Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

Chronicle of June 2005

1.6.2005: Clare Kalkwarf attends a CATHCA Board of Management Meeting in Johannesburg.

1.6.2005: Our active member Father Severin Pschorn O.S.B. suffers his fifth heart attack.

2.6.2005: Farewell from our sewing teacher Mrs. Florence Mdletshe from Blessed Gérard's Community Development Centre and welcome to the new sewing teacher Mrs. Mkhize.

6.6.2005: Our active member Father Severin Pschorn O.S.B. undergoes heart surgery (stent) at Entabeni Hospital in Durban.

7.6.2005: Presentation about the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard to Renè Grobler and the AIDS Committee of SAPPI Kraft factory of Mandeni.

8.6.2005: Our active member Father Severin Pschorn O.S.B. is transferred to Blessed Gérard's Care Centre as a patient.

9.6.2005: Floor tiles in bathrooms of Blessed Gérard's Children's Home re-done.

16.6.2005: Farewell of principal caregiver Sandy Porter of Blessed Gérard's Children's Home and welcome of Susanne Stauffer as the new principal caregiver.

17.6. - 9.7.2005: Piers Birtwistle from the British Association of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (BASMOM) and our honorary dedicated member Lillian Molloy come to Blessed Gérard's Care Centre to volunteer.

20.6.- 8.7.2005: Lillian Molloy teaches two First Aid Courses to our active members.

24.6.2005: Departure of Bernadette Kußmann.

24.6. - 9.7.2005: Maximilian and Gabriele Rauecker from Traunstein/Germany come back to visit Blessed Gérard's Care Centre.

25.6.2005: Priestly Ordination of our Spiritual Supporter Member Father Alois Sipho Zikhali O.F.M. at Vanderbijlpark.

26.6.2005: We celebrate St. John's Feast, where Maximilian and Gabriele Rauecker are invested as Honorary Dedicated Members of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard.