Franciscans of Uganda - Greyfriars

Nasze Misje Franciszkańskie

Drodzy Przyjaciele Misji Franciszkańskich! Raz jeszcze pragniemy podziękować wszystkim, którzy wsparli akcję zakupu traktora dla misji w Kakooge. Szczególne podziękowania również dla MIVA Polska oraz The Mission for the Poor przy Bazylice św. Jacka w Chicago.

Poniżej specjalnie przygotowany dla Was filmik od Braci z Ugandy. Dziękujemy!

Congratulations to Friar Nikolay Dubinin upon becoming first native Roman-Catholic Bishop in Russia. Yesterday, Pope Francis appointed him Auxiliary Bishop of Moscow.

Пантыфік прызначыў 30 ліпеня 2020 г. дапаможнага біскупа Архідыяцэзіі Маці Божай у Маскве. Ім стаў а. Мікалай Дубінін з Генеральнай кустодыі Ордэна канвентуальных францішканаў у Расіі. Ён стаў першым дапаможным біскупам у Каталіцкім Касцёле ў Расійскай Федэрацыі пасля яго адраджэння. Цяпер Канферэнцыя Каталіцкіх Біскупаў Расіі складаецца з пяці іерархаў. http://bit.do/dubinin

Time of joy 🎉👋🥳 celebration! Congratulations to the new friars!

Brothers Augustine Ziribumwe, Joseph Lubowa, Joseph Sserunakulya and Joseph Kagimu from Uganda made today with other brothers from Kenya and Tanzania their first religious vows in Arusha, Tanzania. Congratulations.

Friars making first religious profession at Franciscan Valley of Prayer and Silence in Saltpond - Ghana. Among them Bro. Francis Musanya from Uganda. Other four Ugandan brothers will make, tomorrow, first religious vows in another novitiate house in Arusha, Tanzania. Please, keep them in your prayers.

Brothers Augustine Kaddu, Edward Kironde and Paul Mutaasa today 25th July 2020 at Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica renewed their simple religious vows for a period of one year.

Our brothers Patrick, Ronnie and Alfred on the way back from Accra, Ghana were they were studying philosophy. Welcome back home, brothers!

#MoFAUpdate: UGANDA HIGH COMMISSION ABUJA COORDINATES REPATRIATION FROM WEST AFRICA.

#Uganda's Ambassador to Nigeria (& accredited to West African countries) H.E. Nelson Ocheger seeing off a team of #Ugandans at Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos, #Nigeria.

These and other nationals from West Africa are expected to land at Entebbe International Airport today aboard Uganda Airlines.

#MOFAdelivers #StaySafeUG #WelcomeHomeUG #RepatriationUG

Thanks to MIVA Polska !. Through their generosity catechists in Kakooge Mission received new bicycles to help them in pastoral activities. 🙏

Today, 18th July 2020, twelve (12) brothers (5 from Kenya, 4 from Uganda and 3 from Tanzania) started their novitiate in Kakooge Friary. Brothers starting 12-month probation were invested in franciscan grey habits.

During Holy Mass Fr. Peter Mpiima Dabek and Fr. Adam Mutebi Klag made publicly profession of faith and promise of fidelity as they were elected new guardians (superiors) of Kakooge and Matugga Friaries respectively.

Thanks be to God. 🙏

Ugandan friars who study philosophy in Accra/Ghana renewed on the hands of Provincial Custos, friar Eugine Antwi, their vows of chastity, obedience and poverty in the Franciscan Order.

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Fr Mpiima shows new Novitiate House In Kakooge

Filmik i kilka słów wdzięczności od naszego misjonarza z Ugandy, który dziś świętuje także swoje urodziny 🎂🙏🙏
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O. Piotrek Dąbek: "Dziękuję bardzo za wszystkie urodzinowe życzenia, które "spływają" z całego świata do mnie 😉 Chciałbym się krótko podzielić "co u mnie?". A przede wszystkim chciałbym podziękować wszystkim, którzy podzielili się swoimi funduszami, aby powstał dom postulatu dla naszych afrykańskich braci. Jesteście wspaniali 👏👏👏!!! Na filmiku możecie zobaczyć co udało się już zrobić!!!

Jeśli ktoś chciałby się dołączyć do prezentu na moje dzisiejsze urodziny 😉, to proszę o dowolną sowitą wpłatę 😉 na doposażenie naszego postulancko/nowicjackiego domu, w którym jesteśmy od 2 dni.😲

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Dopisek: „Wyposażenie postulatu w Kakooge - Uganda”

Brothers postulants from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda have left Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica to start in a few days their novitiate at Kakooge.

New formation house In Kakooge almost ready

Today, The President of the Republic of Poland, H.E. Andrzej Duda awarded posthumously Friar Lucjan Krolikowski, The Order of the White Eagle which is Poland's highest order awarded to both civilians and the military for their merits.
Friar Łucjan Królikowski (1919-2019) was polish franciscan priest (the first friar of our province who ever worked in Africa) In 1940's during II World War in Tengeru (close to Arusha/Tanganyika) he was chaplain of the refugee camp saving over 150 children.
The Order was received in Washington DC, USA, by Friar James McCurry of American Franciscan Friars Conventual of the Our Lady of the Angels Province where friar Łucjan spent last decades of his life.

🇵🇱🇺🇸 W Waszyngtonie odbyła się ceremonia wręczenia Orderu Orła Białego przyznanego pośmiertnie o. Łucjanowi Królikowskiemu. Order odebrał Ojciec Prowincjał amerykańskiej prowincji Matki Bożej Anielskiej Zakonu Braci Mniejszych James McCurry.

Biogram o. Łucjana ➡️ bit.ly/OOB_oŁucjanKrólikowski

Procession at St. Francis Friary in Kampala-Munyonyo

Today’s ‘Scientific’ Eucharistic Procession on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi at Munyonyo

Fr Marian Kajubi who before was missionary in Uganda and Rector of Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica was today re-elected Minister Provincial of Kraków Province, Poland where juridically our Ugandan mission belongs. Glory to God.

Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica

“The Way to the Father”. Reflection from Fr. Martin Ssali (Munyonyo Martyrs’ Shrine) for the 5th Sunday of Easter

​Generally, most of us like jokes. Especially young people like to make fun of each other. But when you make a joke, you need to be careful not to “cross the line”. In our times we see this common practice of “pranking people” (to play a trick) which sometimes goes too far. One story from my life: Years ago, I was travelling with the group of my friends from one place to our hometown. Suddenly, a funny but also a bit stupid idea (as I look at it right now), came to our minds – the idea of pranking people. We decided that from time to time will stop the car and ask people on the sidewalks if we are heading the right direction, without mentioning the town we are going to. All of us agreed that it will be funny. So, we were stopping the car and asking people in these words: “Excuse me, are we heading in the right direction?”. People, of course, couldn’t answer because they didn’t know where we were going to, and before they were able to say something, we were continuing our journey, leaving them with the confusion on their faces. We made that joke on few people, up to the moment when someone, a bit offended, replied: “How can I tell you the right direction, if I don’t know your destination?”. And then confusion came to our faces… Simple answer to our silly question. But that man was right. Completely. And spoke the deep truth: How someone can lead, if doesn’t know the destination?​

​Where are you heading to? What is your destination? If you want to know that you are on the right path, speak first about your goal. I believe that now many people in the whole world are facing this kind of questions: “what is the purpose of life? where I am heading to?” This current global situation slowed us down and generated reflections on the meaning of life. “Am I on the right path?”. The way people live, shows what they prefer and what is their goal. When you look at someone, you can tell if this is reckless ride through life or trying to do the will of God. And like the reckless driving can lead one to the car accident, the same thing can happen when someone too much focused-on material things suddenly loses everything. Both of these “crashes” can lead to serious change of our values.​

​There is a true story of the actress who had almost everything – beautiful house, money, fame, someone who loved her, etc. She was using life in a way which can be called “reckless driving”. But there was one thing in her life which only she knew – witchcraft. That was her “little” secret since childhood. She was convinced that witchcraft provides her whatever she needs. But only couple of days were enough and she lost everything. She couldn’t find answer why all of this is happening. And, like many people in similar situation, came to her mind that forgotten-by-her-God is the one who may know the answer. Her “prayer” to God was: “What’s going on, tell me! What’s going on ?!”. In her testimony she says that in the course of those days while driving a car her navigation system (GPS) lost the way and by coincidence (there is no such word in the God’s dictionary as “a coincidence”) she found herself at the gate of the monastery. She talked to the religious priest who – again by coincidence – was an exorcist. Process of healing began… Though her car lost the way, she found the true one. And now she says: “I have peace in my heart and I will not exchange it for anything!”.​

​Where are you heading to? What is your destination? The first words spoken by Jesus in the Gospel of John are: “What do you seek?” (John 1,38). You need to first answer to that question, before you start the journey, sometimes again and again, because we are able to lose the signal from our interior GPS (God’s Positioning System), heading the wrong direction by our sins. If your salvation and endless happiness in Heaven is your goal, then probably there are many people around you who know how to help you and will say: “This is the way, walk in it” (Isaiah 30,21). And they will be speaking about the way which has a name: “JESUS”. He himself in today’s gospel says: “I am the Way” (John 14,6). And He adds something, which usually we skip when quote this passage from the Bible, He says: “No one comes to the Father, except through me”. Jesus knows how to lead us to our final destination, which is the Father. Our goal and His goal are to find ourselves in the Father’s arms. Heaven is more a presence of someone who loves you. People who fell in love experience some moments of losing the sense of reality, when the whole world disappears and only two hearts exists, and love between them is now the reality for them. Heaven will be when we enter – with whole our being - into presence of the True and Real Love.​

​So, we ask today: “Teacher, where are you staying?”. And He replies: “Come and see…. I am the Way…
I want that you also may be where I am…. In my Father’s house” (John 1,38; 1,39; 14,3; 14,6; 14,2).

Omukama abeere nammwe!
May the Lord give you Peace!

Readings: First: Acts 6, 1-7 / Psalm: 33, 1-2, 4 -5, 18-19 / Second: 1 Peter 2, 4-9 / Gospel – John 14, 1-12

Today, 8th May 2020, Pope Francis appointed our brother, and former Minister General Fr. Marco TASCA as the new Archbishop of Genoa, Italy. Congratulations!

Franciszkanie - Bracia Mniejsi Konwentualni - Францішкане OFMConv

Pomysłodawcą i wykonawcą wideoklipu jest nasz współbrat o. dk. Alaksiej M. Juchniewicz, który pracuje obecnie na Białorusi. Jezusowe słowa „żniwo wprawdzie w...

Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica

He is Risen! Alleluia!
Franciscan community of brothers in Munyonyo Shrine wish you happiness and joy in this Easter time. May Jesus Christ who died and resurrected fill you with His Love and Peace.

Policja na ulicach, reagge i wstawiennictwo...

Current Situation In Uganda (In polish)

https://info.wiara.pl/doc/6232767.Policja-na-ulicach-reagge-i-wstawiennictwo-meczennikow

info.wiara.pl Do 18 wzrosła liczba stwierdzonych przypadków...

WANDA Matugga Health Centre

Great News from Vatican!!!
The Vatican’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints agreed to the initiation of the beatification process of Dr Wanda Błeńska, also known as “the Ambassador of Missionary Laity” and “the Mother to Lepers”, who spent over 40 years in Buluba, Uganda tending to leprosy-stricken people. “Nihil obstat,” wrote the prefect of the congregation Angelo Becciu

Dr Wanda is a patron of our Health Centre.

Fundacja Innovaid

W tym ostatnim dniu roku chcemy podzielić się z Wami naszym podsumowaniem projektu w Ugandzie, realizowanego we współpracy z Departamentem Współpracy Rozwojowej MSZ RP.

Zapraszamy Was do obejrzenia tego pięknego materiału, który zrealizował dla Was towarzyszący nam w Ugandzie Mateusz Miszczyński 🎬🏥😀

#polskapomoc #polishaid #msz #innovaid #wandamatuggahealthcentre

Happy New Year from Franciscans gathered on the delegation assembly meeting at Matugga Friary.

Munyonyo Martyrs' Shrine - Uganda Martyrs Basilica

We have at hosted at our Shrine Jesus Youth International for music workshop. Together with our own Fr. Mpiima Peter they participated in the National Youth Conference in Kasana-Luweero 10-14.12.2019

Polski szpital pomaga pacjentom w Ugandzie

Polish Radio made short audio about our WANDA Matugga Health Centre

https://www.polskieradio.pl/9/8424/Artykul/2417935,Polski-szpital-pomaga-pacjentom-w-Ugandzie

polskieradio.pl W Matudze niedaleko Kampali działa szpital im. Wandy Błeńskiej. Powstał on z inicjatywy zakonu ojców franciszkanów, z pomocą Fundacji Innovaid i polskiego MSZ koordynującego program Polska Pomoc.

WANDA Matugga Health Centre

Grand opening and blessing of Wanda Matugga Health Centre by Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga.

Today, 1st December 2019 (World AIDS Day) our health centre was officially opened and blessed by His Grace Cyprian Kizito a Lwanga. Ceremony was graced by Hon. Consul of the Republic of Poland, Mrs. Ewa Zalewska. Wakiso LC5 Chairman Hon. Matia L. Bwanika, Mayor of Nansana Hon. Regina Bakitte, Area Member of Parliament Hon. Robert K. Ssebunnya among others.

Construction of the Centre was facilitated by many organizations and individuals from Germany, Italy, Poland, Slovakia and Czech Republic. 🙏🎉🥳👏

Equipment and furnishing of the Centre was possible through Fundacja Innovaid from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland. 🙏🎉🥳👏

New facility is owned by the Franciscans of Uganda - Greyfriars and run by Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate of Matugga Parish.

Glory to God!

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Consecration of Parish Church in Matugga {in Polish}

"W niedzielę, 3 listopada 2019 r. odbyła się konsekracja nowo wybudowanego kościoła w naszej misji w Matugga. Było to dla nas ogromne przeżycie. Wraz z tysiącami wiernych i wieloma gośćmi z bliska i z daleka, mogliśmy być świadkami tej radosnej uroczystości." – pisze z Ugandy o. Józef Matula. 🙏🙏🙏☺️

Official canonical visit of our Minister Provincial Fr. Marian Kajubi Golab in our three communities of Kakooge, Matugga and Kampala-Munyonyo.

Psalm 133

Be a Franciscan!
​You may have realized that God could be calling you to the priesthood or religious life as a brother. That’s great! But now there are more decisions to make: your order and charism.
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The Order of Friars Minor Conventual (Greyfriars) is a mendicant Order founded by St. Francis of Assisi under the name Friars Minor. As a religious community composed of priests and brothers, we commit ourselves to live the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the ideals and inspiration of St. Francis:
- by giving witness to fraternal life;
- fostering communion and renewal in the local Church and families, especially the poor and marginalized;
- advocating justice, peace, solidarity with care of creation;

If you have been considering the Franciscan way of life, we want to invite you to contact us: Conventual Franciscan Friars, P.O.BOX 11603 Kampala, +256 706 616 757, [email protected]

Basic requirements: Catholic, Ugandan, single, male, aged 18-24, after S6 (for Arts at least 10 points; for Science at least 7 points), without any experience of major seminary, of good health, and a sincere desire to love God, serve His people, and share a common life.
Is God calling you? So, heed the call and let nothing prevent you from answering to your call generously and lovingly!

Today St. Francis of Assisi Church in Matugga was consecrated to God by His Grace Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga. Great feast for Franciscan Community in Uganda. Glory to God!

Consecration of St Francis of Assisi Parish Church Matugga in Wakiso Vicariate.

According to local tradition in dioceses of central Uganda every new missionary, after arrival, receives a new local name by which he becomes closer to his parishioners.
Today at Matugga, Archbishop Cyprian Kizito Lwanga named “Zziwa” friar Jerry Payne . From today he is friar Jerry Zziwa Payne of Nyonyi Clan.