About the Founder
Creating Star Academy, also referred to as Star High School, is a lifelong dream of Rev. Augustine Njuu, a Tanzania-born Roman Catholic priest.

Fr. Augustine Njuu
• Fr. Augustine was born in 1955 in Tanzania, East Africa.
• Joined the Institute of the Apostles at age 15 and was ordained a priest on December 18, 1983.
• Served as an Assistant Rector for the Seminary for 6 years before going to the United States to study at Walsh University in Canton, Ohio.
• Completed his Bachelor of Science and Masters in Education degrees.
• Served as a hospital chaplain for Mercy Hospital in Canton as well as an Assistant Pastor for Saints Phillip and James Catholic Church in Canal Fulton, Ohio.
• Fr. Augustine was elected and served for six years as the Superior General of his Institute which is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya.
• Fr. Augustine currently serves as a chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri and is also the pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Billings, Missouri.
The Apostles were founded in 1968. Currently, they have 407 ordained priest serving in different ministries in several African countries. About 60 priest serve in the various ministries in the United States.
Star High school is a co-education secondary school which Fr. Augustine founded and continues to support in Arusha, Tanzania. Following in the footsteps of the Founders of the Institute of the Apostles of Jesus who were very hard working and creative with a great love for the children of Africa. Fr. Augustine deemed it necessary that Star High School become a continuation of their work.
It was during the second part of the Chapter in 2005 that Star Academy was discussed, voted on, and adopted as one of the official ministries of the Apostles of Jesus. The adoption of Star by the Institute is affirmation that good education is essential to the children of Africa and that Star Academy will continue long after its founder/s are gone.