Our History

Our History

African Benedictine Sisters Of our Lady Help of Christian Kawekamo Mwanza was founded after the late Pope St. John Paul II Visitation on 4th September 1990, by the late, Archbishop Anthony Mayala. It is a branch from the African Benedictine Sisters of Our Lady Help of Christians Ndanda Mtwara – Tanzania under the Umbrella of the same Mother General Sr. M. Auxilia Hokororo OSB. The First profession was held in 20th February 1998 with a total number of three Sisters followed by the perpetual vows in the year 2007 the same Sisters. Our Charism is to incarnate Christ to all Mankind through Catechizing, Nursing the sick and marginalized groups, teaching schools of different levels and capacity building to women in the rural settings. Currently, the congregation has a total number of 12 Candidates, 12 Postulants, 14 Novices, 47 temporally professed Sisters and 45 Perpetual Sisters.