Comment
I have told you now and again
that you can not be born again and remain in the satanic catholic church. No
born again Holy Spirit filled person can continue clinging to the rosary, the
blasphemous catholic Mass, praying to dead saints etc
The catholic church came up with the so called
Charismatic movement to prevent the mass exodus of especially youth from the
catholic church to Pentecostal and evangelical denominations. They are sending
the message to the young people that we have what you are looking for in the
Pentecostal and evangelical movements movement. As result Catholics in the
catholic charismatic renewal movement also speak in tongues, preach prosperity
the gospel , cast out demons and perform
miracles and healings crusades. There is nothing as laughable as seeing
Catholic charismatic ‘pastors’ cast out ‘demons for the dead’ out of Catholics.
What nonsense!! How can you cast out ‘demons of the dead’ from some one who is
a member of a system where the worship of the dead and praying to the dead is
so central???
Fr.John
Baptist Bashobora: my brothers in all
religions
Comment
I have told you now and again that you can not be born again and remain in the satanic catholic church. No born again Holy Spirit filled person can continue clinging to the rosary, the blasphemous catholic Mass, praying to dead saints etc
The catholic church came up with the so called Charismatic movement to prevent the mass exodus of especially youth from the catholic church to Pentecostal and evangelical denominations. They are sending the message to the young people that we have what you are looking for in the Pentecostal and evangelical movements movement. As result Catholics in the catholic charismatic renewal movement also speak in tongues, preach prosperity the gospel , cast out demons and perform miracles and healings crusades. There is nothing as laughable as seeing Catholic charismatic ‘pastors’ cast out ‘demons for the dead’ out of Catholics. What nonsense!! How can you cast out ‘demons of the dead’ from some one who is a member of a system where the worship of the dead and praying to the dead is so central???
Fr.John Baptist Bashobora: my brothers in all religionsThe mystery of a priest known for healing
Sunday June 30 2013
Kampala
While
Fr John Baptist Bashobora carries a reputation for miraculous healings
and philanthropy, he shies away from media interviews.
He
is scheduled to lead a retreat of more than 40,000 people in War Saw
National Stadium in Poland next week. “His preaching and healing prayers
have attracted followers from all faiths,” Alex Kibirige, a
representative of the marriage ministry at Parish Service Team of
charismatic at Uganda Martyrs Church in Mbarara District, says.
Fr
Bashobora heads the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in Mbarara
Archdiocese, where he has become renowned for extra ordinary acts such
as miracle crusades.
Ailed people who have attended the
crusades have been fully healed of their infirmities. Besides that, the
cleric has extended a hand of compassion to sponsor students’
education.
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In a world where human affliction is endless, especially caused by disease and mortality, the tales that abound about Fr Bashobora create a mysterious air around the man.
They
take the form of a sense of wonderment at how his prayers manage to
loosen the healing graces from above and deliver ailing people from
their bondages below, even when other people can pray to God too.
The
fact that he refuses to talk to the press, therefore, only compounds
this sense of mystery, even the more. His handlers, employees and
associates say the cleric believes that such publicity would be
misconstrued as showing off. “He does not like to publicise his life
story. He says he is just doing the work of God,” says Dr Godfrey
Mugyenyi Rwambuka, one of the managers of his several projects in the
archdiocese. “He said he should be written about after he has died. He
has turned down all press interviews,” Dr Rwambuka adds.
The
archdiocese social and communications officer, Sr Jeremina Keneema,
last week said Fr Bashobora was the only qualified person to tell his
life story. However, his relatives, friends and beneficiaries gift speak
out. Those who have benefitted from his healing speak with a gripping
conviction that his prayers deliver miracles.
The
Catholic priest’s assignment as the head of charismatic renewal in the
archdiocese springs from his gift of preaching, healing and commitment
to serve the vulnerable.
This is where his persona wells into the mysterious.
This is where his persona wells into the mysterious.
Mr
Kibirigye never misses Fr Bashobora’s crusades, especially the one at
Yesu Ahurire Karama, which takes place every year in January. The
week-long praising and praying crusade at the seat of the Charismatic
Renewal attracts many people.
“People believe that what
he prays for happens. He has healed the sick and prayed for the barren
that have produced. That is why he has a following of the rich and the
poor,” Mr Kibirige says.
Mr Kibirige says he was
healed by the priest’s prayers. He says he had chronic backache that had
tormented him for a week in 2009. But when he attended one of the
priest’s crusades in Nyamitobora, Kakoba Division, Kibirige says he was
prayed for and the rest is history. “When he was praying, he said,
‘there are people being troubled by backache, you are healed. There are
women who are barren and have been looking for babies, you will
produce’, Mr Kibirige says.
“Those women were there,
five raised their arms. When I went back home, the next day I did not
have any backache. From then, I believed in his prayers,” he adds.
Mr Nkwatagye Benon of Kishami Ruhaama County, says: “A daughter of my relative was battling with goiter for over 10 years. We took her for prayer to Father Bashobora at Yesu Ahureire Karama. The thing that had expanded on the neck ceased to exist and the girl is living now.”
Mr Nkwatagye Benon of Kishami Ruhaama County, says: “A daughter of my relative was battling with goiter for over 10 years. We took her for prayer to Father Bashobora at Yesu Ahureire Karama. The thing that had expanded on the neck ceased to exist and the girl is living now.”
According
to supporters, Fr Bashobora’s mobilises funds locally and from foreign
donors to support the needy. He has established a babies home, secondary
and primary schools, hospitals and technical schools across the region.
“He
does not support only the Catholics but any person who is vulnerable.
In some cases, he supports established schools by building them
classrooms and asks them to take care of a certain number of poor
students until they finish school,” Mr Otushabire Tibyangye, a
journalist, who was taught by the cleric.
New face
Mr Frank Katubeho, a graduate from Makerere University and beneficiary of Fr Bashobora, says he has changed the face of Catholic Church. “He reinforced the charismatic movement in the Catholic Church at a time when it was being resisted. But when the church leadership saw the benefits, he was allowed and his way of doing things was accepted,” Mr Katubeho says.
Mr Frank Katubeho, a graduate from Makerere University and beneficiary of Fr Bashobora, says he has changed the face of Catholic Church. “He reinforced the charismatic movement in the Catholic Church at a time when it was being resisted. But when the church leadership saw the benefits, he was allowed and his way of doing things was accepted,” Mr Katubeho says.
While in Senior Three at Sacred Heart
Mushanga in Sheema District, Mr Katubeho was picked by Fr Bashobora who
paid his school fees and other necessities until he finished his
university education.
He is now a programme facilitator with Compassion International.
In a world where spiritual abilities to deliver healing have been assumed by miracle merchants who sell their gifts, real or fake, to the highest bidder, the mystery about how Fr Bashobora manages to deliver his miracle laden prayers is likely to still hold, especially now that he refuses to speak openly about it.
In a world where spiritual abilities to deliver healing have been assumed by miracle merchants who sell their gifts, real or fake, to the highest bidder, the mystery about how Fr Bashobora manages to deliver his miracle laden prayers is likely to still hold, especially now that he refuses to speak openly about it.
His followers only
attribute it to Supreme being. “I don’t know where he gets the healing
powers from. I believe it is the Holy Spirit that works through him,” Mr
Kibirige says.
“He was the youngest priest in the archdiocese. At Kitabi he taught us RE (Religious Education) in Senior Three and Senior Four. Before he came, there was a gap between students and priests. He, however, would come to class, listen to students’ views,” says Mr Tibyangye,
“He was the youngest priest in the archdiocese. At Kitabi he taught us RE (Religious Education) in Senior Three and Senior Four. Before he came, there was a gap between students and priests. He, however, would come to class, listen to students’ views,” says Mr Tibyangye,
Fr Bashobora discouraged chasing away of
students from school over alleged or proven misconduct. “Chasing a
student in a seminary is not a big deal. Even if they suspect that you
went out of the school, they can chase you. He discouraged that
practice,” Mr Otushabire says.
In 1977, he is said to
have saved a student, the son of the Internal Affairs minister in the
Obote I government, Basil Bataringaya, from being killed by President
Idi Amin’s government agents.
The school
administrators had learnt that Kenneth Bataringaya was wanted. They
closed the school and sent all students home on the pretext that it did
not have food and water.
“The night we left, Fr Bashobora kept the boy at school with a few friends. The following day, he drove him to Kampala and hid him. When Amin agents arrived at the school they found it closed and were told the reasons,” Tibyangye says.
“The night we left, Fr Bashobora kept the boy at school with a few friends. The following day, he drove him to Kampala and hid him. When Amin agents arrived at the school they found it closed and were told the reasons,” Tibyangye says.
Who is Fr Bashobora?
The
cleric is said to have been born in Bushenyi, District on December 5,
1946, to Matyansi Mabara and Veronica Kangobe. He grew up as an orphan
because his father died when he was two years old. He was taken to his
paternal uncle, Sypriano Waruhitsi, where he was raised under the close
supervision of his sister Purikiseda Bakanyihaho.
It is
said Fr Bashobora did not know that Waruhitsi was not his father until
later in life. He studied at Kitabi Seminary, the only school around at
that time.
“He was a very disciplined child. He never used to indulge in bad behaviour, like drinking alcohol and smoking,” Ms Bakanyihaho says in an interview she gave to the Orumuri, newspaper, on June 3, 2013.
“He was a very disciplined child. He never used to indulge in bad behaviour, like drinking alcohol and smoking,” Ms Bakanyihaho says in an interview she gave to the Orumuri, newspaper, on June 3, 2013.
After school, Fr Bashobora would walk
home without loitering anywhere. He would get busy with household chores
and would wake up early to arrive at school in time. He liked school
and church. He would at times lead prayers at home,” she says.
His classmates say he was a very brilliant student, which sometimes earned him envy from people.
His classmates say he was a very brilliant student, which sometimes earned him envy from people.
At
Kitabi, he chose priesthood. His relatives had discouraged him on the
grounds that it was a tough calling that required a lot of dedication.
“Some people fail to live up to this calling,” his relatives are said to have argued. They later endorsed his choice because he had proved a very disciplined character in his childhood.
“Some people fail to live up to this calling,” his relatives are said to have argued. They later endorsed his choice because he had proved a very disciplined character in his childhood.
Fr Bashobora
then went to Katigondo Seminary where he studied a degree in theology
and laterwent to Gaba National Seminary to study philosophy.
In 1972, he was ordained a priest at the age of 27 and was deployed at Kitabi.
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