It is under the responsibility of the Clarist Franciscan Missionaries of the Most Blessed Sacrament who have had their mission in Gabú since 1996.
The armed conflict from June 1998 to May 1999, which caused very serious problems for the Guinean population, mainly affected women and children. There was a high infant mortality rate due to severe malnutrition.

We, the Sisters of the Mother Seraphina Community, in our quest to help the women of the village to survive, work on sewing and making bags for them to sell, as well as repairing their own clothes. We accompany the Family Group of the parish of Santo Antonio in Safim and the Community of Santo Agostinho in Háfia, with guidance on retreats, talks, organisation and restructuring of the groups in the communities – in the villages and at the parish headquarters. Some requests are made by the parish to us Sisters, such as guiding retreats and talks for young people and teenagers.

We began our day with adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament, followed by the prayer of Lauds, seeking strength and inspiration so that throughout the day we could live according to God’s heart, loving and serving our brothers and sisters.
This year our St Clare Community in Gabú was renewed with Sisters Florinda Costa and Sá, who returned to Guinea-Bissau after a period in the Venezuelan Mission.
Adriana Fonseca de Alcântara joined the new group and Sister Florinda took over the Nutritional Recovery Centre (C.R.N.) where malnourished mothers and children are received for nutritional awareness and accompaniment.

Our main apostolate here is school. Though we had only 60 students when we took up the school, now the strength has gone up to 150. It was only up to class V but we have now up to class VIII. As a whole we find lot of improvement in our staff and the students. We instruct them in the rudiments of health and hygiene.
Since July 2017, we have another apostolate, which is medical. Even though our dispensary is still under construction, attends people who come to take medicine and seek her advice. It treats people with both allopathic and herbal medicines.