Missionaries of Africa, Jinja

The PCJ Social evening is a time when all the candidates from the different congregations gather to have a family-time. The event is graced by presentations from the different religious congregations accompanied with dancing, eating, drinking and socializing.

T he globe now has become a village; communication can be done in every angle. Everybody is moving towards ‘digitalisation’ that is the common term used to those who have access to digital phone and if you’re lucky you get an i-pad. Market has been made stress-free everywhere and in everything you need is just a matter of ‘googling’ and everything is just right in front of you. Transport reservation has its share also in technology through advertisement of the services the company offers. Therefore, from your house, you could secure for yourself a ticket online and there is not much movement from the house to the station. The Word of God has also been transferred to many generations through technology and many have seen the great work of the Lord. The big question is, is technology a liability or a resource? This question may seem to be tranquil but is of very big importance. Look at the children who are exposed to many things at a younger age making them unable to...

From Left to Right: Judie, Nalongo, Maggie, Ssenga, Sam, Matthias and Mike We are grateful to our support staff for the love, care and services rendered to us. This ranges from preparing our meals, to keeping the compound clean, helping with the animal farm, and repairing and helping in the shopping of stuffs. They add to the joy in Lavigerie House and without them, not everything would be moving on well. We thank the Lord for the gift of this part of the Lavigerie family. May God continue blessing the hand of your works.

Clockwise: Some of the M.Afr. seminarians, the procession, seminarians, and the dancers from Holy Cross Lake View Secondary School. The commissioning of the Extra-ordinary Ministers of the Eucharist is an annual event for the Diocese of Jinja. It is aimed at enabling the faithful of the Diocese of Jinja draw near to Jesus through receiving the Eucharist. Those commissioned are seminarians from the various congregations in Jinja. These congregations are in charge of some of the out-stations under the Diocese of Jinja. It is also taken as a day for all Catholic students from various secondary school in Jinja. They usually come together under the Young Christians Students (YCS) Association to celebrate this day with the Bishop. This year's commissioning was presided over by Bishop Charles Martin Wamika, the Ordinary of Jinja Diocese. He commissioned about 80 seminarians from the different congregations. He urged the Extra-Ordinary ministers to follow the example of Jesus Christ. H...

Volleyball is one of the other life-giving aspects in our community. It helps us come together especially during the training time and when a match is been played. It also helps us keep fit and interact more with our brothers from other communities. Volleyball being a game, it requires teamwork for a team to succeed, thus, the members are required to be one. Being one is something our founder Cardinal Lavigerie stressed. He wanted the missionaries not to only be united but one. We are forever grateful to the Formation Staff at Lavigerie Formation House Jinja for according us the opportunity to be a part of this great unifying game. We are forever indebted.

Every 9th of October, we commemorate our independence. This independence was obtained in 1962 on 9th October from the long time masters from 1884; The Britain. After much effort put in by many Ugandans, especially Dr. Milton Obote and comrades, Uganda managed to get independence; to mean it became self-sufficient. This a very important day in Uganda especially for the Ugandans, but since we are in Uganda, we are made Ugandans by our presence regardless of our countries of origin. As members of Lavigerie House we also celebrated in our own way. The day started with holy mass, and it was a Sunday with readings that reflected so much on thanksgiving, which according to me it was a challenge to Ugandans to give thanks for the day. The mass was dedicated to Uganda to continue having peace and progress more on development. Since the Uganda's Anthem itself offers Uganda to God, we concluded with the national anthem of Uganda to cement the dedication....

Simon Peter during his birthday celebration  To celebrate a Birthday is ‘to be born anew’. It is the only time to acknowledge God’s providence for the prime gift to mankind, which is, LIFE. Without life, it obviously means that man is a nobody. Basing on the experience in Lavigerie House, Jinja, Birthday celebrations bring lots of memories through one is treated during his celebration. Actions like singing  birthday songs, exchanging gifts, pouring water, calling one a ‘baby’ and above all, celebrating at team levels.  When members gather and pour water on the ‘baby’ accompanied with birthday songs, it feels like one is indeed re-born. One is also identified with the baptism that he underwent. And also, the baptism that every catholic undergoes as a right of initiation to the Catholic Church. It is for this matter that we as members of Lavigerie family, Jinja, have always found great meaning in celebrating each others’ birthday. This keeps us to continue connec...