Bukalasa Seminary: 125 Years Grooming ‘Priests’
An insight of Bukalasa excellent service. To start up a seminary in Africa and training indigenous priests was a dream of many missionaries who thought that it could be more relevant if a Blackman preached the gospel to fellow Africans. This is how the Holy Family seminary started as CHRISTOPHER KISEKKA write . Off Mbarara by- pass locally known as ‘ Kyakumpi’ literally translated as short-cut on Kampala-Masaka road there you branch to villa road which was certainly named after one of the oldest churches in Uganda at villa. You move 11 kilometres to reach Bukalasa minor seminary. On the right hand as you approach the main gate, what grabs your attention is a cemetery where hundreds of priests from Masaka diocese are laid with a poster reading memento mori (remember you must die). Reaching the main entrance, there is nothing more than breath-taking buildings, which are visibly old, standing amidst a cool a...