Butende
Location
Official Name Abbey O.L. of Praise
N° 41
Country Uganda
City Masaka
Address P.O. Box 660 - Butende
Contact Information
Telephone [256] 0481432099
Community Email [email protected]
Superior Mother Jane Mary Cherotich, Abbess 2021-2027
Other Information
Juridical Status Abbey
Diocese Dioecesis Masakuensis (Masaka)
OCSO Region RAFMA
Founded/Restored 1964
Origins
Founded by Berkel (Arnhem); Erected as an abbey August 1971.
History
In 1964, 13 nuns were sent by Berkel to begin the foundation of Butende, and because the name Butende means “praise” the new monastery took the name Our Lady of Praise. The founders lodged at first at the parish house, then in 1966 moved into the monastery which had taken much effort to construct and began to organize a way to earn their living: a farm and cultivation of crops. They also had a small dispensary for emergency care, since the nearest hospital was 16 km away.
Vocations came, and the Sacred Congregation for Religious authorized canonical erection as an abbey by bull July 10, 1971.
Father Immediate
Tilburg (until 1971); Victoria
Past Superiors
Ida WITKAM — Superior — 1964 – 1969
Nicolette DE GROOT — Superior — 1969 – 1971; Abbess — 26/08/1971 – 1995
Kisito NAKIYINGI — Abbess —26/08/1995 – 26/08/2001
Agatha NYIRAMUGISHA BAZIAKA — Sup.ad nutum — 11/12/2001 – 21/05/2003
Scholastica MUSIIMENTA — Sup. ad nutum — 21/05/2003 – 16/08/2004
Thérèse KIPLAGAT CHEPTOO — Abbess — 16/08/2004 – 31/08/2008
Agatha NYIRAMUGISHA — Abbess — 14/10/2008 – 2014
Augustine KANYESIGY — Abbess — 28/01/2015 – 28/01/2021
Work and Sources of Income
Farm with 40 milk cows. Piggery of 15 sows and boars, Banana plantation, Sewing e.g. cassocks and clerical shirts, a new piece of land for our food supply, Aloe Vera cream.
Guest Facilities
30 rooms, annex 4 rooms + a small living room.
