FACILITIES:

Houses of Prayer:

Given the MISSION of this Seminary, spiritual formation of the future candidates to the Priesthood is of prime importance and occupies a central place in the seminary’s entire life. At the centre of the seminary campus therefore stand the two major houses of prayer, namely the HOLY FAMILY CHAPEL (The Main Chapel), and the CHAPEL OF OUR LADY ( The Lady Chapel).

The Main Chapel, built of sun-dried bricks in 1912, and consecrated by Bishop Streicher on May 15th 1927, has enough space for comfortable prayer and meditation for the entire seminary community of over 280 seminarians, 10 priests, 22 lay teaching staff members, and 14 support staff members.

The Lady Chapel, also built of sun-dried bricks in early 1905, offers a good environment for spiritual exercises of small groups of seminarians and staff members now and then.

Academic Facilities:

Bukalasa Seminary has facilities that offer the seminarians an excellent learning and study environment. These include:

• 5 classroom blocks, each of which has two separate classrooms, each room with a sitting capacity of at least 35 students.
• Over 350 classroom desks with lockers on them for the students’ decent storage of their text and notebooks.
• Over 350 classroom chairs.
• Blackboards in each classroom.
• Two medium-size notice boards in each classroom.
• Adequate lighting and ventilation in all classrooms.
• 2 Science Laboratories: The Physics and Chemistry Laboratory and The Biology Laboratory.
• A Computer Laboratory, furnished with 35 fully functioning computers, 15 of which are connected to the Internet.
• A Library furnished with an adequate variety of reading material for the seminarians’ and teachers’ study and research.
• A Bookstore that serves as the channel for all the text books purchased into the seminary as required for the different fields of study, and an overseer for all the equipment, e.g. chalk, furniture, etc., used in class and study rooms, and a store for the books that are not currently being used by the students and teachers.
• Rooms for personal/private study and/or for discussion in groups.

Games and Sports Facilities:

“All study without play makes Jack a dull boy.” The Seminary provides the students with adequate Sports Facilities. These include:

• 4 well-arranged Football Pitches;
• A well-arranged Basketball Court;
• A good Volleyball Court;
• A well-prepared Lawn Tennis Court.
• A room for Indoor Games like Table Tennis, Scrabble, Ludo, Cards, Snakes and Ladders, etc.

Refreshment Facilities: 

The Seminary has:

• A spacious Refectory with enough dining tables and adequate sitting arrangement for the over 280 seminarians, and a Scullery for keeping their plates, cups and cutlery, and a clean washing trough for cleaning their utensils after meals.
• A large Recreation Hall  for the seminarians to chat and exchange ideas at leisure after meals.

Accommodation Facilities:

• There is a 3-Storried Dormitory fitted with cells, beds and lockers, bathrooms and lavatories and two bedrooms for the dormitory chaplains.
• There are 2 large blocks for the Staff members’ residences.
• A Religious Sisters’ Convent for the 4 Bannabiikira Sisters on the Support Staff.
• Quarters for 6 Permanent Lay Teachers.
• Quarters for 12 Support Staff Girls charged with looking after gardens and plantations as well as preparing meals for the Seminary Community.