UGANDA: AMECEA Organizes SCCs Workshop for Tororo Metropolitan
The dioceses in the Ecclesiastical Province of Tororo will
be participating in capacity building Workshop for the on-going revitalization of
building the local Church around families living in Small Christian Communities
(SCCs).
be participating in capacity building Workshop for the on-going revitalization of
building the local Church around families living in Small Christian Communities
(SCCs).
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| Rev Fr Febian Pikiti |
The Workshop, which is taking place from 4th to 8th
of May in Tororo, is supported by the AMECEA Pastoral Department in
collaboration with the Uganda Episcopal Conference. The Workshop has attracted
forty five (45) participants from Jinja, Kotido, Moroto, Tororo and Soroti
Dioceses in Uganda.
of May in Tororo, is supported by the AMECEA Pastoral Department in
collaboration with the Uganda Episcopal Conference. The Workshop has attracted
forty five (45) participants from Jinja, Kotido, Moroto, Tororo and Soroti
Dioceses in Uganda.
Speaking to AMECEA Online News, The AMECEA Pastoral
Coordinator, Rev Fr Febian Pikiti said that the Workshop of Tororo is aiming at
reflecting on ways of promoting continued revitalization of SCCs with the
context of fast changing realities in the AMECEA region.
Coordinator, Rev Fr Febian Pikiti said that the Workshop of Tororo is aiming at
reflecting on ways of promoting continued revitalization of SCCs with the
context of fast changing realities in the AMECEA region.
Inspired by the theme: “SCCs
Embracing the Word of God for Evangelization”, Fr Pikiti said that the
workshop will look at the reality of SCCs in the diocese of the Ecclesiastical
Province of Tororo, the challenges that are negatively affecting the mission of
the SCCs, the need to motivate men and youth to be involved in the SCCs and
above all to focus on the centrality of the Word of God in the life of SCCs. “Since
the AMECEA bishops embarked on an ecclesial renewal of building the local
Church on SCCs, the Church in the region has experience remarkable
participation of the lay faithful through various ministries that constitute the
Parish pastoral structures,” he said.
Embracing the Word of God for Evangelization”, Fr Pikiti said that the
workshop will look at the reality of SCCs in the diocese of the Ecclesiastical
Province of Tororo, the challenges that are negatively affecting the mission of
the SCCs, the need to motivate men and youth to be involved in the SCCs and
above all to focus on the centrality of the Word of God in the life of SCCs. “Since
the AMECEA bishops embarked on an ecclesial renewal of building the local
Church on SCCs, the Church in the region has experience remarkable
participation of the lay faithful through various ministries that constitute the
Parish pastoral structures,” he said.
“When the Bishops AMECEA resolved to promote this ecclesial
model, they envisaged the incarnation of the Church of the New Testament into
the actual day to day life of the People of God,” he said adding that “The
Bishops said that the Church needs to adopt a new ecclesial model, whereby the
basic units of the Church are those natural and traditional small village communities
which would provide an adequate milieu for the incarnation of the Church’s life
and mission.”
model, they envisaged the incarnation of the Church of the New Testament into
the actual day to day life of the People of God,” he said adding that “The
Bishops said that the Church needs to adopt a new ecclesial model, whereby the
basic units of the Church are those natural and traditional small village communities
which would provide an adequate milieu for the incarnation of the Church’s life
and mission.”
Fr Pikiti said that through SCCs the Church will become
truly communion of families that are self-ministering, self-reliant and
self-propagating. The building of the Church around SCCs is not just an
ecclesial model, but it is the way of being Church.
truly communion of families that are self-ministering, self-reliant and
self-propagating. The building of the Church around SCCs is not just an
ecclesial model, but it is the way of being Church.
Since last year, the AMECEA Pastoral Department has been
conducting similar works in the AMECEA Countries.
conducting similar works in the AMECEA Countries.
By
AMECEA Online News Reporter, Nairobi
AMECEA Online News Reporter, Nairobi
