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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C.

Father Fred Jenga, C.S.C. is the President of Holy Cross Family Ministries. Father Fred, a native of Uganda, has multiple degrees including theology, philosophy, and communications. His native language is Lusoga and he speaks English, Luganda, Kiswahili, and Rutooro. He has been a teacher, researcher, author and family minister. Father Fred is committed to helping build God’s masterpiece one family at a time.

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Precious in the Eyes of God - Weekday Homily Video

In the book of Genesis, we read the story of Joseph and his brothers. Jacob, the father of Joseph, loved Joseph so much that he even made for him a beautiful cloak with many colors and patterns. The affection Joseph enjoyed from his father stoked much jealousy among his brothers.

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Our Actions Come from the Heart: Weekday Homily Video

Throughout life we have seen people who on the outside appeared calm and settled, then out of the blue exploded into a fit of violent anger. Some even ended up doing stuff of a magnitude that was simply unimaginable. The question on every one’s lips was “Where did that come from? What triggered it?” The implicated person was of course arrested, prosecuted, and sentenced for their actions. However, the question “Where did that come from?” was never properly answered.

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What Will You Tell God? - Weekday Homily Video

In Mathew 25 the Lord paints for us a scene of the Last Judgement. The criteria he uses in passing judgement is a simple – “I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. I was a stranger and you invited me in. I needed clothes and you clothed me. I was sick and you looked after me. I was in prison and you came to visit me.” The Lord does not judge people by how many Bible verses they knew, or whether they knew the Catechism of the Catholic Church by heart or not. While knowing all that is of great benefit to an individual, he reduced it to the basics of love being put into action.

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For Better and For Worse in Our Vocations - Weekday Homily Video

This Friday we reflect on one of the vocations in our Church – the call to Married Life. Jesus addresses the sensitive matter of divorce. Moses stated in Deuteronomy 24:1 that a man could divorce his wife if he “found some indecency in her.” It is the man who had the call on the matter, and he simply wrote a bill of divorce. This Friday we reflect on one of the vocations in our Church – the call to Married Life. Jesus addresses the sensitive matter of divorce. Moses stated in Deuteronomy 24:1 that a man could divorce his wife if he “found some indecency in her.” It is the man who had the call on the matter, and he simply wrote a bill of divorce.

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Putting Words in God's Mouth - Weekday Homily Video

Today we continue with our ongoing reflections on the Book of Genesis. I titled my reflection as “The dangers of putting words into God’s mouth.” This is what we see Eve do when he interacts with the Serpent in the Garden of Eden.

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Perseverance Bears Good Fruit - Weekday Homily Video

In the year 1886 in my home country of Uganda when Christianity had been introduced in the country for around 20 years, the King of Buganda then, Mwanga, issued an order that there was not to be any more practice of the faith in his kingdom. He ordered all who had embraced the faith and were practicing it to renounce it or he would put them to death.

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