From Tallahassee to Uganda to Kenya, these are the testimonies of the brothers building a global fraternity of presence, accompaniment, and restoration.
Kasese Diocese, Uganda
Br. Archangel Kule
Brother — Josephian Brothers of Jesus
From Holy Trinity Catholic Parish, Kasese Diocese — laying a firm foundation for the Josephian family in Uganda.
"God is leading us slowly to greater heights, laying a firm foundation for the Josephian Brothers of Jesus family."
One year ago, Br. Archangel Kule first met Fr. Dustin Feddon and Fr. Yozefu Ssemakula, who invited him to join the precious ministry of accompanying incarcerated brothers and sisters. When the message first reached him, he was overwhelmed — wondering what God was looking for in him. In time he understood: God wanted him to exercise His great mercy toward the condemned living behind bars.
It appeared to be a great risk. Yet through a year in contact with Fr. Dustin — 'my true brother' — he has seen where God is leading. God has blessed the mission with seven men aspiring to religious life, dedicating themselves to the service of the incarcerated and formerly incarcerated. He gives thanks to Bishop William Wack, Fr. Dustin, Fr. Yozefu, the residents at Joseph House, and every benefactor who keeps the ministry alive.
Kabale Diocese, Uganda
Tumwekwase Felix
Aspiring Brother
From St Peter's Catholic Parish, Kabale Diocese — moved to become a shade for those in the heat of suffering.
"Lord, help me to be a shade for those people."
For Tumwekwase Felix, the inspiration is rooted in Matthew 9:37–38 and directed especially toward the imprisoned. On his first visits he nearly wept at the conditions he found; he steadied himself outwardly, but inside he prayed, 'Lord, help me to be a shade for those people.' The uniqueness of the Josephian Brothers — helping people rejected by the world, in the spirit of John 3:16 — confirmed his calling.
Some at home saw him as someone with nothing better to do as he visited the prison twice a week. But as the African proverb goes, 'the finger knows the part to be scratched.' He knows the pain the incarcerated carry, and is grateful for it. To be a Josephian, he says, should never be mere speech or the wearing of a habit; it must start from the heart, with action. His prayer: 'Be a good brick to build His kingdom among the incarcerated.'
Kenya
Wycliffe Ogindi
Aspiring Brother
Drawn by the simplicity, warmth, and fraternal spirit of the Brothers to a path of compassion and accompaniment.
"Even small acts of presence and care can help restore lives."
I am Wycliffe Maikara Ogindi from Kenya, Catholic Diocese of Kisii, Nyamarambe Parish, born on 10th December 1994 in Kisumu City. I come from a Catholic family of four siblings. My father passed away when I was young, and I was raised by my mother, whose deep devotion to Mother Mary greatly shaped my Catholic faith. My upbringing was rooted in prayer, love, and strong family bonds, which formed in me values of faith, responsibility, and trust in God.
I completed my secondary education in 2012 in Kenya, attaining a B grade. I later pursued a Diploma in Peace and Security at Tangaza University, Kenya, and studied Philosophy at Queen of Apostles Philosophy Centre in Uganda, where I achieved a Second-Class Upper Division. Beyond academics, I gained work experience in a supermarket and an oil refinery, which helped me develop discipline and responsibility in daily life.
I joined the Mill Hill Missionaries in the year 2020 and left in May 2025. My vocation journey began in secondary school through the influence of my school chaplain, my mother’s prayer life, and experiences of Eucharistic Adoration. A parish retreat and the witness of a Mill Hill missionary priest, Fr. Sylvester, deeply shaped my desire to serve God and His people.
During my formation with the Mill Hill Missionaries, I experienced community life, pastoral ministry, spiritual direction, and academic formation. My pastoral ministry included visiting incarcerated brothers and sisters, which opened my heart to prison ministry and the reality of human suffering, but also to hope, dignity, and conversion.
At present, I am with the Josephians Brothers of Jesus, residing in Kakoma, Mbarara (Uganda). Our main apostolate is prison ministry. Every Thursday and Sunday we visit incarcerated brothers and sisters, accompanying them, listening to their stories, praying with them, and offering them hope and dignity. We also stay with newly released brothers, helping them reintegrate into society. This ministry has deeply fulfilled me, as it allows me to encounter Christ in the wounded and forgotten, and to witness real transformation in people’s lives.
Tallahassee, Florida
Fr. Dustin Feddon
Founder & Executive Director — Joseph House
A priest of the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee whose years of visiting men in Florida's prisons became a home.
"We are making a radical statement: that at the moment they are released from prison, they have a place and a people to whom they belong."
Fr. Dustin Feddon is a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Pensacola–Tallahassee and a graduate of St. Vincent de Paul Regional Seminary (Class of 2016). He is the Founder and Executive Director of Joseph House, a re-entry home and community for men released from Florida's prisons.
His ministry among the incarcerated began in 2013, as a seminarian on his pastoral year internship, when he started visiting men in Florida state prisons — many in solitary confinement. He witnessed both their profound suffering and their irreducible human dignity. What he encountered there did not move him to pity alone, but to action. In 2018, that conviction became a home.
