ACTIVITIES:

A number of activities take place at the Seminary, spiritual, academic and co-curricular.

1. Spiritual:
These include the daily Mass, Spiritual Talks, Monthly Recollections and Annual Retreats.

2. Academic:
The Academic Course includes both Art and Science subjects, at both Ordinary and Advanced Levels. Bukalasa has for several years been among the best-performing schools in the Uganda National Examinations, thanks to the geat effort towards academic excellence by the office of the Dean of Studies and the Seminary Staff.

The Academic field is very much assisted by the 4 Bannabiikira Sisters with a number of girls who cater for the kitchen and the meals. They are a very dedicated team of servers.

The School Library, the Computer Laboratory, the 2 Science Laboratories and the 5 Classroom blocks all provide an active learning environment for the seminarians.

3. Co-curricular:
These include Games and Sports, Manual Work, Daily Housework of cleaning and maintaining halls of residence and various activities and the seminary campus. The Seminarians are divided into 3 teams according to the 3 floors of their dormitory, and engage in annual competitions through which they learn teamwork, creativity, cooperation and responsibility. In addition there are associations, clubs and movements towards the social and spiritual  growth of the seminarians. Prominent is the seminary Brass Band and the Choir.

Worthy of mention is the seminary dairy farm which has done a lot in sustaining the seminary diet through its products, and helps the seminarians to learn a lot about animal husbandry.

ACHIEVEMENTS:

In these 113 years of its foundation (1893) Bukalasa Seminary has grown old but  ever new and continues to progress very well.  The seminary has maintained her good standards and lived to fulfil her mission of preparing the future clergy.  There are challenges e.g U.S.E. (Universal Secondary Education) whereby the central government has promised to provide free secondary education to students, which is likely to make people send there children in big numbers to schools that government marks out for that programme, the quality of whose results is highly doubted even by prominent educationists in the country. More challenges and threats are in terms of land disputes with squatters on the seminary land. These have to be addressed in order for the seminary to continue serving her purpose and maintain her structures and the people benefiting and serving  it.

· 2001: Five computers for students’ use were introduced into the Seminary through the efforts of Rev. Fr. John Mary Lukwata who was the Rector of the Seminary at that time.

· 2002: A computer laboratory was set up through the efforts of Rev. Fr. Edward Ssekabanja, the new Rector of the Seminary at that time. 3 brand new computers were added to the laboratory through the efforts of Bukalasa Seminary Old Boys’ association (BUSOBA).

· 2005: A donation of 15Computers from the Computers for Uganda (CFU) Programme of Hon. Gerald Balintuma Nsambu, Member of Parliament Bukoto West, and 15 Computers from the Computers for Africa (CFA) Programme spearheaded by Mr. and Mrs. Leacock from the U.S.A. greatly boosted our computer laboratory. CFA went further to furnish our laboratory with the Internet connection and training for computer repair and maintenance. See information from the Computer Laboratory Department.

· The Seminary dairy farm is now self-sustaining, providing meat and milk and paying its workers and veterinary services, with over 80 head of cattle and a separate Bank Account.

· More seminary land, about 15 acres, has been recovered from squatters through compensation as set by the central government.

· The classrooms and dormitory have been renovated, and many other halls, buildings and the seminary campus have been greatly improved, thanks to the effort of Rev. Fr. Joseph Bukoola, the current Rector of the Seminary.

PLAN OBJECTIVES FOR 2006:

• That the seminary serves its purpose as a house of formation. This we intend to achieve through striving to cultivate good working relationships, enforcing good discipline, recruiting vocations and preparing candidates for the major seminaries.
• Strengthen the administrative structures by motivating the staff, conducting meetings at different levels and minding very much about the division of labour and the job descriptions.
• See to it that the seminary utilities such as buildings, water tanks, machines and other systems function well and are in a proper order.
• Help the students to acquire and exercise leadership skills basing on the Theme "GET SET FOR LEADERSHIP".
• Improve our public relations through honouring and respecting invitations, offering financial assistance to those appealing for help and inviting guests to attend our celebrations and functions at the seminary.