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Hospital
Harold Beamon Adams Health S-Rehab
Joseph Stewart The Med
Raymond Mott Meth-C
Convalescent/Nursing Homes
Mrs. Arlene Hardaway (Parkway Health & Rehab) Mrs. Willie Evelyn Malone, (St. Peter Villa), Mr. Floyd Shavers (Metro Community Care Home) Mrs. Allura Tate, Mrs. Ophelia Jennings (Graceland Manor Nursing Home), Mr. Calvin Ezell (Harper View Nursing Home)
Ill at Home
Mrs. Audrey Allen, Mr. Herbert Allen, Joseph Alsandor, Mr. Gerald Bond, Mrs. Toya Booker, Mr. Clifford Crawford, Mrs. Lula Crawford, Mr. Robert Crowley, Mr. William Harris, Mrs. Jacqueline Hayes, Mr. Darrell Hollimon, Mrs. Helen Hoof, Mr. Robert Hooper, Mrs. Mary M. Jones, Mrs. Jenny Marshall, Mrs. Grace Milburn, Mrs. Mary Monroe, Mrs. Maurice McDonald, Mrs. Florine McMillan, Mrs. Maria Pinkston, Mrs. Susie Purdy, Mr. Stanley Robinson, Mrs. Katherine Terry, Mrs. Gwen Walton, Mr. Johnnie Weaver, Mr. Eric Wells, Ms. Alana Wright
We Pray For Those That Have Gone Before Us
January 22—January 28: Hortense Blackwell: 1946, Ruby Hillman:1952, Sallie Drew:1957, Eddie Johnson:1969, Walter Samuels:1974, Clyde Thompson: 1985, Warnsby Stegall,Sr.:1987, Sr. M. Killian Pollard, BVM, Sam Murphy:1990, Howard Jackson:1998, Samuel Barnes, Jr.:1999, Richard Mathis, Jr.:2004, Lillian Denton:2006, Ivory Flagg:2007, Daniel Webster Pointer:2008, Helene J. Stansbury: 2009
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Martyrs of Uganda
Martyrs of Uganda Circle
The Martyrs of Uganda is a service and charitable organization. The organization was named in honor of 32 young Ugandan men who died at Namugongo for their faith rather than compromise their beliefs.
The Martyrs of Uganda Circle was organized while parishoners worshiped temporarily at St. Thomas Church, prior to the move back to St. Augustine Parish. The organization's motto is: "So Encourage Each Other to Build Each Other Up," from 1 Thessalonian, Chapter 5, Verse 11. The primary fundraisers are the Spaghetti Supper and the Christmas Store held in December of each year.
The Martyrs of Uganda Circle meets the first Sunday of each month. Catherine McKenzie leads the Martyrs of Uganda.
Remembering the Martyrs of Uganda
On 3 June 1886, these pages of the court of King Mwanga of Buganda, were burned to death at Namugongo for their refusal to renounce Christianity. The young men unknowingly converted many to Christianity by their example. They sang hymns and prayed for their torturers, while on the way to certain death. Their selfless acts inspired many to stand and thus, Christians throughout the country begin to die willingly for their faith, also.
Ultimately the King's plan to put Christianity to death backfired. Or, as many Black Catholics are known to say, "He [the King] meant it for evil, but God meant it for good."
Charles Lwanga, the best known, is now the patron of youth and Catholic action in a large part of Africa. The Catholic martyrs were canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1964.
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St. Augustine's Martyrs of Uganda - The Links to Africa
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Father Isaac Hecker, founder of the Paulist Fathers
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