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LIFE OF BISHOP LAUREAN RUGAMBWA.

Bishop Laurean Rugambwa was born to an aristocratic family in Bukongo found Kamachumu(Rutabo Parish) Tanzania, and baptized with his parents at age 8, on March 19, 1921. After studying at the Regional Grand Seminary of Katigondo in Uganda, he was ordaineted to the priesthood by Bishop Burcardo Huwiler, MAfr, on December 12, 1943. Rugambwa then did missionary work in West Africa up to 1949, when he went to Rome to study at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, from where he obtained his doctorate in Canon Law.
On December 13, 1951,Bishop Rugambwa was appointed by Titular Bishop  on December 13,1951 of Febiana and the first Apostolic Vicar of Lower Kagera. The youngest of Africa's bishops, he received his episcopal consecration on February 10, 1952 from Archbishop David Mathew, with Bishops Joseph Kiwanuka, MAfr, and Joseph Blomjous serving as co-consecrators. Upon his Apostolic Vicariate's elevation to a dioces on March 25, 1953, Rugambwa was become Bishop of Rutabo by Pope Pius XII. Bishop Rugambwa created Cardinali Priest of S. Francesco a Ripa by Pope John XXIII in the consistory of March 28, 1960, and thus became the first native African cardinal. On the following June 21, the diocese was renamed as Bukoba.
Bishop Rugambwa attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965, and was so pashient in implementing its reform.Also he was one of the cardinal electors in the 1963 papal conclave that selected Pope Paul VI. Advanced to Archbishop of Dar es Salaam on December 19, 1968,  later on he participated in the conclaves of August and October 1978, which selected Popes John Paul I and John Paul II respectively.
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The Cardinal Rugambwa,  had known Pope John Paul II from before his election, resigned as Dar es Salaam's archbishop on July 22, 1992, after twenty-three years of service, during which he founded the first Catholic hospital in Ukonga and a female Roman Catholic religious institute, the Little Sisters of St. Francis of Assi
Bishop Rugambwa died in Dar es Salaam, at age 85. He is buried in the cathedral of Bukoba diocese, his remains having been transferred from a parish church in the Kagera RegionThere is a possibility that Cardinal Rugambwa could eventually be beatified and canonized. It is well known that the Cardinal, who had enjoyed a good reputation during his life and after his death, was very close to many prominent and esteemed individuals in the Church.  

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LIFE OF SAINT THOMAS AQUINAS

 





St. Thomas Aquinas was born circa 1225 in Roccasecca, Italy. He was a
Philosopher and theologian,he was Combining the theological principles of faith with the philosophical principles of reason.
St.Thomas Aquinas died on March 7, 1274, at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, near Terracina, Latium, Papal States, Italy.

St.Thomas  Aquinas had eight siblings, and was the youngest child. His mother, Theodora, was countess of Teano. Before St. Thomas Aquinas was born, a holy hermit shared a prediction with his mother, foretelling that her son would enter the Order of Friars Preachers, become a great learner and achieve unequaled sanctity.

 St. Thomas Aquinas was sent to the Abbey of Monte Cassino to train among Benedictine monks when he was just 5 years old He was described as "a witty child" who "had received a good soul." He was questing that
"What is God?" to his benefactors.St. Thomas Aquinas remained at the monastery until he was 13 years old, when the political climate forced him to return to Naples.

His journey  of education at low level  spent the next five years completing his primary education at a Benedictine house in Naples. On his studies,St. Thomas Aquinas studied Aristotle's work, that contributed later  to  become a major launching point for St. Thomas Aquinas's own exploration of philosophy.
He leave at the Benedictine house, which was closely affiliated with the University of Naples,he also developed an interest in more contemporary monastic orders.

St.Thomas Aquinas  was particularly drawn to those that emphasized a life of spiritual service, in contrast with the more traditional views and sheltered lifestyle he'd observed at the Abbey of Monte Cassino.

 St. Thomas Aquinas began attending the University of Naples in Circa 1239
 St. Thomas Aquinas continued to pursue his studies with the Dominicans in Naples, Paris and Cologne from 1245 to 1252. Within   1250, St.Thomas Aquinas teach theology at the University of Paris, under the tutelage of St. Albert the Great, St. Thomas Aquinas subsequently earned his doctorate in theology.

He proved an exemplary scholar, though, ironically, his modesty sometimes led his classmates to misperceive him as dim-witted
After completing his education, St. Thomas Aquinas devoted himself to a life of traveling, writing, teaching, public speaking and preaching. Religious institutions and universities alike yearned to benefit from the wisdom of "The Christian Apostle."

 At the forefront of medieval thought was a struggle to reconcile the relationship between theology (faith) and philosophy (reason). St. Thomas Aquinas's work goes on to discuss faith and reason's roles basing on both work perceiving and proving the existence of God.

 His  believed was based on  the existence of God  in five ways, mainly by: 
1. Observing movement in the world as proof of God, the "Immovable Motor";
 2. Concluding that the impermanent nature of beings proves the existence of a necessary being, God, who originates only from within himself;
3. Observing cause and effect and identifying God as the cause of everything; 
4. Noticing varying levels of human perfection and determining that a supreme, perfect being must therefore exist; and 
5. Knowing that natural beings could not have intelligence without it being granted to them it by God. Subsequent to defending people's ability to naturally perceive proof of God, St.Thomas also tackled the challenge of protecting God's image as an all-powerful being.


  St. Thomas Aquinas's treatises touched upon the questions and struggles of medieval intellectuals, church authorities and everyday people alike.St.Thomas combining traditional principles of theology with modern philosophic thought to preach the word of God.

 St. Thomas Aquinas agreed to go to Naples and start a theological studies program for the Dominican house neighboring the university in June 1272. While he was still writing prolifically, his works began to suffer in quality.

At the Feast of St. Nicolas in 1273, St. Thomas Aquinas had a mystical vision that made writing seem unimportant to him. At mass, he reportedly heard a voice coming from a crucifix that said, "Thou hast written well of me, Thomas; what reward wilt thou have?" to which St. Thomas Aquinas replied, "None other than thyself, Lord."

 On his confessor, Father Reginald of Piperno, urged him to keep writing, he replied, "I can do no more. Such secrets have been revealed to me that all I have written now appears to be of little value." St. Thomas Aquinas never wrote again.
 St. Thomas Aquinas by January 1274 embarked on a trip to Lyon, France, on foot to serve on the Second Council, but never made it there. On his journey St.Thomas fell ill at the Cistercian monastery of Fossanova, Italy. The monks wanted St. Thomas Aquinas to stay at the castle, leading to him to sense that his death was near, St.Thomas preferred to remain at the monastery, saying, "If the Lord wishes to take me away, it is better that I be found in a religious house than in the dwelling of a layperson."

The end of the story 
 On his deathbed, St. Thomas Aquinas said his last words to the Cistercian monks who had so graciously attended him on the deathbed: "This is my rest forever and ever: Here will I dwell for I have chosen it." (Psalm 131:14) Often called "The Universal Teacher," St. Thomas Aquinas died at the monastery of Fossanova on March 7, 1274. He canonized by Pope John XXII in 1323.

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St. Thomas Aquinas Novena – Pray Catholic Novena App

Novena to Saint Thomas Aquinas. - Catholic Doors Ministry

 

 

ZAWADI YA KUPENDEZA

TUMSHUKURUJE? MTAKATIFU JOSEPH.

Hakika  ni jambo la kufurahi na kumshangilia Mt. Joseph alivyoweza kufanya kazi zake kama baba wa familia na taifa zima kama tujuavyo alivyomtunza  Mama Bikira Maria na Bwana Yesu  ambao ni mfano wa kuigwa  uliooneshwa ni fundisho tosha zaidi tukiwa katika majukumu yetu ya kila siku.

Hivi leo tujiulize ni kwa kiasi kipi tunaweza  kudhihirisha umuhimu wake katika kufanya kazi kwa kujituma  kwa Maendeleo yetu binafsi  na taifa kwa ujumla. Na hi indo itakuwa  njia bora ya kumshukuru na kumuenzi Mtakatifu huyu kwa tarehe  hii kama ijulikanavyo MEI MOSI. Basi tumukabidhi kazi zetu  ili kazi zetu ili kazi tuzifanyazo hatuelekeze njia bora ya kutimiza majukumu yetu na  hatimaye impendeze Mwenyezi Mungu kuondoa umasikini katika inchi za ulimwengu wa tatu  na hatimaye kuepuka kutegea wahisani wa nje maana ndo chanzo cha kutengeneza mazingira ya utendaji mbovu.

Barikiwa  katika siku hii tukisherekea  tukikumbuka  kufanya  kazi kwa bidii ni chanzo cha  kupigana dhidi ya maadui watatu ujinga, maradhi na umaskini. Ila kinachoweza kuleta chachu hii ni kupitia  kupeana moyo katika maeneo mbalimbali kama alivyoweza  kuonesha  njia  bora ya Mtakatifu huyu  katika kutekeleza majukumu hayo kwa ukamilifu wote.

Hongereni wewe unayefanya  kazi kwa bidii zote bila kuwanyonya wengine kulingana na cheo ulichonacho  maana hazima yako ni kubwa  unajiwekea na Yule ambaye hujaweza kuwa muungwana basi ni wakati muafaka kujirekebisha lengo kupanda basi moja la mafanikio ya maisha hapa duniani na hatimaye kupewa tuzo mbinguni.
 

First appearing in the gospels of Matthew and Luke, St. Joseph was the earthly father of Jesus Christ and the husband of the Virgin Mary.
Venerated as a saint in many Christian sects, St. Joseph is a biblical figure who is believed to have been the corporeal father of Jesus Christ. Joseph first appears in the Bible in the gospels of Matthew and Luke; in Matthew, Joseph's lineage is traced back to King David. According to the Bible, Joseph was born circa 100 B.C.E. and later wed the Virgin Mary, Jesus's mother. He died in Israel circa 1 A.D.