Luganda Community
As the Luganda Community, we are part of the Uganda Martyrs Catholic Community worshiping in Luganda in the WestMidlands, welcoming especially people from Uganda community who can speak Luganda and all those who may be quite interested in Luganda.
We have mass every second Sunday of the month, we start at 3 o’clock and afterwards as a community sit down and share a drink or two. We also have themes for the day, share in community building of the community children, talk about our community how to engage the parish and how to liaise within our community.
The Uganda Martyrs comprise of 45 young men who were brutally killed by the king of Buganda called Kabaka Mwanga II. They were forced to abandon their faith in Christianity which they refused to do and Kabaka ordered for their killing. This was done because of the various people of Buganda who were converting to Christianity which he did not like. These young men that were killed were 23 Anglican converts and 22 Catholic converts. Their lives are celebrated by the whole world on the 3rd of June every year. Very many people from different areas pay pilgrimage to Namugongo Martyrs Shrine which was put in place in commemoration of the Uganda martyrs executed between 31 January 1885 and 27 January 1887.
