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Catholic Saints

Saint Charles Lwanga

Catholic Saints

Augustine Institute

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4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

One of the 22 Ugandan martyrs, Saint Charles Lwanga has much to teach us about courage. Join Father Tegha Afuhwi Nji and Dr. Elizabeth Klein to learn the inspiring story of this young catechist who was not afraid to speak truth to power and who led others to do the same. Rev. Tegha Afuhwi Nji is an assistant professor of theology at the Augustine Institute Graduate School of Theology. Learn more at Augustine.edu.

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0:00.0

You're listening to a podcast on Catholic Saints.

0:05.5

This podcast is produced by the Augustine Institute, an Apostolate helping Catholics understand, live, and share their faith.

0:20.0

Hello, and welcome to Catholic Saints, the podcast about the lives of the saints and their legacy for the church and for us.

0:27.0

I'm Dr. Elizabeth Klein and I'm joined today by Father Taga and G to talk about St. Charles Luonga.

0:34.2

Thanks for joining me, Father.

0:35.8

You welcome. It's my pleasure to join you, Elise.

0:39.1

So Father Tega is also a faculty member here at the August Institute. I'm the most reverent

0:44.8

Dr. Taga. There's a lot of titles there. And we're so glad to have him. This is his,

0:50.2

we're recording this in his first fall here with us at the Gesson Institute.

0:54.5

So I thought I would ask him, what do you teach in this term and are you enjoying it?

0:58.8

Yes, thank you, Liz.

0:59.8

This semester I'm teaching the rule of faith.

1:03.5

I co-teach a rule of faith with Dr. Mone and I teach the mystery of God in addition to that.

1:09.8

I'm loving it.

1:11.0

The students are fun to have in class.

1:13.1

And I'm loving working with my colleagues.

1:15.5

And the Augustine Institute of General, everything is looking so beautiful.

1:18.8

Great.

1:19.6

Yes.

1:20.6

So today we're talking about St. Charles Luonga, whose feast day is June the 3rd.

1:26.7

So why don't you tell us a little bit about this scene?

1:29.8

Yes.

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