All Christians know the place of Mount Sion in the Bible and the meaning it had for its people of the Old
Testament, and the meaning it has for us, people of
the New Covenant – it is a multifauceted symbol. In
the Archdiocese of Kampala, we too have our own Mt.
Sion... 
With a deep sense of gratitude, I return
the glory and honor to God for the unique
spiritual and material achievements. He
has bestowed on our Mt sion Prayer Centre and indeed to
us all this year but also since we started
His work in 1991.The power and blessing
of God is very great ... Cardinal Wamala's Message - Bukalango, God's Mountain
All Christians know the place of Mount Sion in the
Bible and the meaning it had for its people of the Old
Testament, and the meaning it has for us, people of
the New Covenant – it is a multifauceted symbol. In
the Archdiocese of Kampala, we too have our own Mt.
Sion and day by day it gains popularity and influence in
the lives of hundreds of Christians and non-Christians in
various ways.
I salute Fr. Expedito Magembe, the Founder and
Director of the Centre. He was Parish priest of Kiziba
almost a decade ago. It is there that I met him on my
pastoral visits. Participating in ther pastoral activities
of God’s family in that Parish, I soon realized that it was
becoming increasingly evident that the inspirations of
the parish priest and the ordinary life of a Parish were
difficult to reconcile. Something, therefore had to be
done to free both the Parish Priest and the Parish of
Kiziba to allow Holy Spirit to move his agemates the
way he wants. This I thought was in keeping with the
message and the spirit of the Gospel where we read: “
The wind blows wherever it pleases; you hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is
going.” (John 3:8)
Out of the dialogue with both Fr. Charles Kimbowa,
the then Parish priest of Naddangira and Fr. Expedito
Magembe, came the idea of starting the Centre of Wider
Pastoral and Spiritual activities at Bukalango. Gratitude
is due to Naddangira Parish leaders; they welcomed Fr.
Magembe and his Vision and Mission.
During the last seven years, it looks like a miracle to see
on the one side the physical development of Bukalango,
on the other the number of pilgrims who flock to that
place. I am inclined to apply to Bukalango what we
find in the Book of prophet Micah “And many nations
shall come and say, come and let us go to mountain
of the Lord, and to the house of God of Jacob and he
will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his path.”
(Micah 4:2)
It is that longing expressed by Micah’s prophecy that I wish all pilgrims to Mt. sion, Bukalango to go with and return from there renewed and strengthened in the knowledge, fear and love of God.
