Gabriel Joseph Ssenkindo
I am Gabriel Joseph Ssenkindo, a Benedictine monk of Christ the King Priory, Tororo-Uganda. I arrived at Saint John s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota in the Fall of 1997. Having completed an MA program, majoring in Monastic studies, at the School of Theology and Seminary (SOT/Sem), I returned to Tororo-Uganda in the Winter of 2000.
Because of the formation and training at the SOT/Sem, my community entrusted me with various responsibilities from when I returned to now. I have served as Novicemaster (Director of Formation) in my community and our Benedictine community in Kenya, Associate Pastor and Pastor of St. Teresa s Parish in the Archdiocese of Tororo, Subprior, Administrator of the Benedictine Eye Hospital, Chaplain at a Girls High School to over 500 Catholic students, and as a member of the Board of governors of the Benedictine Eye Hospital.
1945-2020
William N. âBillâ Jennewein, 75, of Yankton, South Dakota, passed away on Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton from complications of COVID-19 virus.
A private family Mass of Christian Burial was held Wednesday, Dec. 16, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yankton with the Rev. Fr. Larry Regynski as celebrant. Burial was at Sacred Heart Cemetery with military honors accorded by Ernest Bowyer VFW Post 791 Honor Guard and SDARNG Honor Guard.
Online condolences may be made at: www.opsahl-kostalfuneralhome.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory in Yankton.
Bill was born April 19, 1945, in Olympia Washington to William P. and Evelyn (Bruning) Jennewein, both of Breda, Iowa. After his fatherâs discharge from the Army the family returned to Breda, where Bill attended elementary school and graduated from St. Bernard Catholic High School in 1963. During these years Bill was active in Boy Scou
William N. âBillâ Jennewein, age 75 of Yankton, SD passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton from complications of the COVID-19 virus.
A private family Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Yankton with the Rev. Fr. Larry Regynski as Celebrant. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery with military honors accorded by Ernest Bowyer VFW Post #791 Honor Guard and SDARNG Honor Guard.
Visitation will be 4 to 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 15 at Opsahl-Kostel Funeral Home and Crematory in Yankton, with masks required and social distancing practices to be observed. There will also be visitation for one hour prior to service time at the church on Wednesday.