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Sr. Leanne: Unique Sabbatical Experiences

New updates on September 20: Sr. Mary Leanne Hubbard’s travels in East Africa continue. She visited the SNDs in Nairobi, Kenya as well as an orphanage in Tanzania. She accompanied another group of young sisters…

Protecting the Environment… and Feeding the Poor

Innovation and Environmental Sustainability in Urban Uganda Despite being less than a mile from Lake Victoria, one of the largest freshwater lakes in the world, the residents of Mpala have little access to healthy fish….

Ugandan Martyrs Church, Buseesa

Fr. Godfrey Tuhairwe is a diocesan Catholic priest from the diocese of Hoima in midwestern part of Uganda, East Africa. His parish includes St. Julie Mission in Buseesa. Before pandemic restrictions on travel, Fr. Godfrey…

Teacher’s Training Course for East Africa… a big success!

Eleven SNDs from the East Africa Delegation have been living in Buseesa, Uganda to learn theory and praxis in education. They will now move on to the practicum (student teaching) portion of their training. They…

St. Julie students ace national exams

St. Julie Mission students from the primary and secondary levels knocked it out of the park on the 2021 Uganda national exams. This was even after being out of the classroom for months due to…

A Spark that Slowly Enflames

The spark they have given us during the past three weeks is slowly lighting up the flame within us. We were truly enriched and reenergized by the wonderful inputs, thoughts and ideas we got from…

Uganda Enters Second COVID-19 Lockdown

As I write now, all the sisters are settled, in and the training is going on well. For me this is a great miracle! Calling sisters to move from one country to another within that…

East Africa Ministries

Our missionary focus in East Africa is to educate impoverished children and teach women skills which empower their lives. A steady growth of missions in the East African countries of Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, led…