Christ the King Seminary is owned and run by the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya. Men come from all of Kenya to study in three schools of formation -- Spirituality, Philosophy and Theology -- within one compound. Currently, there are 242 men studying there for the priesthood.
The annual cost of the education that they receive is about $1200 per student. This year, 28 will be ordained to the priesthood and 39 to the Diaconate. The men work at the compound cleaning, painting and farming to help support the seminary.
When they are not busy with their studies and work, the seminarians enjoy sports which they not only play amongst themselves but also compete against neighboring institutions.
The seminary encourages them to join clubs to promote their talents in communications, debating and writing. The men meet regularly in small Christian communities to share the Word of God and pray together.
The seminarians and their faculty depend upon the St. Peter Apostle Society for their educational support.
Recently, Christ the King Seminary released a CD of their choir. Click below to see and hear them praise the Word of God in song and dance! Please pray for these men as they study to become priests, ordained for the universal Church.
To purchase the full CD, with all proceeds going to the Seminary, please contact:
mheil@propfaithboston.org
One Family in Mission - Kenya
Cooperation in the missions works between our own Societies. The following letter was received at the Pontifical Mission Societies office in London telling of how Christ the King Seminary, which is supported by St. Peter Apostle Society, hosted the local members of the Holy Childhood Association to help teach the children of Kenya about their own missionary call. The children in return are supporting the seminarians with their own gifts.
From the Rector at Christ the King Seminary, Kenya:
“"On 8th March we shall host the annual celebration of Pontifical Missionary Children (Holy Childhood in Kenya) here in the seminary. It will be attended by an estimated number of 10,000 Mission Together children from around the Archdiocese of Nyeri. They will be coming to present to us two (2) electronic keyboards. In our Seminary we have not been having keyboards for two of our three chapels (they had given us another keyboard two years ago). Once they give us these two, each of our chapel will then have a keyboard, and that will improve our liturgy.
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