Two Priests and a Deacon Ordained at Christ the King Arua City.

• 2021
• By Admin
• Church News

Deacon Hillary Andabati of Claretian Missionaries and Deacon Deo Mugenyi Ahaisibwe of Missionaries of Jesus the Divine Master were ordained priests on 24th April, 2021 at Christ the King Arua Parish. In the same celebration, Seminarian Charles Lwanga of Arua Diocese was ordained a deacon. This was the first ordination in Arua City. Arua Town was elevated to a city on 1st July, 2020.

Rt. Rev. Sabino Ocan Odoki, the ordaining Bishop, in his homily challenged the newly ordained to strictly do what Jesus would do and desist from anything that Jesus would not do. He noted that the foundation of the Priestly Ordination is Jesus Christ. "So you should never part ways with Jesus Christ," said the Bishop. He also reminded them of the uniqueness of the powers they would receive through the Sacrament of Holy Orders and exercise that power with love and gentleness.
The Bishop appealed to the parents to be more generous to the Church and to God. “We are only custodians, God gave these children with a purpose and as parents you are to raise them to serve humanity and not stand in between the children and God.”Said the Bishop. He asked the Christians not to be like the Pharisees who witch-hunt for mistakes but to always support those in the priestly ministry.

The Major Superior of the Claretian Missionaries in East Africa, Very Rev. Fr. Joy Joseph Mampillikunnel, CMF, thanked the Bishop for accepting the ordination of Rev. Fr. Hillary Andabati, CMF. Rev. Hilary Andabati, hailing from Maracha Parish of Arua Diocese becomes the first Claretian priest from West Nile Region of Uganda. Fr. Andabati was appointed by the Claretian Missionaries as Curate of Isingwani Parish in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania.
Bishop Sabino appointed Rev. Fr. Deo Mugenyi Ahaisibwe, MIDM as the second Curate of Eruba Parish in Arivu Deanery, and Deacon Charles Lwanga for pastoral work at Offude Parish in Maracha Deanery.

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