Ordination Class the Largest Ever for the Congregation in East Africa

Ordinations

On Saturday, August 2, six deacons of the Congregation of Holy Cross were ordained priests at St. Augustine’s Institute in Kampala, Uganda. This Ordination Class of six men represents the largest Ordination Class in the history of the Congregation’s District of East Africa, which serves Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania. The six were ordained by the Apostolic Nuncio to Uganda, the...

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Two Ordained Priests in East Africa

Ordinations

On Saturday, August 1, Deacons Arnold Jawiambe, C.S.C., and Linus Nviiri, C.S.C., were ordained to priesthood at St. Augustine’s Institute in Kampala, Uganda, by the Most Rev. Robert Muhiirwa, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Portal. It was certainly a festive occasion with not only the men’s family members and fellow Holy Cross religious present,...

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District of East Africa Celebrates Its Largest Ordination Class Ever

Ordinations

On the heels of its largest Final Vows Class ever in June 2016, the Congregation of Holy Cross’s District of East Africa celebrated its largest priestly Ordination class ever on January 7, 2017. The Most Rev. Vincent Kirabo, Bishop of the Diocese of Hoima, presided at the Ordination Mass, which was held at the St. Augustine Institute Nsambya in...

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East Africa Celebrates Two Ordinations on St. André’s Feast Day

Ordinations

The celebrations this year of St. André Bessette’s Feast Day were even more joyous this year in the Congregation of Holy Cross’s District of East Africa. On the January 6, the feast of the Congregation’s first canonized saint, Fr. Prosper Atukwatse, C.S.C. and Fr. Joseph Owori, C.S.C., were ordained to the priesthood. The Ordination Mass...

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Holy Cross in East Africa Celebrates its 60th Anniversary with Final Professions and Ordinations

First Professions, Ordinations

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....

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The District of East Africa Rejoices in Priestly Ordinations and Final Vows

Ordinations

On May 28, amid the beautiful, peaceful environs of Lake Saaka at the Holy Cross Novitiate, Mr. Gideon Muriithi Kinyua, C.S.C., professed his Final Vows in the presence of community, family, and friends. Fr. Cyprian Binaka, C.S.C., District Superior, received his vows and also presided and preached at the Mass.  A reception followed for all of those attending the...

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