The first Ugandan national has been professed into the Camillian order at a ceremony in Co. Westmeath.
Brother Richard Lubaale made his solemn profession at the St Camillus
Nursing Centre in Killucan.
The Provincial of the Anglo-Irish Province
of the Camillians, Fr Stephen Foster, presided over the ceremony, which
took place at a concelebrated Mass at which he formally welcomed
Brother Richard into the order.
The solemn profession is the most important induction ceremony of the
Camillian congregation and Brother Lubaale will now continue his
studies towards ordination.
The Mass was concelebrated by a number of
priests, including Fr Tom O’Connor and Fr Tom Smith.
The two priests were based originally in Killucan, but left to launch the order’s mission to Uganda ten years ago.
The profession of Brother Luballe marks a new phase in the mission as
he becomes the first Ugandan to commit to contributing to the further
development of the Camillian evangelisation agenda.
He is one of five
Ugandans currently at various levels of religious studies with the
order.
Last July, Killucan was the man focus of a visit to Ireland of the
relics of St Camillus to mark the 75th anniversary of the order’s
arrival in the country.
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