I want to tell you what is happening with the friars of St John the Baptist. During Lent they have been saving 1 dollar a day to be given to support my work in Uganda.  This includes medicine assistance for men in prison ( I will write about this tomorrow.)  and tuition assistance for Bachelor candidates at St Francis Counsellor Institute in Mbarara.  I wanted to take a minute and tell you how this money will be spent.  It takes about 5 million 550 thousand Uganda Shilling for one Bachelor degree in Counseling at the Institute (The Institute offers its degrees in association with Uganda Martyrs University, a Catholic University between Mbarara and the capital, Kampala.) This amount of money is equivalent to 1,650 dollars US.  Any money given will go along way to helping students pay their school fees and realize their dream to become counselors.  Counselling in Uganda is in its infancy in comparison to the US.  So any help given is helps a pioneering generation tow
ards self-help. Truly, this is a project that is self-sustaining.

Giving alms is a age-old Lenten practice.  Be generous because God has been so generous to you.  Peace and all good.   ODE    tim
P.S. Below is a picture of the center at its opening day.  The woman is Mary Moran who is the founder of the Center and Institute and beside her is President Museveni and beside him is the Archbishop of Mbarara.