About 115 Xaverians in Virika Parish, Fort Portal diocese have on Sunday May 14, 21023, concluded a three days Course, pertaining commanding skills and five (5) virtues of the Xaverian movement.
The virtues instilled into the Xaverians, include purity, perseverance, trustworthiness, love and courage.
About the Movement
According to the Fort Portal diocesan Xaverian leader, Brother Fred Baguma, the movement has reached far in all parishes of the diocese, with their key role being to maintain peace and order in church.
He noted that such regular trainings are necessitated in all parishes to equip children with techniques of keeping the church orderly, but further instill into them virtues that keep them responsible and faithful Christians in church.
Adolf Saturday, one of the Facilitators of the just concluded training at Virika, said that the Xaverians have been well trained and hopes they uphold the virtues of the movement.
” We are all aware that the Xaverian movement was chosen of of all other church movements to entrust our children with different church activities including peace and orders. Its is thus entirely our role to support the young Xaverians that mostly have professed by committing to serve God through this movement.” Noted Saturday
Mary Goret Mbabazi 12 from St.Micheal church in Virika Parish, told us little more about what she has learned in the training and promised to put it into practice.
Derrick Alituha, a xaverian from Mugusu Outstation, lauded their leaders for the just concluded exercise and Bishop Muhiirwa for the endless support of their movement.
Earlier during Mass which was led by Fr Titus Winyi the Parish priest Virika, at Virika Cathedral, Part of the Xaverians made 1st and second vows of their movement known as Joyful and Zealots respectively, portraying their willingness to serve God in their movement forever.
The Movement
he XAVERI movement is a movement of Catholic action.
It was founded in Bukavu in the DRC September 7 1952 by Father Georges DEFOUR, Missionary of Africa.
According to research, Fr. Georges was wondering on how to proclaim the Gospel to the African people, respecting and valuing their culture.
In Fort Portal Diocese, the movement has a population of over 2000 members from all parishes across the diocese, and has been hailed by Bishop Muhiirwa for nurturing young Christians and promoting their talents in respect to church agenda.
