YOUFRA UGANDA ELECTION RESULTS

Office	Elected Person	Diocese	Tel.No	Email
President	Muhumuza Daniel	Mbarara	0779516477	muhumuzadamdanieltyson@gmail.com
V. President	Nakiguli Jane Frances	Kampala	0752645297	janefrancesnakiguli@gmail.com
Responsible for Formation	Muhumuza Gilbert OFS	Mbarara	0701111216	gilbo.com@gmail.com
Secretary	Ochieng Batista	Jinja	0775442618	ochiengbatista@gmail.com
Treasurer	Odoch Jacob	Lira	0782307627	odokiodoch@gmail.com
JPIC Commissioners
	Bidokber Simon	Nebbi	0703938554	s.bidokober@gmail.com
	Kyomukama Jackline	Kampala	0706232726	Jacklinek9@gmail.com
Councillors/Regional Coordinators
Kampala	Kyomugisha Catherine	Kampala	0784569533
Tororo	Esabu Charles	Soroti	0782952324	charlesesabu@gmail.com
Gulu	Osaga Saviour Yungu	Nebbi	0781198881
Mbarara	Nagaba Rinah	Mbarara
Fraternal Animator	Br. Nicholas Kugonza OFS	Kampala	0774309296	nkkugonza@gmail.com
Spiritual Assistant/s
	Fr. Furtado Francis (ofm. Cap)	Kampala	0752615829	furtadof@rediffmail.com
	Br. Mwesigye Fidelis (ofm)	Mbarara	0784854274
	Fr. Stonley Nsubuga (OFM. Conv)	Kampala	0787545537	sjstqn@freenet.de
	Sr. Margret Awor (LSSOF)	Soroti	0772314313	srmargoripos@yahoo.co.uk

These were members elected to the Youfra National Executive for the year 2017/2020 as witnessed by Sr. Mary Mugenyi OFS being presided over by Br. Mathias Kule OFM and Kugonza Nicholas OFS at the elective assembly held on

3^rd September 2017, Kakoba – Mbarara.

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BRACING FOR THE 2017 ELECTIVE CHAPTER DUE 2ND & 3RD SEPTEMBER

What is a Chapter, where does it come from?

 

St. Francis early established the custom of holding chapters.  They were held at the Portiuncula and were the occasion for Francis to see his first companions, to become acquainted with friars who had recently entered the Order, to give to all paternal advice, and to make adaptations to their way of life he deemed necessary.

The most famous of all was the “Chapter of Mats” at which were present five thousand friars.  They were entirely occupied in prayer and in rendering one another charitable service or in talking of spiritual things. The temporary shelters set up in the fields, some of rush mats, gave its name to this famous chapter. Since then the Chapter has always been most important in the Franciscan family. History shows that Chapters have brought about complete renewal in several Institutes and Provinces.

 

What is the YouFra National Elective Assembly/ Chapter?

The YouFra National Elective Chapter is a gathering of YOUFRA delegates, observers and visitors representing all regional fraternities within our national fraternity of Uganda who are required by our Statutes to gather every three years. The primary reason that we gather is spiritual!  Our purpose is, above all, the spiritual advancement of the sisters and brothers in the pursuit of their common Franciscan ideal and vocation. It is an opportunity to pray together, learn about the spirituality of St. Francis, discuss business items relevant to our fraternity, and elect a new National Council for 2017-2020 period. It is a time of discernment and a time of celebration and a time to evaluate the past three years and set national goals for the next three years.

 

 THE 2017 YOUFRA UGANDA ELECTIVE ASSEMBLY/ CHAPTER

When:  Saturday September 2^nd to Sunday September 3^rd, 2017

Where:  OFM Novitiate House, Kakoba – Mbarara

Who will attend the Elective Chapter?

• Members of the National Council
• Five (5) Delegates from each Regional Fraternity, along with their Spiritual Assistants.

Note: Regions include;- Gulu, Kampala, Mbarara and Tororo

• Visitors :

(YOUFRA) members are most welcome for the Chapter but have no official voice. Observers and Visitors are most welcome to participate in all the liturgies, presentations and social functions throughout the Elective Chapter.

Attending an Elective Chapter is a special experience of prayerful solidarity with our larger Franciscan family as it will include wonderful presentations that will allow us the opportunity to learn about the joys and challenges experienced by our Franciscan brothers and sisters.

PLEASE REGISTER EARLY (We request ministers/ coordinators of the respective fraternities to prepare reports and work plans, register and confirm your participants not later than 10^th August 2017 for better preparations.)

MBARARA REGION JAN 2016 – JAN 2017 REPORT

Some of the YouFra Mbarara members while at Rushooka Gathering in January 2016

 INTRODUCTION:

This report highlights current fraternities and membership, leadership and management, activities executed and upcoming, challenges and recommendations. Attached is a brief report from all fraternities in Mbarara region.

1. FRATERNITIES AND MEMBERSHIP:

Mbarara region is comprised of Seven (7) active fraternities in Parishes of Rushooka, Kyoga, Kashekuro, Rubindi, Kihani, Kakoba Nyamitanga, Mabona and Kigarama : The main region office is at Kakoba Novitiate  located in Mbarara town, Uganda Martyrs Parish.

The Membership

No.	FRATERNITY	MEMBERS	PROMISES
I.	Rushooka	88	38
II.	Kyoga	30
III.	Kashekuro	23	13
IV.	Rubindi	15	1
V.	Kihani	18	2
VI.	Kakoba	43	13
VII.	Mabona	05	1
VIII.	Kigarama	40	19
Total		262	77

 

• We are opening new fraternity in Kitaga Parish in Kabale Diocese where we got 33 Members. We had seminar and retreat in May 20^th – 22^nd 2016  for 2days. We organizing for their formation with help of SFO and OFM in Rushooka.
• We had got other Youfra members in Mushanga Parish under The Late Br. Denis Mukundane but connecting with them is still difficult but we communicate to them through SFO in Mushanga.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT:

Mbarara region is steered by an executive team that comprises of the following members;

Name	Position	Contacts
Muhumuza Gilbert	President	0701111216
Amusiimire Emmaculate	Vice president	0786308622
Happiness Cleophas	Secretary	0779247513
Tukiriho Helga	Vice Secretary	0704393251
Tumuhaise Roberito	Treasurer	0776455621
Twesiime Simon	Development	0756725095
Muhumuza Adam Daniel	Formation	0779516477
Owembabazi Brain	Councilor	0784869842
Mutuhaire Dan	Councilor	0753836895
Rukundo Tom	Councilor	0752901609
Mukundane Micheal	Councilor	077607540

External officials;

1. Vastina Mugabirwe (SFO) SFO attaché to Youfra.
2. Fidelis Mwesigye (OFM)    Spiritual Assistant.

Management:

The region held 2 executive meetings, 1 General meeting which always happen on yearly gathering and was carried at Rushooka on 31/01/16. Most of these meeting we are graced by the presence of the advisor/guardian from SFO and at several occasional the spiritual assistant Fr. Dismas.

IMPLEMENTED AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

1. Feast Days;

The region selected a few feasts days that it celebrated at St. Fraternities and times at region level especially the feast of St. Francis that we always celebrate with OFM either in Kakoba or Rushooka and at times with Poor Claire’s.

1. Evangelization Visits ;

 On 28^th Jan to 31^th January we had our regional gathering At Rushooka where 25 members made their promises as shown

Fraternity	Members that made Promises
Kakoba	9
Kigarama	6
Kashekuro	2
Rushooka	8
Total	25

Total of 96 members attended from eight (8) fraternities in region.

In March 08^th 2016 Youfra members cerebrated world women’s day with Female Prisoners in Mbarara Central prison the world mother’s day and they donated Food, Clothing’s, Soaps among other. The cerebration was colorful with a lot fun, drama, presentations , spiritual talks and songs .

On 19^th April 2016 we organized to carry out Marathon for helping our Young sisters and brothers of St. Hellens Primary School in Nyamitanga who blind and needy but it was stopped on the way but we are still planning to have it soon in third term.

On 11^th June some members had a visit to Father Bash Foundation Babies Home In Mbarara town for charitable work.

• Upcoming activity:
• We organized to carry out Marathon for helping our Young sisters and brothers of St. Hellens Primary School in Nyamitanga who blind and needy which was stopped on the way.
• We are coordinating with Mbarara University Peer Projects and Nakivale Youth Ministry to visit the youth in Refugee camp in Nakivale
• We also want to start the project of tree growing but un fortunately we do not have good species to plant
• We planning to extend our new parishes for Franciscan preaching for youth.
• We organizing to meet to have executive gathering on 15^th Sept 2016.
• On 20-22 2016 we are organizing to have regional gathering in St. Agnes fraternity in Kihani Parish in Ibanda.

• We are planning to build strong formation in both new fraternity and old Fraternity.
• We planning to start up a small printery project in Rushooka to develop our income through printing and photocopying.

OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AS YOUFRAS

• At least almost many of our members have made promises and some of them have even continued to join the first order of Franciscans at least every year we have are representative .
• We have managed to have Youfra gatherings and some retreats which helps us to grow spiritually towards the spirituality of St. Francis as our patron saint.
• We have managed to reach outside our Diocese to Kabale in Kitanga Parish where we carried out 2 days visit and retreat from 20-22/05/2016 and registered 33 active members.
• We have also achieved many projects that have helped us a lot towards the development our group in terms of income like sweet Potatoes garden, Canteen and others.
• As it regards receiving new members, we have got a lot of new members who have applied to enter into our group and some of them are under the formation.
• We have also got some trips in our group especially visiting in small lakes like Bunyonyi in Kabale , Nyabihoko in Ntungamo and also many other places .
• We have also carried out charitable works which includes praying for the sick, fetching for them water, fire wood and also helping the needy like buying for them food and also praying for them and this is done at least twice in a month in most of fraternities.
• We have also managed to get some youfras in parishes from our archdiocese that have no Franciscans for example in Kyoga Parish in Isingiro, Kihani Parish in Ibanda, Mabona Parish and also in Bwizibwera Parish in Ntungamo Mbarara Archdiocese.

Challenges:

• We lack of formation materials.
• Poor attendance of meetings to most fraternity’s members which has affected the growth of most fraternities.
• Lack of individual commitment to some members
• Most of us as young Franciscans we are studying and we have less time to attend to our projects for example we have shop but we no permanent youth attached there .
• We also have the challenge with new members who join the group because they want only to enjoy the  benefits of the group  but they do not want to participate in dirty activities like digging and other manual activities .
• Many of the young Franciscans are youth there for they like to enjoy leisure through  having some drummer clubs but the one we have needs support to develop them  like drums, loud speakers ,Balls, Shooting our shows, internet and many things  needed of which are expensive .
• Lack of enough funding in fraternities in assisting us in our activities.
• Support from SFO’s is also very little to Youfra.

1. Recommendations;

We have to commit ourselves in doing our roles as leaders

We need help from SFO and OFM to build a strong formation in new fraternities because most of the group’s formation is poor.

Yours in Service

Muhumuza Gilbert
Coordinator Mbarara Region
0701 111216/0773941375

LAUDATO SI : YOUFRA UGANDA JPIC CAMP 2016

THEME: CELEBRATING A YEAR AFTER LAUDATO SI

1. About Youfra:
   

The Franciscan Youth or Young Franciscans (YOUFRA) is the fellowship of young people who feel called by the Holy Spirit to have an experience of Christian life, in fraternity, and in the light of the message of Francis of Assisi, deepening their vocation within the realm of the Secular Franciscan Order (SFO). They are inspired by the life of St Francis of Assisi in responding to their Christian calling and this inspiration allows them to respond to challenges of social justice, values of Justice Peace and care for creation.

Youfras are currently present in 11 out of 19 Catholic Dioceses of Uganda.

Youfra Uganda’s Mission is to facilitate young people between the ages of 12 to 35 years old to deepen their faith practically witnessing to the gospel through word and deed.

2. Introduction:

In 2014, the world celebrated 35 years since Francis of Assisi was declared Patron Saint of Ecology. He had been declared thus by Pope John Paul II in 1979. On June 18^th 2015, Pope Francis issued Laudato Si (Praise be to You), an encyclical letter on the care of our common home (Earth) in reverence of St. Francis’ Canticle of Creatures. Later that year (Nov 28- Dec 11, 2015), the twenty first session of the Conference of Parties COP21 on the United Nations Framework Convention of Climate Change (UNFCC) was held in Paris. The Pope’s address to the youth in November while on his visit to Uganda asked the youth to turn negatives into positives,

“Are you ready to change everything negative in your life into something positive? [“Yes!”] Are you ready to turn hatred into love? [“Yes!”] Are you ready to want to turn war into peace? [“Yes!”] Never forget that you are a people of martyrs, that the blood of martyrs runs through your veins, and that is why you have the faith and the life which are yours. And this faith and this life, beautiful as they are, make this “the pearl of Africa”. Pope Francis while at Kololo Air Strip, Kampala (Uganda) on Saturday, 28 November 2015

This year, the sustainable development goals, laden with environmental and ecological messages were launched. The need to disseminate these values among youth generally and in particular faith based youth groups is indispensable.

 

For this reason, this year’s camp is named Laudato Si as a concrete response to the call of the Pope in caring for our common home and the values of JPIC that he enunciates there in.

The purpose and objectives of the camp therefore are to;

• Consider and promote the ethical use of economic and natural resources in our society.
• Disseminate the content of the Pope’s encyclical “Laudatosi’ and cause action for its implementation
• Create awareness in an on-going formation, the values of our Franciscan spirituality highlighted in JPIC.
• Introduce youth from across Uganda to the major JPIC themes and reasoning of Laudato Si.

3. Duration;

The camp shall run for one week  i.e 4^th December 2016 to 11^th December 2016 at Mother Kevin Sustainable Farm, a property of the Little sisters of St. Francis within Kitotolo village. Kitotolo is a remote village off hoima road after Busunju town in Mityana District (Kiyinda Mityana Diocese).

4. Beneficiaries and Participants:

We are targeting to have 100 from across the country, 55 from our respective 11 dioceses and 20 from areas we operate from as JPIC Clubs.  And 25 from the surrounding communities.  The camp will involve trainings on sustainable income generating activites, reflection on the Pope’s letter ‘’Care for our common Home’’ Laudatosi, Franciscan International’s booklet on “How to promote Human Rights among the Extreme poor”, Catholic Social Teaching and other Justice and Peace Principles.

We hope after the training and with some practical experiences from the sustainable farm, members would become change agents in the communities they would have come from.

Our beneficiaries and participants have been requested to contribute a registration fee of 10,000 as commitment for attendance.

As a sustainability plan, participants will be encouraged to form JPIC Clubs where ongoing support and information sharing will be availed.

Conclusion;

Protecting the earth’s bounty and encouraging good stewardship of our environment is an important part of our work. We are working to help people in our community protect the environment, protect endangered ecosystems, fight climate change, protect our planet’s precious supply of water, keep extractive industries in balance, and  most important ‘green’ our country.

We are to remind everyone to make “Reduce-Recycle-Reuse-Remind” the guiding principle of their consumption patterns.

We hope the sharings will change the attitude towards one another.  Equality, common good and human dignity are some of the core principles that will be focused on.

Thefore we call upon and count on every one’s support and contribution according to their means to make this possible.

For Inquiries; Email: youfrauganda1417@gmail.com  or Contact

The Organising Commitee:       

NO	NAME	ROLE	EMAIL	TEL. CONTACT
1	Kugonza K. Nicholas (OFS)	Chairperson	nkkugonza@gmail.com	0774309296
2	Atwine Gloria  (OFS)	Secretary	atwinegloria@yahoo.com	0776630616
3	Nakigulli Jane Frances (YOUFRA)	Treasurer	janefrancesnakiguli@gmail.com	0752645297
4	Muhumuza Gilbert (YOUFRA)	Formation	gilbo.com@gmail.com	0701111216
5	Ofoyoru Benjamin (YOUFRA)	Coordinator	twilbenjamin@gmail.com	0757909088
6	Fr. Francis Furtado (ofm. Cap)	Spiritual Assistant	furtadof@rediffmail.com	0752215829

Letter to the Youth for World Youth Day 2016

Dear young Franciscans all over the world, may the Lord give you peace!

Our Seraphic Brother Saint Francis showed himself to be a true lover of God’s mercy. Finding himself deeply loved by the “Father of Mercies” (Cf. 2 COR 1.3) while still in his youth, the poor man of Assisi allowed this virtue to embrace his life and become in him availability, movement and liberation. Francis himself manifested this dynamism when he writes in his Testament that the Lord led his heart so he could go among the lepers, giving and receiving mercy (Cf. Test 2-3).

In this direction, inspired by St. Francis, we want to make a triple invitation to young people around the world, and so we invite you to participate in this upcoming World Youth Day.

The first invitation is to availability. Is the ability to cultivate the docility of a heart that seeks to give direction one’s own life. Francis was an eternal seeker, an idealist who was trying to fulfill his dream, which at first was a desired going up the social ladder and then his dream became a deep desire to conform to Christ. Precisely because his heart was open to understanding the manifestations of God’s love in his story, the young Francis managed to redefine the direction of his life, filling it with profound meaning.

Dear young people, never lose this availability. Remain always attentive to the many manifestations of mercy that the Lord gives to his daughters and sons. Listen with affection to the guidance of those who love you. Be brothers and sisters in solidarity with suffering people, particularly those who have been condemned to the invisibility of exclusion from a society that lives on the basis of profits: the poor, the sick, refugees, abandoned children, the elderly and many others. Always keep a healthy openness (availability) to dialogue and coexistence among the differences that characterize our time. Never abandon a life of prayer through which you can experience the action of God which touches and transforms the human heart. Never lose this availability inspired by the Lord!

The second call is to movement. We cannot remain in our structures, or get used to a comfortable life, because our Seraphic brother left us as a legacy a cloister which is as large as the world itself (Cf Sacrum Commercium 63). Typical of Franciscan life is the form of life proposal by Pope Francisco that we be an outgoing church, a field hospital, a Samaritan church that assists the injured and abandoned on the side of the road (Cf Evangelii Gaudium). Speaking directly to the youth of Argentina – with an invitation that is certainly valid for young people from all over the world –, during WYD 2013 in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, the Pope urged: “What do I hope as a result of the world youth day?

I hope there’s noise. I want you to be heard in your dioceses, I want the Church to go out into the streets, I want us to defend ourselves from all that is worldly, immobility, from what is convenience, clericalism, from everything that causes us to be closed in on ourselves. Parishes, schools, institutions are made to go out, if they don’t they will become an NGO and the Church cannot be an NGO. May bishops and priests forgive me if some of you create confusion for them. Though this is my advice. Thank you for what you can do. ” Be young people in movement.

The third is the invitation to liberation. Don’t make the same mistake of the rich young person (Mk 10:17-27): he possessed riches, observed perfectly the laws and precepts, but even so he felt that something was missing. Jesus looked at him with love – which is how he looks at each of you – and invited him to leave everything and follow him. He became sad because he preferred not to heed the call of the Lord, for he was very rich. Attachment to riches prevented him from experiencing the grace of being very close to God.

Be inspired by Francis, who gave up all his wealth in exchange for the treasure of detachment, which turned him into a liberated man, free to love God, people and all creatures. He became brother to all in his complete liberation. Give yourselves liberally and without reservation to Christ and his project. Be bearers of mercy and offer it to all those you meet in this adventure that is the following of Christ. May this mercy completely dominate your mind – so that you can put all your intelligence and your talents into service of Justice – dominate your heart – so that you can pulsate with a love of God that is made manifest in every situation – dominate your feet – so you can walk without tiring to existential and geographical margins – dominate your hands – so you can outstretch to everyone who lives in need of help. The more generous is your liberation, the more you will be conformed, as the Lord says: “to those who have, more will be given” (Mt 13:12).

These are the three invitations I humbly present you. We hope with great joy to see you in Krakow where, together, with Christ and St. Francis, we may experience concretely that “blessed are the merciful for they shall receive mercy” (Mt 7:5).

Rome, 11th July 2016, Feast of St. Benedict, abbot.

Fr. Michael Anthony Perry, OFM
Minister General

Fr. Marco Tasca, OFMConv
Minister General

Fr. Mauro Jöhri, OFMCap
Minister General

Fr. Nicholas Polichnowski, TOR
Minister General
President FFC

Tibor Kauser, OFS
Minister General

Sr. Deborah Lockwood, OSF
Minister General

Kampala’s Bright Doves makes Ten (10)

With great joy, Bright Doves of St. Francis will make ten (10) years of active evangelization in the church as instruments of peace as well as developing individual talents. Bright Doves was founded by a team of youth and lay franciscans (OFS) on 26th January 2006 and has since then been active in different activities ranging from music, dance and drama, liturgy, sports and promotion of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) values among others.

Bright Doves was the pioneer children and young adult group founded under the inspiration to follow in the footsteps of St. Francis (Young Franciscans – YOUFRA) in Kampala Arch-diocese at Kamwokya Catholic Parish. Its way of life along the way has inspired now Nsambya, Matugga, Namayumba and Kabulamuliro Parishes to evangelise to children and youth with Francis as their model teacher.

Luwero, Lugazi, Masaka and Kiyinda Mityana dioceses also enjoy the prevailing activities of Youfra Presence as Kampala ecclesiastical province.

The organizing committee in consultation with other stake holders resolved to have the celebration take place on 7th February 2016 other than the official date of 26th January.

ANTICIPATED ACTIVITIES OF THE DAY

1. EXHIBITION OF WORKS DONE FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.
Bright doves has been involved in a number of activities for the past 10 years including MDD, Art & Craft, Sports, Advocacy, Study schemes etc….. Items in form of crafts, CD’s, DVD’s, Publications etc.. will be displayed for inspiration and sale.

2. BEST PERFORMERS AWARDS
For the past ten years of existence as Bright Doves, many individuals have contributed to the Bright Doves we see today. We shall be rewarding those individual efforts that have left a significant mark in a democratic process. This exercise will also equip members with necessary skills and information on how a free and fair election happens.

3. SPEECHES
We shall have speeches from notable guests and a representative from the group

4. ENTERTAINMENT
Bright Doves has excelled in this field (Music, Dance & Drama) for quite some time. Now will be the time to share some of the fine pieces that have rocked the crowds for the past ten years.

5. JPIC WORKSHOP
Since its establishment, Bright Doves has been instrumental in various fields of spiritual, social and economic empowerment and development of the youth in the community. We are destined to being a model youth group under the spirituality of St. Francis propagating peace and helping the young realize their dreams through the promotion of JPIC Values. The workshop is meant to remind ourselves and share our source of Inspiration with those that see us out of context.

6. BRIGHT TIMES MAGAZINE
To coincide with the celebration, Bright Doves media team will run a commemorative souvenir magazine “The Bright Times Magazine” highlighting detailed editorial coverage on;
• Highlights on remarkable contributions for the last 10 years made by the Bright Doves of St. Francis and its partners.
• History and Franciscanism in Uganda
• Faith and Religion
• Health & Environment
• Education and Peace Building
Adverts & Articles in the magazine are still welcome till 30th.
Reach the Editorial team through +256774309296 Email to: doves126@yahoo.com

PRE-ACTIVITIES
1. Evangelical outreaches
2. Community Cleaning
3. Novena Prayers through St. Francis
4. JPIC Workshop
5. Memorial mass for the departed

Pope Francis: I am looking forward to Ugandan trip

Pope Francis has said ahead of his voyage to Uganda this week, that he looks forward to especially meeting with the youth.

In his statement released by the Uganda Episcopal Conference on Sunday, the Pontiff said:
“A highlight of my visit will be my meetings with the young people who are your greatest resource and our most promising hope for a future of solidarity, peace and progress”.

Pope Francis is expected to meet 100,000 youth including Franciscans at Kololo Independence grounds on Saturday afternoon, among other meetings.

Souvenirs in Uganda’s capital displayed in preparation for Pope Francis’ visit.

Pope’s message
As I prepare to visit Kenya and Uganda, I send a word of greetings and friendship to you and your families. I look forward to this time we will have together.
I am coming as a minister of the Gospel to proclaim the love of Jesus Christ and his message of reconciliation, forgiveness and peace.

My visit is meant to confirm the Catholic community in its worship of God and its witness to the gospel which teaches the dignity of every man and woman and commands to open our hearts to poor and those in need.

At the same time, I wish to encounter all the people of Kenya and Uganda and to offer everyone a word of encouragement.
We are living at a time when religious believers, and persons of good will everywhere, are called to foster mutual understanding and respect, and to support each other as members of our one human family.

A highlight of my visit will be my meetings with the young people who are your greatest resource and our most promising hope for a future of solidarity, peace and progress. I know that many people are working hard to prepare for my visit and I thank them. I ask everyone to pray that my stay in Kenya and Uganda will be a source of hope and encouragement of all.
Upon you and your families I invoke God’s blessing of joy and peace.