Kenya Catholic Traveller

I had never been to Subukia shrine before. It was in the month of October that I made my first visit to the Holy Village of Mary as a pilgrim. I was in the company of my fiancé and my two lovely sisters .Our plan was to go spend the night at the grotto with our Mother Mary singing , praising and praying to our Lord and King for different intentions but mainly to seek inner peace/healing.  We left Nairobi at around 1200hrs for Nakuru town and later connected from Nakuru town to  Subukia. The shrine is located in Nakuru County along Nyeri- Nyahururu road. One can access the shrine either via Nakuru town or Nyahururu town through Gilgil town. The shrine is about 5 km from the tarmac road. It is strategically located on top of a hill and  surrounded  by a forest. From Subukia town, one can have a glimpse of the Shrine with the mega Church under construction as the landmark. It looks so close, yet so far away. To access the shrine, one can use ...

On our way to Mt.Longonot for a hike we pass-by this small church on the slopes of RiftValley it is located on Mai Mahiu –Naivasha road which connects Nairobi and Nakuru counties.We learn it’s the smallest church in East Africa.This church is used by people of all faith mainly travellers who come to pray and pay homage to the prisoners who built the magnificent road on the slopes. There are three steps to the church which symbolises The Holy Trinity; God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit according to the catholic faith and teaching. On the wall behind the altar, there is a wall painting of baby Jesus and his mother Mary and Saint Joseph his father surrounded by angels “Nativity of Jesus” , it is believed that the painting was done in 1943 by the POW. This picture symbolises the victory that has been achieved by religion across the world .in front the altar there is a grotto of mother Mary hence you can always stop by and say the Rosary to the blessed virgin. On the...

"Contrary to popular belief the tables of Hell are laden with the most exquisite dishes of food. Whatever you could possibly desire: soups, salads, stews, sauces, curries if you want, fruits, succulent meats (grilled to order), pastries, ice cream. The single unusual factor being that one must eat with a fork three feet long. Holding it close to the tines you could manage to eat, but when you do so, a demon immediately slaps you (or pokes you with his fork), and says, "Hold it at the other end!" So getting the food on the fork up to your mouth is quite impossible, alas, though an abundance of delicious food is readily available.   "In heaven the situation is exactly the same: same long tables covered with tasty dishes, same long forks. The only difference in heaven is that people feed the person sitting across the table from them."   The lesson of this story is this: if we could become less concerned with our own happiness and more concerned with the happine...