ST. JOHN’S BUKANGARA CATHOLIC PARISH
DIOCESE OF KASESE
P.O. BOX 448
KASESE
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
St. John’s Bukangara Parish is a newly founded parish in the diocese of Kasese.
It has been curved from Nsenyi and Kasanga Parishes
Before it was curved, Bukangara has been a sub-parish of Kasanga Parish
The local church of Bukangara started in 1933 by a small Christian community led by the Late Kanyungu Yuliana as the first catechist.
In 1985 Bukangara became a sub-parish and it was promoted by Late Rev. Fr. Emmaunual Bazarwa and Mr. Prutazio Kule became the first head Catechist.
In October 2002 we the Christians received news through the parish priest of Kasanga parish Fr. Emmanuel Tavulya Ndanda that Bukangara has been declared a parish but due to lack of enough priests in the diocese of Kasese, it is of recent last year in august 2010 that the first priest by the names of Rev. Fr. Patrick Mayani Bwambale was appointed the parish priest.
PURPOSE OF STARTING THE PARISH
• Bukangara is established as a parish centre to improve on the spiritual renewal of the Christians and bringing sacramental life nearer to the Christians
• To reduce on the work load for the priests working in Kasanga who have been serving 67 out stations
• To help priests be more available for the Christians
• Presently bukangara is served by 34 catechists of these five are Eucharistic ministers
Bukangara is composed of five sub-parishes
1. St. John’s Bukangara
2. Kitsutsu
3. Kinyamaseke
4. Bunyiswa
5. Musyenene T/C
Bukangara has 24 local churches
MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN THE PARISH
1. Sunday worship
2. Preparing Christians for the reception of sacraments
3. Seminars and crusades
4. Equipping our churches with liturgical vessels and equipments
5. Constructing and renovating our churches
6. Brick making
7. Constructing schools and nurseries
8. Constructing the church
9. Home visitations
10. Farming/ agriculture
ACTIVE PROJECTS AND PLANNED ONES
2. Brick making
3. Farming/ agriculture eg. Cotton growing, poultry keeping, piggery
4. Equipping our church with liturgical vessels and equipments
5. Public address system
6. Vestments
PLANNED ACTIVITIES
1. To have religious and catechetical programmes in families and schools
2. Equip our church with more liturgical vessels and vestments
3. Building anew church
4. To complete most of our local churches which are un completed in order to have a better place for Christian and proper worship
5. To set income generating projects for self-reliance and smooth running of the parish like tree planting, poultry, piggery etc.
6. To complete and improve on our schools such that we get productive citizens and improve on illiteracy rate and enhance human resource for integral development and have self reliant citizens
7. Strengthening small Christian communities
PURPOSE OF STARTING THE PARISH
• Bukangara is established as a parish centre to improve on the spiritual renewal of the Christians and bringing sacramental life nearer to the Christians
• To reduce on the work load for the priests working in Kasanga who have been serving 67 out stations
• To help priests be more available for the Christians
• Presently bukangara is served by 34 catechists of these five are Eucharistic ministers
Bukangara is composed of five sub-parishes
1. St. John’s Bukangara
2. Kitsutsu
3. Kinyamaseke
4. Bunyiswa
5. Musyenene T/C
Bukangara has 24 local churches
ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PARISH
Settling and having the parish priest resident
Improvement in the sacramental life ie. Christians are receiving them in time
Installed electric power in the church and in the priests house
Parish has 20 acres of land of which six are used for commercial purposes ie rented out to cultivators
On our parish land we have a brick making project which has eased our construction programmes
We have parish pastoral council executive in place
The presbytery is under construction
CATHOLIC FOUNDED INSTITUTIONS
We have 8 (eight) primary schools:
1. St. John’s Bukangara p/s
2. Munkunyu P/s
3. St. Joseph’s Musyenene P/s
4. Kyaninyawandi P/s
5. St. John Paul Bunyiswa
6. St. Andrew Nyakasojo
7. Nyamighera
8. Katanda
One secondary school- Holy Dove Vocational Secondary School
Nursery school are (6) six
1. Kyesero
2. Nyakatonzi
3. Kathoma
4. Holy Dove
5. Kyaminyawandi
6. Rwengaju
CATHOLIC FOUNDED INSTITUTIONS
We have 8 (eight) primary schools:
1. St. John’s Bukangara p/s
2. Munkunyu P/s
3. St. Joseph’s Musyenene P/s
4. Kyaninyawandi P/s
5. St. John Paul Bunyiswa
6. St. Andrew Nyakasojo
7. Nyamighera
8. Katanda
One secondary school- Holy Dove Vocational Secondary School
Nursery school are (6) six
1. Kyesero
2. Nyakatonzi
3. Kathoma
4. Holy Dove
5. Kyaminyawandi
6. Rwengaju