CHRISTMAS MESSAGE FROM YOUR PASTOR 2024

Dear Parishioners of Prince of Peace, all our visitors, and friends,

Greetings to you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our waiting has become a reality for the birth of our Lord and Savior, and Prince of Peace. He is born to us. Let us rejoice in him! He embraced the human flesh so that we may be uplifted to become like Him. That is why he was called Emmanuel which means “God is with us”. Jesus who is born to us exhibited a kind of humility that is incomprehensible. He wanted to be born like that in order for us to learn from him how to be humble. He is the light of the world, the bright star which illumines us to follow the right path that leads to heaven.

This coming year 2025 is our 50th Anniversary as the Parish and on the same note this coming year has been declared by Pope Francis as the Jubilee Year of Hope! Which marks the 2025th anniversary of the Incarnation of the Lord. The year’s theme is “Pilgrims of Hope” and it will take place from December 24th, 2024 to December 23rd, 2025.

A lot of things have happened since we celebrated last Christmas in 2023. We have experienced the good and the challenges. I am so glad for the activities that have taken place during this year 2024. Among these are: resealing and improving our parking lot, painting our Parish Hall, Painting of our Sanctuary, improving our landscaping most especially improving Mary’s garden, started St. Joseph’s garden and many others. These have been done in view of our Golden Jubilee celebration for our Parish. I take this opportunity to thank our youth who started by embarking on the project of painting the Education wing. My appreciation goes to the volunteers by the name: Tiger Team which embarked on other projects and they are still going on. Thank you for all your contributions with your talents and resources for making our parish a better and inviting place. May you be rewarded abundantly by the Almighty God.

Unfortunately, this year we have lost a good number of our parishioners! We want to entrust their souls to the Almighty God so that he may grant them eternal repose in His Kingdom in Heaven.

Christmas is a time that brings, families, friends, loved ones and strangers together.

May you be blessed this Christmas with Joy and Peace, and may you have a happy New Year 2025!

Fr. John Bosco Walugembe

Pastor