HISTORY OF THE CONGREGATION

The Congregation of the Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel was founded by Most Rev. Dr. Michael Olatunji Fagun, the Catholic Bishop of Ekiti on the 6th of November 1986. The reason the foundation of the Sisters of St. Michael the Archangel are twofold; they are first for evangelization through enculturation as the best missionary to evangelize a people are those with full knowledge and cultural background of the evangelized; second is to bring the faith into the fibre of the people’s existence so as to form the fabric of their life, with the faith well woven into their culture, from where a new Christian culture would emerge.
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The Congregation began with 10 indigenes as the foundation members with the responsibility of formation reposed on the congregation of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus sisters because of the cultural affiliation. This was successfully accomplished under the guidance and supervision of Rev. Mother Mary Clare Idahosa, who diligently provided personnel for formation. The postulate and Novitiates were both situated in Maria Assumpta Hospital premises until recently when the postulate had move to Orin Ekiti, open of the local villages of Ekiti Diocese.
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Within the last twenty years we have witnessed a tremendous growth in every aspect of our existence. The first General Chapter of the congregation took place in 1995 as SS Peter and Paul major Seminary where the first Superior general Sr. Catherine Ajoke Oluyemo was elected with others as counselor, their tenure was five years. Within in those five years, on the 22nd of February 1999 the congregation was canonically erected at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Ado Ekiti by the father founder and the Metropolitan Archbishop of Ibadan province, Archbishop Felix Alaba Job after a canonical approval from the institute of consecrated and apostolic life in Rome. This has been followed by another two very successful chapters.
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The Generalate is situated beside St. Fidelis Catholic Church, Ado Ekiti and for about 10 year we have been blessed with a group of lay people who share our life and spirituality and who also support the mission, apostolate and the activity of the congregation. They are called the Michaelian family.

CHARISM

To make the Catholic faith take firm roots in our environs and grow into the fibres people’s cultures and daily experiences.

St. Michael is one of the principal angels; his name was the war-cry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against the enemy and his followers. He has been especially honored and invoked as patron and protector by the Church from the time of the Apostles.