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A Shepherd in a Land of Martyrs, by Kevin Wells – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

A Shepherd in a Land of Martyrs, by Kevin Wells

Teaching Ethics “The Little Way”, by Andrew Peach

June 2, 2026

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June 2, 2026

Fr. Alex Mugalaasi, the 41-year-old spiritual formator for Uganda’s five major seminaries. Photo courtesy of Kevin Wells.

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine, June 2, 2026

Kevin Wells’s latest book, Coached By the Curé: Lessons in Shepherding with St. John Vianney was just released by Scepter. His memoir, The Hermit: The Priest Who Saved a Soul, a Marriage, and a Family was released by Ignatius Press last autumn. For more information on his books, writing, and speaking, visit kevinwells.org.

Fr. Alex Mugalaasi, the 41-year-old spiritual formator for Uganda’s five major seminaries, lets Our Lady illuminate his path to spiritually form Uganda’s future priests, some of whom will one day serve in parishes in the United States.

“The thing I fear the most is prosperity coming to Africa … Catholicism without suffering is not possible. Many today want Jesus taken from His Cross, but it is not possible. He remains fixed there as an example for Catholics until the end of time.” – Fr Alex Mugalaassi

Around 10:30 p.m., as the moon rises over the St. Augustine Institute, Fr. Alex Mugalaasi turns his gaze back again to Our Lady, where he begins his fourth or fifth Rosary of the day. Kampala, Uganda’s wall of noise—incessantly whining engines of boda-bodas (motorcycle taxis), overlapping Muslim calls to prayer, cries of street vendors, the microphoned “are-you-saved” hollering of street proselytizers, and the harsh squawks of large birds—has faded away. …

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A Shepherd in a Land of Martyrs, by Kevin Wells

Teaching Ethics “The Little Way”, by Andrew Peach

Fr. Eric J. Banecker: Dawn Amidst the Darkness: Dispatch from New York City

By Kevin Wells, Crisis Magazine, June 2, 2026

Fr. Alex Mugalaasi, the 41-year-old spiritual formator for Uganda’s five major seminaries, lets Our Lady illuminate his path to spiritually form Uganda’s future priests, some of whom will one day serve in parishes in the United States.

“The thing I fear the most is prosperity coming to Africa … Catholicism without suffering is not possible. Many today want Jesus taken from His Cross, but it is not possible. He remains fixed there as an example for Catholics until the end of time.” – Fr Alex Mugalaassi

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