In the Footsteps of our Pioneers 2017'

by Missionary BenedictineJune 03, 20210 Comments

 

NEWS BRIEF – Part One, The Dar Experiences


Six team members and nineteen participants arrived in Dar es Salaam from thirteen priories and Generalate District Houses: Rome, Tutzing, Peramiho, Ndanda, Olinda, Manila, Daegu, Seoul, Nairobi, Argentina, Windhoek/Jinja, Angola, India and Israel (The Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Olivet were invited send a participant).

Sr. Veronica Prieto from Argentina served as translator-companion for our sisters from Brazil and Angola, while Sr. Lioba Yang from Ndanda Priory was the translatorcompanion for our sisters from South Korea.


In the Footsteps of our Pioneers” Participants at the shrine at Pugu


 In the chapel where Sr. Martha and Bro. Petrus were murdered




NEWS BRIEF – Part Two, Tosamaganga, Uwemba, Peramiho


Full of energy and anticipation, we departed Dar at 4:00 a.m. on Tuesday, July 4. By mid-morning we were blessed to see many wild animals as we drove through Mikumi National Park: zebras, elephants (at a distance) giraffes, impalas, and even a warthog. 


We reached Tosamaganga about 11:30 and went first to the cemetery where three of our sisters are buried: Sr. Anna, who died from malaria on the way to her mission (not even reaching her destination alive), and Sr. Xaveria and Sr. Pia, who died of the plague in 1904.



Uwemba Our arrival in Uwemba was marked by the recent death of Sr. Marciana. None-the-less, the community gave us a hearty welcome and toured us through the health center with their expanded HIV-AIDS services and new surgery center. The infants in the orphanage were a special delight.



NEWS BRIEF – Part Three, The Ndanda Priory



 We were welcomed warmly in the Bishop’s House in Tunduru to enjoy our packed lunch. That afternoon we were vibrantly welcomed by our sisters in Ndanda.


While in Lukuledi we specially remembered our M. Birgitta who was the first superior there


N’gawa, Sr. Walburga’s memorial shrine

 I pray to God to strengthen my faith that I may follow the example of our foremothers who had never lost their hope in God and had given their lives.”






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