Sr Fortunata Makwaba Makes Her First Vows

Due to Covid-19, it was an empty church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Thokoza, Johannesburg archdiocese, when Sr Fortunata Makwaba made her first vows as a Franciscan Servants of the Holy Child of Jesus (or Holy Childhood) Sister.

Born VanessaReanetse Makwaba, she hails from Thokoza and was an active member of the Sodality of the Children of Mary and the parish’s youth choir, under the guidance of Fr Bernard Tente Sompane SCJ.

She credits her mother, Susan Makwaba, for who she has become. Sr Fortunata is currently stationed in Mbongolwane in the diocese of Eshowe.


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