By Cindy Wooden – While most of the work at a religious order’s general headquarters continues in lockdown, a group of Missionary Sisters Servants of the Holy Spirit found an additional activity where they could...
by Kilian SC · Published February 18, 2020 · Last modified February 14, 2020
After 52 years in South Africa, the former provincial superior of the Pallottine Missionary Sisters has returned to Germany. St Joseph’s Home for chronically ill children in Montana, Cape Town, said a special farewell...
A former South Africa-based priest has been elected provincial of his congregation for Germany. Fr Christoph Eisentraut, 59, was elected at the chapter of the Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries (CMM) in Würzburg, Bavaria. Fr...
Church / Religious Life / Sydney Duval
by Admin · Published February 6, 2020 · Last modified January 30, 2020
By Sydney Duval – At the centre of liturgical and community life in Holy Trinity church at Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, was Franciscan Nardini Sister Sola Schaumann celebrating her 100th birthday. Sr Sola’s Nardini companions, the hierarchy,...
By Cindy Wooden – Sexual abuse and the abuse of authority have occurred and are occurring within religious orders of women and must be addressed with transparency and boldness, said Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz,...
By Mandla Zibi – A total of 490 years of combined religious service were celebrated in Mthatha at the jubilees of ten Missionary Sisters of the Precious Blood. Celebrating their diamond jubilees (60 years) were...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Tamar SC · Published January 21, 2020 · Last modified January 20, 2020
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,...
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...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Admin · Published November 27, 2019 · Last modified November 25, 2019
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...
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...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Caleb SC · Published November 17, 2019 · Last modified November 14, 2019
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,...
Church / Death / Religious Life
by Tamar SC · Published November 17, 2019 · Last modified November 14, 2019
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,...
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