We could not believe our own ears when Johan Viljoen, the project manager of the AIDS Secretariat of the South African Catholic Bishops' Conference, called us in September 2003 to say that the…
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Recognition of non-profit status:
Another milestone last year was the recognition of Blessed Gérard's Care and Social Centre as a charitable not-for-profit organisation.
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At the end of the Holy Mass, Bishop Mansuet blessed the new building for Blessed Gérard's Children's Home.
Finally, Bishop Biyase blessed the new rooms for Blessed Gérard's Children's Home.
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Inauguration of the extension of Blessed Gérard's Hospice on Sunday 15 December 2002 in Mandeni, South Africa.
At the end of the Mass, Bishop Mansuet blessed the extension of Blessed Gérard's…
Blessed Gérard's Church got a new cross:
The corpus is the work of Bernard Gcwensa and was given to us by Inkamana Abbey.
Gerrit Booysen made a Maltese cross out of wood and mounted the corpus on it.
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On 25 April 2002 a separate legal entity was established under the title "Blessed Gérard's Care Centre".
It combines Blessed Gérard's Hospice, Blessed Gérard's Children's Home, Blessed Gérard's Senior…
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AIDS
Here in Germany, the deadly immunodeficiency is hardly ever talked about. In Africa, however, it is devastating an entire continent. In South Africa, almost a thousand people die every week as a…
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Khululiwe is only 15 when she becomes a mother. Particularly tragic: the young woman is already infected with the deadly HIV virus and so her baby is also born with the deadly pathogen. See now the…
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The Blessed Gerhard Nursing and Hospice Centre receives beds from the USA. Brendon Beaumont, Sebastian Hofmann, Nkosinathi Dlamini (in the truck), Fr Gerhard and some helpers unloading the beds in…
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The fate of many children in the greater Mandeni area who have been neglected, abandoned, abused and mistreated or orphaned (especially because their parents died of AIDS), made the Brotherhood of…
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