By Masereka Peter
This year`s national Youth conference of the Catholic Church in Uganda, has been postponed to next year, Kasese Guide Radio has learnt.
During the National youth Celebration in Kasana-Luweero Diocese in 2019, Soroti was announced as the next of 2020 celebrations but it could not happen over Corona virus lock down, thus scheduled for 2022.
The Uganda Episcopal Conference meeting on 17th November 2022 has however postponed the celebration to next year over another Epidemic, the Ebola.
The Kasese Diocesan youth Chaplain, Rev. Fr. Joseph Tumusiime confirmed that whereas the individual dioceses was steadily going on with their preparations, the Uganda Episcopal Conference saw it unfair to leave out Mubende and Kasanda districts in Kiyinda-Mityana diocese that are still locked down over Ebola. Fr. Tumusiime speaking1……
Fr. Tumusiime who asked the youth in Kasese to pray for the Ebola affected districts, said the conference through the Provincial Youth chaplaincy had however advised that individual dioceses to hold mini-celebrations, with Kasese set for January 2023. Fr. Tumusiime2…….
He also encouraged the youth to prepare for the international youth day conference which shall be celebrated on the solemnity of Christ the King Sunday held in Lisbon, Portugal. END
