Monastery of Our Lady of the Lake, Goma

The monastery at Goma was founded as a reponse to the call of the Church to help the missions. The Order sent out sisters, to look at places in the Congo, a former Belgian Colony. They decided on Goma and the the Bishop at that time sent them a message to come and educate the young peope of Goma. They opened a school in 1963, the Lycee Amani which continues today. After many African vocations, they opened another house in Buhimba but sadly this had to be abandoned because of the conflicts in the 1990s. From the house at Goma has now come the foundation at Burkina.