South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA

SIYAKWEMUKELA!

Mariannhill
Provincial Superior
Sr Mary Mary Helen Gumede

As the cradle of our Congregation, South Africa is the only country where we have two provinces, Mariannhill and Eastern Cape, with a total of 174 Sisters.

Abbot Francis started our Congregation when he saw the great need of education for women and girls. From the time of our foundation in 1885 education, pastoral and medical work have been our main focus. Even today we are still greatly involved in education, health, social and pastoral ministries.

Eastern Cape
Provincial Superior
Sr. Fidelis Mary Mabhulu

In Eastern Cape, we have ten communities and serve in three Dioceses: Mthatha Diocese, Queenstown Diocese and Kokstad Diocese. It was in Mthatha that our first local Sisters entered our congregation over 80 years ago.

In Mariannhill, we have six communities serving in the Dioceses of Mariannhill and Umzimkulu.

Leadership Team of the Eastern Cape Province (2021 – 2025)

As we step into the Jubilee Year from December 2024 to 2025,
let us invite God the Holy Spirit to enable us to be real pilgrims of Hope
in our communities and among the people we serve.

Father in heaven,
may the faith you have given us
in your son, Jesus Christ, our brother,
and the flame of charity enkindled
in our hearts by the Holy Spirit,
reawaken in us the blessed hope
for the coming of your Kingdom.

May your grace transform us
into tireless cultivators of the seeds of the Gospel.
May those seeds transform from within both humanity
and the whole cosmos
in the sure expectation
of a new heaven and a new earth,
when, with the powers of Evil vanquished,
your glory will shine eternally.

May the grace of the Jubilee
reawaken in us, Pilgrims of Hope,
a yearning for the treasures of heaven.
May that same grace spread
the joy and peace of our Redeemer
throughout the earth.
To you our God, eternally blessed,
be glory and praise for ever.
Amen (more…)

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