Opus Dei

“Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a person courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance. It is not merely a physical development then. Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole person, and while perfecting the body as an instrument of the mind, it also makes the mind itself a more refined instrument for the search and communication of truth…”

UNIV Kenya Women’s Congress 2019 took place on Saturday 23rd February at Strathmore University, on the topic "The Transformative Power of Work." UNIV is an annual international university congress that takes place in Rome during Holy Week.

I’ve grown up playing a good variety of sports: basketball, football, rugby, racquet games… Not forgetting swimming, jogging, cycling, judo, karate and my attempts at golf.

The launch of the biography of Tomas and Paquita Alvira, ‘Our lives in His Hands: An Ordinary Couple’s Path to Holiness, took place at Strathmore University. The book is a recollection of the life and adventures of the couple who raised a large family and had joys and struggles that contemporary couples can identify with.

We're very happy to be celebrating 60 years since the people who started Strathmore came to Africa from United States and Europe and their dream was to start a university.

Tackling poverty through education: Teresa's story.

The very final day of the end of their last secondary school academic year, with very little time to rest, 35 young men closed their suitcases to get ready to fly to Nairobi (Kenya) on a volunteer activity which would last 2 weeks. They would be helping out in some schools of the poorest slums of the country.

These are the words Pope Francis spoke in one of his homilies back in November of 2013. And a group of young couples attending courses organised by Strathmore Business School's Program for Family Development are coming to appreciate these words better.

Strathmore University students helped to build this church in the diocese of Kitale. Over the years they sourced for funds and did some physical work to help the local community make this project a reality.

We learnt that most of these ladies lived in this home because they had nobody to look after them. Some ladies were abandoned when they were very young while others were slightly older.