Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga

The Brothers of St. Charles Lwanga are the members of a Catholic religious institute of Religious Brothers which was founded in Uganda in 1927. They are dedicated to the care of youth, traditionally through education, but they currently also serve in the areas of the care of children suffering from or orphaned due to HIV/AIDS. They follow the Ignatian spirituality. Locally they are called the Bannakaroli Brothers, so named in honor of the leader of the Martyrs of Uganda, St. Charles Lwanga.

The Brothers were founded in 1927 by Bishop Henri Streicher, M.Afr. (1863-1952),[1] the first Vicar Apostolic of Uganda.[2] He founded the Brothers under his authority to assist the mission of the Catholic Church in that nation with the education of the boys of the region. The Brothers established their motherhouse in Kiteredde, Uganda, and soon opened schools for primary and secondary education and provided vocational training.<ref name=SJ /[3]

Bannakaroli schools

Among the institutions the Brothers currently operate in Uganda are:

The Brothers now also operate in Kenya and Tanzania.[4]

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