VICARIATE'S BEGINNINGS
Sister Ulrika called and the sisters responded. Late Msgr. Expedito Magembe the parish priest then of Kiziba visited Hegne. (Hegne is a small town in Germany.) During his visit he got the idea to bring Ulrika sisters to Uganda. Then and there itself he contacted the Hegne Provincial, then he visited Mother House asking for sisters. Since Uganda is an Anglophone area, the General team asked the Indian Provinces to discern the matter. At first all the three Provinces in India asked for volunteers and during a Provincials’ Teams meeting held at Hazaribag in October 1991, three sisters were selected to go to Uganda for three months to fulfill the above mission. Thus on the 3rd April 1992 the three Sisters: Sr. Amala Kunnath, Sr. Crescenia Kullu and Sr. Lekha Joseph were sent to Uganda with a definite Mission.
On 4th April 1992 the sisters landed at Entebbe Airport. At the airport there was no one to fetch them. After 2 hours of waiting the sisters decided to proceed with a taxi. After 3 hours they reached the parish and saw the picture of Sr. Ulrika in front of the presbytery door. They stayed for 3 months after which they went back to the Mother House to give a favorable report about the situation and the girls who wanted to join the community. The centenary celebrations of the arrival of the Congregation in India were marked with the sending of four Indian sisters to start the congregation on the soil of the Pearl of Africa - Uganda; that is, Sr. Amala Kunnath (Nakakaawa), Sr. Veera Bara (Nasuuna), Sr. Louisa Thomas (Nakiwala) and Sr. Claudia Kerketta (Bukirwa). It was announced by Emmanuel Wamala, the then archbishop of Kampala, during a celebration in Kiziba parish that the sisters from India are a Jubilee gift to Uganda.
We are grateful for all Missionary Sisters who have worked in Vicariate Uganda.
MOTHER GENERALS SINCE THE INCEPTION OF VICARIATE UGANDA
VICARIATE SUPERIORS OF UGANDA
