On Saturday, July 16, 2016, eight novices at the Holy Cross Novitiate Saaka in Fort Portal, Uganda, made their First Profession of Religious Vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross. Their profession date is a significant one in the history of the Congregation in East Africa, because on July 16, 1988, the Holy Cross brothers...
Sunday, July 16, was a day of great rejoicing in the Congregation of Holy Cross’s District of East Africa as three novices from the Novitiate in Fort Portal, Uganda, made their First Profession of Vows. The newly professed are: Mr. Agaba Emmanuel, C.S.C., Mr. Bunjako Charles, C.S.C., and Mr. Kamanyire Erineo, C.S.C. All three hail...
July 16, 2018, was a day of great grace and overflowing joy at the Holy Cross Novitiate at Lake Saaka in Fort Portal, Uganda. Twelve novices, 11 for the Society of Priests and one for the Society of Brothers, made their First Profession of Religious Vows. They had completed their canonical Novitiate year under the accompaniment...
It was a particularly festive and joyful ringing in of the New Year for the Congregation of Holy Cross in East Africa in 2019. Gathered in Jinja, Uganda, for its annual assembly as is its custom following Christmas, the Holy Cross community celebrated the 60th anniversary of the arrival of the Congregation to the region....
On July 16, the Congregation of Holy Cross’s District of East Africa gathered at the community’s Novitiate in Lake Saaka, Uganda, to witness and celebrate the First Professions of nine novices. Their vows were received by Fr. Lawerence Mwenya, C.S.C., Vocation Director of the District, because the District Superior, Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C., was in...
The Congregation of Holy Cross celebrates with the District of East Africa and their ten novices who made their First Profession of Religious Vows on July 16, 2021. The ceremony took place at the Holy Cross Novitiate, in beautiful Lake Saaka, Uganda. Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C., Superior of the District of East Africa, preached that...
On July 16, seven young men from Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania professed their First Vows as members of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C., Superior of the District of East Africa, presided and preached at the Mass of First Profession. Assisting were Br. Cleophas Kyomuhendo, C.S.C., Novice Master, and Fr. Gabriel Lulu, C.S.C.,...
On July 16, at the Holy Cross Novitiate in Lake Saaka, Uganda, 11 novices made their First Profession of Vows. Ten of the newly professed are from the Province of East Africa, while the eleventh is from the Province of West Africa. Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C., Superior of the Province of East Africa, presided and...
