The Congregation of Sisters of Mary of Kakamega (SMK) is of Diocesan rite with it's motherhouse in Mukumu in the Diocese of Kakamega. The Congregation was started by the late Bishop Brandsma, a Mill Hill Missionary in 1932 in the Diocese of Kakamega in Kenya. He requested the help of the Ursuline Sisters from Bergen-Holland as to assist with the religious formation of the African girls who wished to become sisters. Some of these young girls were also trained as religious nuns to help other girls and women to learn to be self-sufficient in order to enhance and improve their standards of living.The Congregation came into existence as a result of the Mill Hill Missionary work and evangelization in western Kenya. The Mill Bishops, Fathers and Brothers have played an important role in the birth and growth of our institute.The Ursuline sisters of Berglam were our formators.The stem work of the congregation was spear headed by Msgr. Gorgonius Brandsma as our founder.
He was born in the year 1874 in Bergon. He was the Bishop of Kisumu Diocese.He founded the Sisters of Mary of Kakamega in the year 1932 with Its mother-house erected in mukumu. He died in the year 1935 and buried at St. Marys Boys in Yala.
Sharing in the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ the great teacher and healer.
Inspired by Saint Augustine, we pursue interiority, communal life, and the restless search for God.
We envision a world renewed by the Gospel, where communities live in truth, justice and charity.
