Work Hard To Support the Church, State and Your Families

 President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni challenged congregants at St. Mary’s Cathedral Lubaga to take seriously the examples from the parable of talents and St Paul’s Thessalonians message on hard work, provision and community support.

President Museveni made the remarks during the Cathedral’s Centenary Celebrations at Lubaga hill, Kampala last Sunday

The event attracted over 5,000 worshipers, preceded by a Holy Mass at 10:00 am, led by Kampala’s Archbishop Paul Ssemogerere. Also present were government dignitaries led by the Prime Minister, Rt. Hon. Robinah Nabbanja, as well as top brass from the Mengo kingdom led by the Premier, Owek. Charles Peter Mayiga.

Also present were the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Augustine Kasujja and all the Bishops of the Kampala Archdiocese.

The President, also while using the parable of the good Samaritan, called for unity among Ugandans, urging that the NRM’s message is premised on the pillar of interest rather than identity.

According to the Parable of the Good Samaritan, a man was robbed, beaten and left for dead; he was not helped by a priest and Levite but by another passerby, a samaritan who was a member of a disliked group by the jews.

Speaking at the same event, Archbishop Ssemogerere thanked the President for continuously standing in solidarity with the church, urging that it is a testimony that faith remains a “pillar in building our nation”.

He prayed for the nation for peace to prevail in the election season, and called upon the youth to use their energy to build rather than break the country. The Archbishop also cautioned leaders to inspire unity and love for God and the country.

He appealed to the government to make swift interventions in the issues of land grabbing, which he says have plagued the country.

The Cathedral was constructed in 1925 through a community effort, 48 years following the arrival of the Catholic Missionaries. Bishop Henri Streicher and Brother Cyprian oversaw the work, including training local craftsmen at a skilling centre in Kasubi.

The land on which the Cathedral was built was a generous offer from Kabaka Mwanga II to French Catholic Missionaries, also known as White Fathers. It was originally hosting a palace belonging to Kabaka Mutesa I but was abandoned after fires razed the place.

Towering on 24 pillars, the religious marvel put together by over 2.5 million locally made bricks also has a historic relevance, having hosted the African Bishops Synod in 1969.


















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