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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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You Are What You Eat - Weekday Homily Video

Today we reflect on what it means to eat the Flesh of Jesus and drink his Blood. We reflect on what it means to be a “Eucharistic People.” The Lord says in the gospel that unless you eat my flesh and drink my blood, you will not have any life in you. He adds on that My Flesh is True Food and my Blood is True Drink.

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Be Like Saint Andrew - Weekday Homily Video

Today we reflect on the miracle of the feeding by the Lord, of the 5,000 people. Right from the opening, it should not be lost onto us of how the Lord continues to feed us through the Eucharist and through Sacred Scripture. There is hunger that He alone can satisfy. I would like to draw your attention to two important things that we can reflect on for the day...

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Is That You, Lord? - Weekday Homily Video

We are still celebrating the Easter Octave. We give these special days the same weight or attention that we give Easter Day itself. We spend much time during these days reflecting on what happened in the immediate days following the resurrection of Our Lord.

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In God's Image - Weekday Homily Video

I recently made a visit to India. I visited the cities, and I visited the countryside. I spent time with high profile people like the Archbishop of Bangalore who live in places that look like palaces, and I also visited very poor people who live far out on tiny strips of land in rice fields, in a tiny room that floods when it rains, and even snakes may find their way into your room. India is so diverse—wealthy and poor, urban and rural, westernized and native—that it can be challenging to figure out people and figure out things.

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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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