SISTERS ABIZERAMARIYA B.P. 110 BUTARE / RWANDA

Abizeramariya

About Abizeramaryia

10 October 2025

Abizeramaryia

(Those who hope in Mary)

 

„Whatever you did for one of the least of these

brothers and sisters of Mine, you did for Me” (Mt 25,40).

 

 

Abizeramaryia

 

It is these words from the Gospel according to St. Matthew(Mt 25,40) became the leaven thanks to which our order was created. Our founder, the first Rwandan Catholic Bishop Raphael Sekamonyo, based our charism on words from the Gospel, on April 26, 1956, founded the Order of Abizeramaryia. The name of our congregation in Kinyarwanda means those who hope in Mary.


The headquarters of the order is in Rwanda, a country marked by the seal of great suffering. It is here that we try to help those in need. People who often have nothing. Rwanda continues to struggle with widespread poverty and unemployment, especially in the provinces. We try to be wherever there lonely and suffering people are.

 

In Rwanda, we have 23 religious houses in 7 dioceses: Butuare, Kabgayi, Kigali, Kibungo, Byumba, Ruhengeri and Nyundo. Our founder, Bishop Sekamonyo, chose today's Gisagara parish in the Diocese of Butuare in the south of the country as the first seat of the Order. Also today, this is where our Mother General resides. This is also where our novitiate is located. Currently, our congregation has 205 sisters and 16 novices. We also have 9 postulants preparing for the novitiate and 8 women aspiring to join our Order.

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Our charism

 

Our congregation was established to help those in need, especially the elderly and the lonely. We help, among others by social support for those living in poverty. We support those in need both spiritually and physically. The Order also cares for orphans, widows and all the abandoned. We help women who have lost their destiny somewhere along the way of their life to find the right path.

 

We run health centers and provide catechization in parishes with particular emphasis on young people. We try to carry our care wherever disease and poverty hinder our functioning. Drawing from our loves for the Immaculate Mary, we bring hope for a better life to all those in need.

 

 

Contact:

Abizeramaryia adress:

SISTERS ABIZERAMARIYA

B.P. 110 BUTARE / RWANDA

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