Christians have been urged to promote peace and unity in their families and communities. The call was made by the Archbishop of Gulu, John Baptist Odama during a sacrifice of Mass with the Catholic laity community of Mbarara and Gulu Archdioceses on Sunday.
The Rt. Rev. Odama was preaching during mass for the Archdiocese of Mbarara Development Association (AMDA) community at Kitante Primary school in Kampala.
He was in Kampala over the weekend to launch awareness activities for the preparations of the Uganda Martyrs Day Celebrations 2019.
The activities kicked off with soccer games between Mbarara and Gulu on Saturday, before the mass on Sunday. Archbishop Odama will this morning address a press conference at the Catholic Secretariat in Kampala, to officially launch activities for the 2019 Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations.
The archdiocese of Gulu has been selected by the Uganda Episcopal Conference to lead the 2019 Uganda Martyrs Day celebrations, with Archbishop Odama set to be the main celebrant.
Archbishop Odama said the theme of this year’s celebrations will be: “Obey God Always and Everywhere (based on Acts.4:19),” as a rallying call to all pilgrims who annually come to honor the Uganda Martyrs and indeed all mankind, to come back to God and be loyal to Him.
Archbishop Odama called on their faithful to support preparations for Uganda Martyrs Day 2019. Mbarara Archdiocese through AMDA contributed 30,000,000 shillings towards the preparations.
AMDA Chaplain Rev. Fr. Darius Magunda said the Mbarara Archdiocese community will support Gulu Archdiocese for the success of the Uganda Martyrs Day Celebrations 2019.
“We pledge our solidarity and support. We shall render support where we can in the preparations for the 2019 Uganda Martyrs celebrations at Namugongo, animated by Gulu Archdiocese."
