UGANDA: Encourage Christians to Become Hard workers – Bishop Kibira to Priests
Peter Masereka
Priests who stay in seclusion and forget about encouraging believers to become hardworking and promote education are not fair, the Ordinary of Kasese, Rt. Rev. Francis Aquirinus Kibira has said.
Bishop Kibira has warned priests against laziness by focusing on healing the soul only. Rather, he wants to. See them promote the people’s integral development and fight against poverty.
He insists that every priest has a cardinal role to work with a development committee at parish and community level so as to create development avenues and projects that will see believers increase household income.
In his speech at St. Maria Gorret Kinyamaseke Catholic Church while concluding his three month pastoral visit in the parish where he confirmed Christians and opened a Eucharistic centre on 1st Jan 2023 on the Solemnity of Virgin Mary Mother of the church, Bishop Kibira asked the priests and Religious to emulate Jesus Christ who was not only a preacher but also a prophet, teacher and healer, encouraging religious leaders to collaborate with Christians for social, physical and economic development.
Bishop Kibira asked parents to develop the talents of children by empowering them with education and vocational skills especially those who have dropped out of school, adding that the best way of solving unemployment challenge in the country is to empower the youth with skills and developing the natural abilities.
The Ordinary cautioned parents against luxurious expenditure and alcoholism. He advises them to become innovative, invest in education, and to apply modern farming technologies especially in banana plantations.
Bishop Kibira quoted some of the lyrics in Tip Tony song titled “party” warning the public against high consumption of alcohol, laziness and engaging in non-productive activities but save to fight poverty.
Earlier on, Winfred Ithungu one of the confirmands at Kitsutsu Catholic Church told the Bishop that currently men have started stealing their wives’ money, engaging promiscuous relationships and going home late.
Rev. Fr. John Baptist Kule, the Bukangara Parish Priest commended the Bishop for the support extended to Bukangara Parish especially finance meant to support woman under the catholic women association-CWA.
The Coordinator Holy Dove projects, Rev. Fr. Modesto Kasenyangwe, asked believers in Christ to utilize the Vocational training institutions to fight illiteracy.
During Mass, Mr. Johnson Saturday Musolho was baptized and welcomed back into the Catholic Church and Catchiest Moses Thembo and Catchiest Costa Baluku were confirmed as Eucharistic administrators.
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