Opus Dei

The late Dr. Margaret Ogola published what is perhaps her best known novel - The River and the Source - in 1994. I inescapably got to read it after it was added to our English syllabus compulsory literature reading. And read it we did, and sat questions on it in my end of high-school examinations. For me, however, that exam was the beginning - the source - of another continuing adventure.

The day of recollection is a time for prayer and reflection on some topics of our spiritual life.

The use of time is a gift from God. Saint Josemaria sees the parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard as also pointing to the need to take advantage of time to do good, to work in the Lord’s vineyard while carrying out our daily tasks.

In the third episode of the series “The Richness of Ordinary Life” Prof. Regina Eya explains how the message of St. Josemaría about seeking holiness in ordinary life can be lived in the exercise of one's professional job or occupation.

Msgr. Robert Lozano (1932-2020), a Mexican, spent more than three decades in Africa. Most of those years were spent working and serving in Nigeria. But he also spent several fruitful years in Kenya where among other things he made the design drawings for St. Paul's University Chapel back in 1969. Msgr. Ignatius G. Sotos sheds light on the personality of Fr. Robert who passed away recently.

In this documentary, aired on a Kenyan TV station shortly before Don Alvaro del Portillo's beatification in 2014, we see how devotion to him has spread to many countries around the world..

There is light, joy and rest in the Cross. Happiness does not consist in doing things that are easy.

As a teacher in an all-boys high school such as Strathmore, I always find it intriguing how boys are instinctively attracted to anything that challenges them to rise to some heights of tough manliness.

The day of recollection is a time for prayer and reflection on some topics of our spiritual life.

Offer something special to Our Lady on her birthday, on the 8th.