Today, I asked Flossie Zumama, our dear and wonderful employee (who keeps me, the friary and business offices in good order), to sit awhile and tell me how things had gone since the previous Thursday after leaving the premises early that morning for public transportation (in a 12 passenger van) to Impendla, a Zulu area […]
From 2003 Visit
On 11/21 five of us concelebrate at funeral of an Augustinian, Sister Christopher. The Mass was reflective and reverent. Sister Francis, the Superior was not up to saying a few personal words at the end, as she was fearful of breaking down. The casket was of plain, unfinished pine. […]
From a 2003 Visit:
We’re now back in Kloof for a lovely luncheon and a bottle of Augustinian wine. Off to the Friary (a fifteen minute ride) and back again for the 6:00 o’clock Mass which incidentally, is of the same style as our own 5:30 Mass. A table is set-up outside the front […]
From a 2003 Visit:
Last Sunday we drove to Our Lady of Mercy Church in Kloof Natal from the Friary, a 15 minute drive. At homily time a layperson gave a marvelous talk on lay ministry in the Church today. He touched on an array of important works that can only be accomplished with […]
From a 2003 Visit:
By the time you read this column on Sunday, I’ll now have been in South Africa, ten days. We were delayed in New York Wednesday night because of an engine problem and finally touched down in Durban on Friday. It is a beautiful time of the year – spring. […]