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South Africa - Benedictines de Twasana

Project 6637 - Acquisition of a tractor

At the request of Bishop Thomas Spreiter (osb), Apostolic Vicar of Eshowe, the Benedictine Missionary Sisters of Tutzing have begun to recruit local candidates to establish a local community of sisters under the rule of Saint Benedict. The first candidates were accepted on December 29, 1929. Sister Victorine Mandl, a Benedictine missionary from Tutzing, was in charge of the formation of these candidates.

Sisters TwasanaThe Propaganda Fide Congregation officially recognized the newly founded Benedictine community of African sisters in its text of December 5, 1933, which included the authorization to open a novitiate. On January 3, 1985, they elected the first superior, Sr. Johanna Ntuli, from among their own members. The parent company, Twasana, is located 80 km from Vryheid (Kwa-Zulu Natal). Next to it is a secondary school (and boarding school) for girls run by the sisters. The sisters have six other mission houses.

Many sisters have apostolates in parishes, schools. They have a farm that allows them to support themselves, but also to help the local population by offering them work or food at low prices.

The tractor used for the sisters' farm is no longer usable, as the expenses for its repairs are becoming more and more expensive. The sisters urgently need to acquire a new tractor to continue working on the farm and help the local population.

Requested amount: 15,000 euros

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