Kampala, 14 November, 2022 / 8:45 pm (ACI Africa).
52-year-old St. Mary’s National Major Seminary, Ggaba, in Uganda has been hailed for realizing the formation of the “pastorally minded Priests”.
In his homily during Holy Mass to mark the Golden Jubilee of the Major Seminary that is Uganda’s first Theologicum, Bishop Joseph Anthony Zziwa said, “St. Mary’s National Seminary has fulfilled the purpose for which it was founded: to form pastors configured in the life of Jesus Christ the Good Shepherd.”
The Major Seminary “has produced pastorally-minded Priests who have the flock entrusted to them at heart,” Bishop Zziwa said November 12 about the Catholic institution that is owned by the Uganda Episcopal Conference (UEC) and hosted by the Archdiocese of Kampala.
The Local Ordinary of Uganda’s Kiyinda-Mityana Diocese who doubles as Chairman of (UEC) added, “As of today, St. Mary's National Major Seminary has produced nearly 2000 Priests, has produced 19 Bishops, some of whom are present here.”
“The seminary continues to support the Catholic Church in Uganda and beyond to transform itself into a self-administering, self-propagating and a self-supporting entity,” he said during the Golden Jubilee celebration that was held at the Seminary grounds, some nine kilometers from Kampala city center towards Lake Victoria harbor.