Sr Brenda Nestor OP Rest in Peace
By Sr Alison Munro OP – Dominican Sister Brenda Nestor, formerly of Johannesburg and Mthatha, died in England on December 21 at the age of 95. Born in County Mayo, Ireland, on March 20,...
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Dominican Sister Ferdinand Robecke Rest in Peace
Sr Helen Veronica Wagner OP- Oakford Dominican Sister Ferdinand Robecke died on November 7 at the age of 90. Born on August 29, 1929, in Sassenburg in the diocese of Münster, Germany, and baptised...
Salesian Father Eugene Hennessy Rest in Peace
By Fr Jeffrey Johnson SDB – Salesian Father Eugene Hennessy died on September 12 at the Bosco Centre in Walkerville outside Johannesburg. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, on February 19, 1933, to Michael...
New OMI Head for Lesotho!
By Fr Julius Ramashamole OMI – The superior-general of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate has appointed Fr Mothusi Sidney Boatile OMI, 37, as the administrator of Lesotho province. This comes after incumbent Fr...
Br Martin Thompson OFM Rest in Peace
By Paddy Noonan OFM – Franciscan Brother Martin Thompson died on September 29 in Ireland. He was born as George Thompson in Dublin on November 4, 1934, and after his education at Belvedere College,...
Augustinian Sister Mary Carmel Collins Rest in Peace
By Shirley Juan – Sister Mary Carmel Collins of Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal, died on September 18 at the age of 88. Born Mary Philomena Collins on August 9, 1931, in Castlehaven in County Cork, Ireland,...
Sr Regina Giwu OP Rest in Peace
Dominican Sister Regina Giwu of King William’s Town died on September 19 at 90. Born on August 14, 1929, and named Elizabeth, she was the second-last of the eight children of Pearce and Wilhelmina...
Sent to South Africa by ‘The Voice’
Precious Blood Sister Maria Corda Waldhoer recalls her vocation story: I was born in rural Austria on July 25, 1940, at the beginning of World War II. My father was at that time already...
A Day in The Life of a Religious Sister
What happens in the daily life of a religious Sister. Sr Ann-Marie Nichols of Cape Town tells of her day as a Schoenstatt Sister. Many ask: What do you do? What do Sisters do? What does...
Celebration for Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus!
The Augustinian Sisters of the Mercy of Jesus celebrated the religious profession of their sisters at St John’s parish in Estcourt, KwaZulu-Natal. Sr Nontobeko Buthelezi (left), who professed her first vows, and Sr Vumile...
Nuns Release Spiritual Mandala in Call to Unity after Xenophobic Attacks
By Sheila Pires & Erin Carelse – A group of Southern African nuns from different congregations has released a graphic mandala — a circular spiritual design — in response to the recent violence, disrespect for...
Young Woman Welder is Moulding Next Generation
Innocentia Vilakazi, a facilitator at the Salesians’ Don Bosco Educational Projects (DBEP) in Ennerdale, Johannesburg, is among a small cohort of women welders in South Africa — thanks to God. She qualified in 2013...
