Uganda Sister Parish

Special thanks 
go to St. Rose of Lima Catholic Parish Council who in 2009 decided that St Rose of Lima Parish to adopt Fr. Mujule's parish as the Uganda Sister Parish and thus assist Father's pastoral ministry back home. Fr. Mujule our Pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church, Metropolis City, IL is grateful to God who chose him from deep in the rural parish of Bwikara area in Kibaale District, Hoima Diocese, western Uganda, East Africa to come and serve (in Aug 2006) as a Missionary International Priest in Belleville Diocese, State of Illinois, USA. Since his priestly ordination in 1978, Fr Mujule has served in several pastoral places during in Hoima Diocese -For details concerning his Uganda pastoral ministry visit this website: Fr Mujule's Pastoral-Rural Outreach mjlemc.blogspot.com

Hoima Diocese
is in western Uganda along Lake Albert, and the Diocese covers 6,663 square miles with a population of approximately 1,700,000 about half of whom are catholics (52%). There are 38 parishes served by 120 native Diocesan Priests. In July 2010, God willing, some 16 Deacons will be ordained priests - its the biggest number ever since the diocese began Dec 1965. The ratio of priest to catholics is about 1:7000. The number is high, this is due to a rapidly growing population in Uganda. Uganda is the size of State of Oregon, USA, and Uganda as of now has a population of 33,000,000 (www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/702385) of whom 60% are below the age of 15 years.

Fr. Mujule
did a lot of his pastoral ministry among the rural and poor people deep in rural areas of Muhorro, Mpeefu and Bwikara Sub Counties of Kibaale District, Hoima Diocese. He is grateful to the Christians of St Rose of Lima for the help given from the Cans Recycle Project and for the Uganda Sister Parish donations that help support Father Mujule's ministry back home. Most families deep, deep in rural areas are really poor and live on just 1 US $ or less per day, for a family of 10 people i.e. Dad, Mom and 8 kids: that means an annual income of about 300$ or less. Can you imagine what that means when taking care of a family: educating, feeding and clothing and health care of the family especially the kids?

YOUR DONATIONS WILL HELP:

~Village chapel constructions:

          - buying cement, timber, nails, aluminum roofing sheets,church doors, windows, and furniture

          -and mainly funds for hired transportation of building materials like sand, bricks and aggregate stones

~Pastoral transport (Bicycles)

          -for catechists taking care of village chapels and visiting the sick (each chapel has minimum of 150 families)

          -For example Bwikara Parish has 50 village chapels, some are 15-20 miles away from Parish center/ Father's Rectory

~School fees for poor but bright and 

        -needy seminarians studying for priesthood in High School Seminaries or College Seminaries

        -needy or orphan students in high school and college,

        -especially in supporting the much neglected girl-child education (see my website)

~ Shelter for widows and orphans

           -Those left homeless due to AIDS death by a spouse or parents, buying roofing sheets

~Empowering rural women groups

          -Help themselves set up small home income generating projects like piggery or poultry or gardening

~Some detailed costs

          -$ 7,000 = Roofing a Village Chapel already built up to ring beam or wall plate

          -$ 4,500 = Cement for contruction of a village chapel, after the christians have made their own bricks

          -$ 3,500 = Cement for plastering walls and floor of village chapel already built and has a roof

          -$ 2,000 = Pastoral transport: 100cc motorcycle for Head catechist: visiting chapels in a parish

          -$ 2,000 = Simple House for a widow and orphans

          -$ 1,000 = Annual sponsoring of a College Seminarian or College student 

          -$ 600 = Annual sponsoring of High School Seminarian or H.S. student

          -$ 200 = Annual sponsoring of bright kid in a good elementary school

          -$ 100 = Catechist's Bicycle for Pastoral Transport to the parish and visiting the sick 

          -$ 100 = Bicycle for a widow/orphan for transporting sick to village heath unit

Thanks

for helping support Fr Mujule's ministry back home in Uganda

~Donations may be sent to

UGANDA SISTER PARISH

c/o St Rose of Lima Catholic Church

315 East Third Street

Metropolis, IL 62960 USA

GOD LOVES A CHEERFUL GIVER - 2 Cor 9:7