SPECIAL REPORT | Namasagali College in Kamuli, Uganda has kick-started a series of activities to mark the first anniversary of the death of their longest ever serving headteacher, Mill Hill Missionary (MHM) Rev Fr Damian Grimes. Fr Grimes taught in Uganda from 1959 and was between August 1967 and December …
Read More »Church vows not to abandon Fr Grimes in Namasagali ‘bush’
Namasagali, Uganda | ALFRED GERESOM MUSAMALI | Mill Hill Missionaries from the United Kingdom (UK) have expressed interest in reviving their cooperation with Namasagali College in Kamuli, Uganda, where Rev Fr Damian Grimes served as headteacher for 34 years and was buried on Saturday, 28th September, 2024. Jinja Catholic Diocese …
Read More »Fr Grimes’ body to be flown back to Uganda
London, UK | PATRICK OYULU | A hearse with pallbearers will transport Father Damian Grimes’ body from England to Uganda, where he will be laid to rest at Damian Grimes Chapel at Namasagali. The Grimes Family, Mill Hill Fathers, and thousands of alumni will be present. Yesterday, a funeral service was …
Read More »Why I refuse to mourn Fr Damian Grimes
Grimes, especially, subjugated timidity, ignorance and lack of exposure out of me. If the Grimesian spirit so still dwells in me who was only a teacher on the Namasagali staff, I guess it must dwell even much more in his former students EULOGY | Alfred Geresom Musamali | By refusing to …
Read More »FR GRIMES….The Lion Has Fallen
COMMENT | THE INDEPENDENT | Namasagali, Namilyango, Makerere, Nkumba, Uganda …. Awake! The lion has fallen the lion has slept A giant at peace, his spirit at rest In the heart of Uganda, where hope found its flame, He carried our dreams and uplifted our name. With wisdom and courage, he …
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