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Small Christian Communities

A small Christian Community is the Church within the neighbourhood, comprising a manageable group of families, which help to promote communion and co-responsibility, and gives every member a sense of belonging to the Church.
(Guidelines of SCC in ADN)

St. Francis of Assissi

Saint Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco, was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 5

Court

Churo, Konokono, Ena

Officials:
  • Moderator: Elizabeth Wanjiru
  • Vice Moderator: Agnes Wangui
  • Treasurer: Vivienne Achieng
  • Secretary: Jane Njeri
  • Vice Secretary: Mercy Macharia
St. Raphael

Raphael is an archangel responsible for healing in the traditions of most Abrahamic religions. Not all branches of these religions consider the identification of Raphael to be canonical.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 5

Court

Off-Katulo road, Sengoi, Boma west, Katulo, Tongong, Mai Mahiu

Officials:
  • Moderator: Ignatius Kimanthi
  • Vice Moderator: Esther Munga
  • Treasurer: Catherine Mungai
  • Secretary: Gladys Tuei
  • Vice Secretary: Colletta Nzisa
St. Michael

Saint Michael the Archangel is referenced in the Old Testament and has been part of Christian teachings since the earliest times. In Catholic writings and traditions he acts as the defender of the Church, and chief opponent of Satan; and assists souls at the hour of death.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 5

Court

Rheka, Ngwiri, Kyamanyatu, Sagam, Rev. Symekha, Boma East, Taturi

Officials:
  • Moderator: Paul Muteti
  • Vice Moderator: Emily Saina
  • Treasurer: Naomi Wairimu
  • Secretary: Jacqueline Mayira
  • Vice Secretary: Mildah Nkatha
St. Gabriel

Gabriel, in the Abrahamic religions, is an archangel. He was first described in the Hebrew Bible and was subsequently developed by other traditions. In the Hebrew Bible, Gabriel appears to the prophet Daniel, to explain his visions.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 5

Court

Nziu, Mchwa, Khanga

Officials:
  • Moderator: Consolata Kimuya
  • Vice Moderator: Roselyne Oluoch
  • Treasurer: Linda Owuor
  • Secretary: Rose Steven
  • Vice Secretary: Naomi Vuvi
St. John the Baptist

St. John the Apostle, the son of Zebedee and Salome, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. John was called to be an Apostle by our Lord in the first year of His public ministry. He is considered the same person as John the Evangelist, John of Patmos and the Beloved Disciple.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 4

Officials:
  • Moderator: Scholastica Munga
  • Vice Moderator: Perpetua Wenani
  • Treasurer: Rose Akinyi
  • Secretary: Alice Ngugi
  • Vice Secretary: Mercy Githaiga
St. Mulumba

Saint Matiya Mulumba, also known as Matthias Murumba Kalemba, was a Ugandan Roman Catholic, one of the Martyrs of Uganda, who was martyred on or around May 30, 1886 at around the age of 50.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 4

Court

Eregero, Bisika, Faida, Thura

Officials:
  • Moderator: Lydia Kairu
  • Vice Moderator: Bernard Muchoki
  • Treasurer: Eunice Irungu
  • Secretary: Veryl Mbindah
  • Vice Secretary: Grace Ngamau
St. Kizito

Saint Kizito was one of the Martyrs of Uganda. The youngest martyr slain by the King Mwanga II of Buganda. He was baptized on 25/26 May 1886, by Charles Lwanga at Munyonyo, burned alive on 3 June 1886 in Namugongo. He was canonized on 18 October 1964 by Pope Paul VI at Rome. His feast day is on June 3.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 4

Court

Gakindu/Ijara, Ukunda/Tinganga, Jibisa/Kalute

Officials:
  • Moderator: Nicholas Njenga
  • Vice Moderator: Athasiana Chao
  • Treasurer: Margaret Kinyua
  • Secretary: Edward Njoroge
  • Vice Secretary: Rosemary Ndereva
St. Charles Lwanga

Charles Lwanga was a Ugandan convert to the Catholic Church, who was martyred for his faith and is revered as a saint by both the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 4

Officials:
  • Moderator: Joseph Kiboi
  • Vice Moderator: Veronica Wachira
  • Treasurer: Elizabeth Nderi
  • Secretary: Julia Mwangi
St. Teresa of the Child Jesus

Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, also known as Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, O.C.D., was a French Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun who is widely venerated in modern times. She is popularly known as “The Little Flower of Jesus”, or simply “The Little Flower”.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 3

Court

Ngomeni, Gichi, Olosalani, Chepanda, Tulima, Akala, Song On, Olenguruon

Officials:
  • Moderator: Jane Kakui
  • Vice Moderator: Benard Nyagweso
  • Treasurer: Racheal Mwaluma
  • Secretary: Ann Wanjiru
  • Vice Secretary: Musa Ngimo
St. Jude

Jude, also known as Judas Thaddaeus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is generally identified with Thaddeus, and is also variously called Jude of James, Jude Thaddaeus, Judas Thaddaeus or Lebbaeus.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 3

Court

Laset, Maungu, Magunga, Olosalani,Ichamara, Kuja

Officials:
  • Moderator: Anne Theresa
  • Vice Moderator: David Mulwa
  • Treasurer: Judy Matangaro
  • Secretary: Roselyne Mugo
  • Vice Secretary: Hilda Obuyo
Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Fátima, is a Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary based on the famed Marian apparitions reported in 1917 by three shepherd children at the Cova da Iria, in Fátima, Portugal. The three children were Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 3

Officials:
  • Moderator: Caleb Ombigi
  • Vice Moderator: Sophia Kivuti
  • Treasurer: Joseph Maina
  • Secretary: Caroline Wambui
  • Vice Secretary: Anastasia Mutunga
Holy Family

The Holy Family consists of the Child Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and Saint Joseph. Veneration of the Holy Family was formally begun in the 17th century by Saint François de Laval, the first bishop of New France, who founded a Confraternity.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 3

Court

Bumbani, Chemoiben, Endau, Bombeya, Buchuma, KCB, Kaginas

Officials:
  • Moderator: Anne Wathiogeni
  • Vice Moderator: Brian Aherro
  • Treasurer: Margaret Ngila
  • Secretary: Yucabeth Ondigo
  • Vice Secretary: Faith Lukosi
St. Paul

Paul the Apostle, commonly known as Saint Paul and also known by his Jewish name Saul of Tarsus, was an apostle who taught the gospel of Christ to the first-century world.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 2

Court

Batian, Bokol, Debesian, Elgon, Elementaita, Kandam, Karimapus, Kamutile

Officials:
  • Moderator: Elizabeth Waihenya
  • Vice Moderator: Cecilia Mueni
  • Treasurer: Winnie Nginia
  • Secretary: Rosemary Amanyo
  • Vice Secretary: Christine Odhiambo
St. Elizabeth

Elizabeth, also spelled Elisabeth or Elisheba, was the mother of John the Baptist and the wife of Zechariah, according to the Gospel of Luke.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 2

Court

Nyambene, Menengai, Mimindu, Mogilla, Naikara, Nakwakipi, Ngapoi, Ngurumani, Nuriguyo, Maparasha, Harambee

Officials:
  • Moderator: Jacqueline Kilonzi
  • Vice Moderator: Anastacia Achieng
  • Treasurer: Teresa Wambui
  • Secretary: Angela Mumi
  • Vice Secretary: Racheal Mutiie
St. Cecilia

Saint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she “sang in her heart to the Lord”. Her feast day is celebrated in the Latin Catholic, Eastern Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches and in the Anglican Communion on November 22.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 2

Court

Kipsalut, Kibaoni, Kikambuoni, Kiptimin, Lengalilla, Lesatima, Lishode, Lomilio, Lutere

Officials:
  • Moderator: Joseph Gichuhi
  • Vice Moderator: Charity Mithmo
  • Treasurer: Stephen Njuguna
  • Secretary: John Sangale
  • Vice Secretary: Veronica
St. Thomas Aquinas

Saint Thomas Aquinas OP was an Italian Dominican friar, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church. He was an immensely influential philosopher, theologian, and jurist in the tradition of scholasticism, within which he is also known as the Doctor Angelicus and the Doctor Communis.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 2(Prudential Estate)

Officials:
  • Moderator: Nida Oswe
  • Vice Moderator: Peter Kamenchu
  • Treasurer: Francisca Kariuki
  • Secretary: Joseph Mboss
  • Vice Secretary: Rose Kamenchu
St. Maria Goretti

Saint Maria Goretti is an Italian virgin-martyr of the Catholic Church, and one of the youngest canonized saints. She was born to a farming family. Her father died when she was nine, and they had to share a house with another family, the Serenellis.

Area this SCC Covers

All Parishoners living outside out Parish jurisdiction/ other estates

Officials:
  • Moderator: Edward Kimani
  • Vice Moderator: Cornella Nabwire
  • Treasurer: Nelson Muchuku
  • Secretary: Maurine Bomu
  • Vice Secretary: Lucy Njoroge
St. Rita

Saint Rita of Cascia was an Italian widow and Augustinian nun venerated as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. Rita was a child bride, married before the age of 12.

Area this SCC Covers

Buruburu Phase 3

Court

Buruburu Girls, Metrovillas Estate

Officials:
  • Moderator: Lydiah Wambugu
  • Vice Moderator: Anastasia Ngatia
  • Treasurer: Jane Macua
  • Secretary: Diana Kyania
  • Vice Secretary:John Kamau