St. Augustine’s Institute is located at Nsambya, in the suburbs of Kampala, 10 minutes’ walk from the city center, and 37 kilometers from Entebbe airport. The easiest way to access it from the airport is via the new express way, taking the turn to Munyonyo at the Kajjansi junction. Please, view a google maps picture of St. Augustine’s Institute.

The present cost of full board (breakfast, midmorning snack, lunch, afternoon snack, supper and lodging) is UGX 73,000/-. Alternatively guests can pay in Euro (€20 per day) or in US dollars ($25 per day). More executive menus are available at special prices.

St. Augustine’s Institute is an institute established and owned by the Uganda Episcopal Conference. The bishops who are the members of this conference use the premises for their regular meetings, one in the first ten days of June and the other in the first week of November. They also usually meet as a conference around February or March for not more than 10 days, for a study conference or a retreat. Outside these times the institute is open for its other programs, even though occasionally a bishop or two may pass by while on their errands in the city.

Besides St. Augustine’s Institute, there are many places where one can receive retreats, renewal programs and ongoing formation courses in Uganda. Each of these places has its own orientation and caters for different human and spiritual needs. They include ARU in Nsambya-Kampala, Daniel Comboni Center and Namugongo, Namugongo Spiritual Center, Emmaus Center in Kasana-Luweero diocese Comboni Spiritual Center at Layibi in Gulu, Yezu Ahuriire in Mbarara, and Serenity Center off Kampala-Entebbe road, Divine Mercy Retreat Center, Gogonya.

Managing Stress and Burnout is one among many courses offered at St. Augustine’s institute. As for several other courses, there is literature availed by institute staff on this topic. Those who attend the course on Managing Stress and Burnout at the institute receive the book for free. Please, purchase the book on Managing Stress and Burnout, as well as other literature by institute staff, at St. Paul Media and Book Center in Kampala or elsewhere.

Please, see the course overview and services overview in order to get to know what the institute offers. As extras, you can read a day’s reflection on the readings, both for weekdays and Sundays at our Worship corner, where you also find the daily readings and an account of the saint of the day. Don’t forget to peruse the available publications by some of the institute staff.

Up to now the courses have been subsidized, thanks for the continued generosity of our funders for the courses, Missio Munich and Church in Need in Germany. For that reason those who attend the courses offered in 2019 pay UGX 10,000/- per day. The only exception is the Ignatian retreats where participants pay UGX 15,000/- per day. In comparison, guests who receive full board at the institute pay UGX 75,000/- for accommodation and meals.

Having chosen a course of your interest from among those outlined in our Year Planner for 2019 and laid out in detail in our Activity Plan, you download and fill the registration form. Alternatively, you can send us an email or contact us by phone at +256 414 268 150 during working hours. You can also book a course as far ahead as 2021, by looking at the Year planners for the three years 2019-2021.

Besides the renewal and ongoing formation courses, a range of services is offered including: accommodation and meals, meetings and conferences, seminars and workshops, recollections and retreats, outdoor functions.

Yes, lay people are allowed to attend those courses which are not exclusively for priests, for instance: course John, Course Phillip, Course John, and Ignatian Retreats. However, they need to note that our donors give a subsidy exclusively for priests and religious. Lay people who attend might have to be asked to pay the full fee of accommodation, meals and course charges. Nevertheless, there can be concessions in individual cases. Outside renewal courses, lay people are welcome to use the institute for accommodation, conferences, seminars, outdoor functions, etc.

Augustine’s Institute is not a reformatory or a place for “panel beating” of errant priests, as many erroneously thought at its beginning. In today’s fast-pacing world every professional needs to keep up-to-date in order to remain relevant. Even much more is a priest (and for that matter, any pastoral agent) who, in order to remain effective needs both to remain united to Jesus Christ and to be abreast with the changing times. They need ongoing formation.

Click the following links to find an outline of the courses offered in the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 with the corresponding dates at which they are offered, together with a detailed description of their content.