RECTOR'S WORD

Fr. George Nedumattam CMF

The launching of a PCJ Blog for our institution in the beginning of 2017 is a welcome step in this digital age. The year 2017 marks the 20th anniversary of the first use of ‘weblog’. Historically, the term ‘blog’ was coined as a short form of ‘weblog’ and it became popular in the West in the early years of 2000.  Today, many institutions, advocacy groups and business establishments use blogs for various purposes. It is fitting that we make use of this facility to share information regarding what is happening in our PCJ family.

As many of you know, a ‘blog’ is a regularly updated website which is rather informal and conversational in style.  The PCJ Blog is a modern means to share information about the various activities of our institute, especially that of the students, in the form of short texts or photographs. The official website of our institution remains more formal whereas, PCJ Blog will be more informal and frequently updated. The updating of the blog will be done by a selected group of students under the guidance of Fr. Yago Abeledo M.Afr. who will act as their adviser.

I am grateful to all those who have spent their time and expertise for the creation of this blog. A long awaited dream has come true by the launching of this blog. My sincere gratitude to the members of the Students Representative Council and their collaborators for working together with Fr. Yago for bringing this dream into a reality.  May the launching of this blog facilitate us to make our activities better known to the outside world and to keep our family more active and united. 

Fr. George Nedumattam CMF

Rector 

HOLY CROSS

St. Bro Andrea House of formation is the first stepping stone for those who intent to become Brothers and Priests in the Holy Cross family. The formation program is designed to nurture men out of boys, and prepare them to become better members of the society and the family, and to serve best were God calls us to. We are currently 37 postulants and 3 formators. By God's grace, we seek and pursue to live a dignified life in chaste celibacy, holy obedience and poverty as educators of mind and heart.
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CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES

CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES – are officially called SONS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY originally in Latin known as - CORDIS MARIAE FILII, and hence, the abbreviation CMF. 

The Congregation was founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret in the year 1849 in Vic - Spain with five other co-founders. It is an international religious missionary Congregation spread in more than 65 countries all over the world with more than three thousand members. Founded by an itinerant preacher, Claretians are ‘servants of the Word of God’ and in all that they do they seek their own sanctification, salvation of souls and the greater glory of God. The Congregation has a history of more than 150 years spread throughout the world. 

In East Africa, Claretians have a history of 25 years and are involved in pastoral ministries in various dioceses, publication ministry, education, health, formation and other ministries according to the needs of the people in a particular place with priority to what is urgent and timely. Claretians welcome young men who are willing to respond to God’s call in this particular congregation with a basic academic qualification of form six in Uganda and in Tanzania, and form four in Kenya. Equivalent academic qualifications apart from form six and form four as indicated above, the cases are looked into with respective vocation facilitators in East Africa. The congregation continues to grow in various parts of the world both in terms of both vocations and missions.

YCS Movement

Theme: Witnessing Christ’s mercy through action

Y.C.S stands for Young Christian Students (Y.C.S or U.Y.C.S) called it Uganda Young Christian Students.

Young Christian Students’ movement was started by a young Belgian priest, Fr. Joseph Cardjin, who later became a cardinal. In Uganda, the Y.C.S movement was introduced by late Fr. Albert Fleskens, W.F in September 1956. He was the chaplain of St. Mary’s College Kisubi from where YCS spread to all the corners of the country. It enables students to discover, reflect, and act upon their problems by themselves for the good of student’s world and the society.

As a student’s movement: it is composed of students, centered on the students, affects students’ society. This brings out the fact that students know more about the life of the young people than any adult would assume. They know about the “INs” and “OUTs” of the life that streams past their teachers, parents and adults. The YCS people who are vibrant part of this life know it best and can affect it best. For better or for worse, it is students along who can bring significant change and improvement to the lives of their fellow students. The fact of being at school does not mean that students can just hide behind books and get ready for life beyond the school compound. It is in deep base that YCS is deeply involved in real life. Y.C.Sers concerns them with the everyday situation that confronts students and all people everywhere.

As a movement: people on motion. As young people, we are called to bring the world with us as we move at a rapid pace of modern youth. That is, we are moving towards change in all aspects in crucial issues that surround us. For example; spiritual transformation, moral decadence, academic excellence, etc. YCS is a movement of the students, by the students and for the students. By making the review of life (through our motto: see, judge and act/awareness, reflection and action) our way of life, a methodology advocated by Cardinal Joseph Cardjin, YCS strives to form students into leaders with Christ’s values, contributing to their families, schools and society wherever they are.

YCS gives students the opportunity to recognize that they are being called by God to be active participants in life, to have ideas and opinions, and to take actions that change their own lives and the lives of the people around them by following the example of Jesus Christ.

Motto: See, Judge and Act