M. Longoli) 
 2. Trauma is unforgiveness and love. (M. Matuku) 
 3. Do not allow your trauma worries bring you down. (C.I. Imbusi) 
 4.  Sometimes when I am interested in things, I become bored of the very things. (B. Jean 
Marie) 
 5.  Trauma is dangerous if not processed from our bodies. (S. Onsongo) 
 6.  We are here to pass the examination of life. (Sr T. Namataka) 
 7.  Do not be guilty of your trauma but be responsible. (B. Jean Marie) 
 8.  I am the one to control trauma but not trauma to control me. (P. Muema) 
 9.  It’s only when we realize our trauma that we can come out of them. (P. Wachira) 
 10. We human beings are the cause of our problems and therefore our responsibility to rule them out. (G. Ouma)
 11. Lamenting about trauma is no...