Don Orione Formation House, Karen
The mother house of the mission, opened in 1996 on Langata South Road: today the house of philosophy and theology students, and the seat of the Delegation.
The house
This is where the mission in Kenya began. In 1996 Fr. Giuseppe Vallauri opened the first formation house of the Sons of Divine Providence on Langata South Road, in Karen, Nairobi. It has been the mother house ever since, and today it is also the seat of the Delegation “Our Lady of the Rosary”.
The house is now the house of philosophy and theology students. The seminarians study at Tangaza University College and Utume College. The community is deliberately international — Kenya, India, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and beyond — which is its own kind of formation: you learn the Congregation is larger than your language.
The chapel
The chapel was opened on 24 May 2014 and blessed by the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Charles Balvo. On its facade it carries the motto of the Little Work of Divine Providence: Instaurare omnia in Christo — to restore all things in Christ. Every student who leaves the house in the morning reads it.
Seat of the Delegation
The government of the Delegation has its offices here. Post for the Delegation should be addressed to P.O. Box 15145-00509, Nairobi.
The community
- Religious community
- Philosophy and theology students, with the formation team
- Local director
- Fr. Joseph Yendoubé Lare
- Studies
- Tangaza University College · Utume College
- Community
- International: Kenya, India, Togo, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and beyond
- Address
- Langata South Road, Karen, Nairobi · P.O. Box 15145-00509
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Support & contact
Forming a religious takes years of study, books and daily bread. Those who support our students are supporting every work on this website, twenty years before it happens.