Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard -
Newsletter No. 26 - Blessed Gérard's Feast 2006
Anniversary Function
commemorating 10 years Blessed Gérard's Church and Blessed Gérard's Care Centre
Blessed Gérard's (roman catholic) Church in the centre and seat of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard and of Blessed Gérard's Care Centre in Mandeni, kwaZulu/Natal, South Africa. The Church, our brotherhood and all our projects are dedicated to Blessed Gérard Tonque.
Our church is the centre for the Pastoral Care for our patients and members.
The tabernacle and the (old)
cross
The Relic of Blessed Gérard
The Stained-glass-windows:
Our Lady of Philermos (left),
Baptism of Christ through St.
John the Baptist (centre) and
Blessed Gérard Tonque (right)
The corpus was carved by Bernard Gcwensa and given to us by Inkamana Abbey. Gerrit Booysen made a wooden Maltese Cross and mounted the corpus onto it. The cross was erected on 2 and 3 August 2002 and is now a most wonderful dominating feature of our church.
This page is also part of the Newsletter No. 22 of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard
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