June 3
On this day the Catholic Church remembers
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions

St. Charles Lwanga and Companions

martyrs of Uganda · † 1886
It is as if you were pouring water on me.
— Words at the stake, according to witnesses

Young pages at the royal court of Uganda refused the king's immoral demands. Charles secretly baptised them the night before the execution. They were burned alive, singing as they died. They are patrons of African youth. Purity of heart is strength, not weakness.

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