Importance of the shrine

1. The Shrine will strengthen the faith and bring together the people of Kitui

since they will be having regular opportunities of visiting the shrine and pray

for their needs and the needs of our Country.2. Since our Diocese is under the Patronage of Our Lady of Africa, it will help all

faithful of the diocese to become more Marian.3. It will provide the adequate setting for the first contemplative sister's

Monastery.4. It will come to meet the great Yearning of Our people to channel their

devotion to Mary, and materialize their recourse to her. We fly to your

protection, Oh holy mother of God.5. It will attract more people from other Dioceses and so in return this will

strengthen the relationship of our diocese and the other dioceses.

Phase I: Building of Shrine and open Kshs 30M Us $ 340,000celebration area

Phase II: Building of Contemplative Kshs 18M Us $ 204,000Monastery

Phase III: Building of Retreat Centre Kshs 18M Us $ 204,000

Total Kshs 66M Us$ 748,000

The Christians have collected Kshs 8M Us$ 90,000

Donation from the well wishers Kshs 8M Us$ 90,000

For donations please contactRt. Rev. Anthony Muheria, Bishop, Catholic Diocese of Kitui

P.O. Box 119 - 90200 KITUI, KENYA, EAST AFRICATel: +254 44 44 22844 email: [email protected]

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We wish to request donations for the shrine of Our Lady of Protection.

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Chicken donations/visits to the shrine/clearing and cleaning of the Shrine

Baptism of the agedCouple solemnizing their marriage in Small Christian Community

Eucharistic celebration during the official opening of the parish in December 2013 On 14th April 1939 Fr. Peader of the Holy

Ghost Fathers came to Museve with

Gregory Malinga Kathenge, the only

student they had in Kabaa school from

Kitui,

After the visit, the Holy Ghost Fathers

initiated Museve School which opened

in 1940. In that year Fr. Witte from

Kabaa celebrated the first ever Mass in

Kitui accompanied by Gregory Malinga.

Museve then became a point of

reference for the faith growth in the

larger Kitui. Many Christians visited the

site to pray.

Bishop Willliam Dunne, the First Bishop

of Kitui recognizing the historical value,

singled it out it as a privileged place of

prayer.

The tradition has thereby been formed

of organizing recollections regularly in

Museve and for individuals' priests and

religious to spend some time in prayer

at Museve.

The idea of establishing a shrine in

honour of our Lady has been a constant

point of discussion for several years.

This has been identified as a priority to

favour evangelization and growth in

Faith by the Diocesan Pastoral Council

and within the strategic pastoral plan.

To build a Sanctuary/Shrine of Our Lady

as a carer and protectress. The major

reason being that, in order to counteract

the recourse to superstitious rites when

problems arise, we ought to offer the

people solutions where and to who to

take those problems. And so the shrine

of Mary, our lady of protection, will be a

wonderful solution as intercessor and

also place to meet her Son.

We have therefore set out to construct a

complex of shrine-contemplative

monastery-retreat house.

The Christians in sharing in this dream

are contributing for the shrine, giving

chicken and other items, and also

through fundraising. So far we have

collected almost 15M shillings.

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