Appraisal and Evaluation of Lodonga Spiritual And Pastoral Centre

Abstract

Any pastoral activity will come to nothing if there is nobody at hand, properly formed and prepared to carry it out. The working tools themselves are useless except in the hands of properly formed catechists. As we are living in a challenging world, catechists must be prepared to face challenges as they spread the Gospel. We must be grateful to the Lord for this institution, a contribution by the laity, but it is also a challenge to our responsibility since those lay catechists must be carefully prepared for what is, at the very least a function of great importance in the church. It is therefore my wish to present in this paper indicating how the pastoral Centre of Lodonga is endeavouring to effect the same to meet the contemporary pastoral challenges evident throughout the Christian community of Arua diocese. I am therefore indebted to the director of Lodonga Pastoral and Spiritual Centre, the teachers and the students Catechists who with kindness and generosity availed me with the information that has made it possible for me to write this paper.