Kampala, 03 September, 2023 / 8:46 pm (ACI Africa).
Members of the Legion of Mary in Uganda have taken deliberate initiatives to revive the Marian movement in parts of the East African nation where it had lapsed.
In an interview with ACI Africa, Victor Nashaba, the first National Assistant Secretary of the Senatus of Uganda explained how the Legion of Mary is being strengthened in Uganda’s Northern and Eastern regions, highlighting the launch of a group, recruitments in learning institutions, and the translation of Legion of Mary handbook to local languages as initiatives taken to revive the movement.
Realizing the need to revive the Marian movement after its launch in the Ugandan region in 2020, Mr. Nashaba said in the August 24 interview, “we launched a group of Legionaries and started doing extension work there. Legionaries go in those areas, spend time there educating and training people.”
“We are using learning institutions to spread the movement because, during holidays, the students carry the message to their home parishes and outstations,” said the official of the “lay apostolic association of Catholics who, with the sanction of the Church and under the powerful leadership of Mary Immaculate, Mediatrix of All Graces, serve the Church and their neighbor on a voluntary basis in about 170 countries,” as highlighted in the Legion of Mary website.
Mr. Nashaba also told ACI Africa that the level of illiteracy in Northern and Eastern regions of Uganda poses a challenge to the spread of the Legion of Mary. He said this compelled them to translate the Legion of Mary handbook into local languages to boost understanding.
