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Extensions to A tour through the completed building The great day: 22 June 2008 Blessing and opening of the extensions 18 June 2008 17 June 2008 5 June 2008 |
4 June 2008: Marisa Wilke, the ARV Project-Manager of CRS, pays us a visit introducing her new co-workers Tony Linden, Marelize de Bruin and Hennie Trollip. Tony Linden developed a very useful Coputer Programme for the organisation of the AIDS treatment programme, wich will be enormously helpful to us.
5 June 2008: The occupancy of our Children's
Home had reached an all-times-high of 44: The house of
this family had burnt down. The parents found shelter with relatives but they
had no space for the children. The three children really
enjoyed spending three days with their class-mates, as they go to school
together with some of the children of our Children's Home.
5 - 9 June 2008: The director of the Department for Mission and
global church affairs of the Diocese of Hildesheim / Germany Mr. Poddig
and Dr. Lokhande from the Institute of
Mission Science in Aachen / Germany paid us a visit to meet Deacon Thomas Müller
and his wife Angelika at their place of deployment as they had been commissioned
for their three year voluntary service in our Care Centre by the Diocese of
Hildesheim. There was lots of mutual enthusiasm between them and us:
Hildesheim admires our work and we are very impressed by the
professionalism and by the true interest of our visitors.
5 June 2008: Council Meeting of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard and Blessed Gérard's Care-Zentrum.
6 June 2008: It is accomplished: The construction work of the major Extensions to Blessed Gérard's Care Centre have reached practical completion. The building contractor hands the building over offially.
7 June 2008: It is with great joy that we participate in the
Episcopal Ordination of the
new head of our Diocese of Eshowe, Bishop Xolelo Thaddeus Kumalo. We reander
the First Aid Service for the celebrations.
17 June 2008: Caroline Beaumont takes part in a fundraising workshop of the Hospice Association in Durban.
22 June 2008: The Solemnity of St. John the Baptist
2008: Our new Bishop Xolelo Kumalo
blesses the Extensions of our Care Centre and we welcome him wholeheartedly. The
new members are solemnly received into our Brotherhood. The President's Award of
the Brotherhood of Blessed
Gérard for 2008 is presented to Deacon Thomas
and Mrs. Angelika Müller. We
commemorate 15 years of service of Blessed
Gérard's Relief Fund,
Blessed Gérard’s Bursary Fund,
Blessed Gérard's Malnutrition
Clinic - Feeding Scheme for malnourished infants and
Blessed Gérard's Friendship Club - A social
club for the aged
26 June 2008: Johan Viljoen, the Project-Coordinator of the HAART Programme of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference pays us a visit to audit the proper administration of our HAART Programme.
28 June 2008: Children from Blessed Gérard's Children's Home make an outing
to the "Mandawe Cross" a Catholic Church which is a landmark in the Eshowe
area.
29 June 2008: Our member Abbot Gottfried Sieber OSB celebrates the 40th anniversary of his missionary assignment.
