Sometimes, to get the full impact of Biblical passages, we need to get the painful details that disturb our minds, and shock us into full attention to the lessons being communicated. William Barclay (The Daily Study Bible 1975), describes one variety of the 3 types...
While adhering to the Government’s strict measures against the spread of the pandemic, we remain close to, and journey with, the people entrusted to our pastoral care. What we physically experience, see and hear from families around us is the fact that COVID-19 has caused...
It is not often that we have a priest celebrating his silver jubilee in our Brother’s communities. But it happened this last weekend for Fr Grzegorz Oszust, OMI who is a Missionary Priest of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Fr. Greg was learning Swahili in Arusha...
Corona Virus that broke out in Wuhan in December 2019 has spread across the Globe with heavy consequences, such as massive losses of lives and other relating painful social and economic facts. Kenya registered its first case of Covid-19 on Thursday, March 12, 2020, announced...
The Psalmist in Psalms 24:4 assures us and the faithful that in the valley of the shadow of death the Lord is with us and we shouldn’t be afraid. In the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, the Psalmist still continues to call every shepherd/pastor to realize...
The Corona virus pandemic has affected the whole world in many ways. At the beginning of this year, Covid-19 was not a reality in Africa, till the end of February 2020, it was still far from Kenya and life was normal. The atmosphere started to...
Pictured left: The Postulants after the official reception at the new Kenya Mission House of Hospitality and Administration, Karen (Feb. 17, 2020) - L-R: Eugene Ikaal, John Kioko Maunda, Fr. Faustin Litanda, OMI (Vocations Director), Emmanuel Wandago. God has blessed the Kenya Mission with three candidates...
The Church recommends us to start the Lenten season with the distribution of ashes on Ash Wednesday. In Saint Joseph’s Parish/Larmudiac, Nakuru Diocese, Kenya. We followed the church’s tradition. Those who are physically strong attended the celebration but the sick and elderly could not attend...
The Kenya Mission is growing in number and facilities or resources. For some years we have been operating with 3 parishes (St. Stephen Kionyo; St. Paul Kisaju and St Eugene Irinda), but starting from November 2019, we have added another parish in Nakuru Diocese in...
The Kenyan mission through the Vocation Office has received 8 candidates for workshop from 24th to 27th September 2019. Alphonce ODERO, John KIOKO MAUNDU, Eugene IKAAL, Daniel SIMIYU NATO, Leo ODONGO, Joseph ONYANGO OTIENO, Emmanual WANDAGO OKUMU and Gregory MUTINDA NDUTU, responded positively to the...
When I joined Oblate formation as a postulant in March 2011, Fr. Alfred taught us a song which we used to sing and feel good about “Faith believes nor questions how...
It was barely two months since I had made my first Oblation that I had the privilege to exercise the vow of Obedience: I was admitted to join The Oblate Roman International Scholasticate. I had to travel to Rome in Italy. There was mixed reactions in...
A Kenyan by nationality but a Filipino by adoption, I was welcomed by the word MABUHAY at Aquino International airport Manila. I felt good, but after a short distance of walking I experienced the humid weather in the Philippines outside the airport. It gave me...
May 10, 2019. It was the day I was eagerly waiting for. I was a good mathematician counting to see how many days are remaining. The day finally arrived, it was my first time going for pastoral activity. I was just used to Sunday apostolate...
On June 27th, we laid to rest Jackeline Makena, a form one student at Gachanka day secondary school, which is a Catholic sponsored school under Irinda Parish which we serve. Jackeline, an orphan, was raped repeatedly and killed on Wednesday the 19th of June 2019...
Fr Faustin Litanda OMI with Fr Daquin OMI and Fr Bright Makunka OMI, prepared and ran a special workshop for candidates in Kionyo Parish (Tues 2nd and Wed 3rd October, 2018): it’s an opportunity to give input to them, and share more about who is...
On 20th August, 2018, Fr Daquin technically became the first Parish Priest of St Eugene de Mazenod Parish, on the edge of Meru town… an area called IRINDA. The new Parish is carved out of the Cathedral parish: originally to be four Prayer Centres, but two...
For some time, the Parish Team have been running a regular programme of visitation of elderly and sick parishioners and non-parishioners. As the culture changes and people move away for work, the elderly relatives are sometimes lost for company, unable to afford medicines and their residences...