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celebrated its 10th anniversary on 4 January 2003.

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celebrated its 10th anniversary on 3 February 2003.

- Feeding Scheme for malnourished infants celebrated its 10th anniversary on 15 March 2003.

- A social club for the aged celebrated its 10th anniversary on 15 May 2003. celebrated its 10th anniversary on 1 June 2003. celebrated her 10th anniversary of joining our brotherhood on 25 August 2003 and was awarded a jubilee certificate for her long service.

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After looking for a registered nurse for our hospice for 4 ½ years, Heaven had st mercy on us and sent us Sr. Fidelia Wilp O.P. on 1 November 2003.

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Sr. Fidelia is a Dominican Sister of Oakford and has many years of experience as matron of Osindisweni Hospital and St. Francis Care Centre in Boksburg.

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Sr. Fidelia holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of South Africa and a diploma in Clinical Care, Administration and Instruction of the South African Nursing Council. She is qualified and registered with the South African Nursing Council as a general nurse and midwife.

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This story is true and Sduduzo is still with us (see picture at the right), but all names have been changed for confidentiality reasons to protect the privacy of the people concerned.

We welcome you wholeheartedly. You are a blessing to us and we wish you Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s richest blessings, too.

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We welcome Luca Lawitschka into the world. She was born on 18 February 2003 and our active member Miriam Lawitschka and her husband Alex are overjoyed.

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Our active member Lillian Molloy celebrated her 50th birthday on 27 September 2003. Lillian came to us already twice all the way from England to train our active members in First Aid and she is very busy and successful in fundraising for us in the U.K. Thank you so much!

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Our Spiritual Supporter and second oldest member of the Brotherhood of Blessed GĂŠrard, Father Heribert Ruf O.S.B. of Inkamana Abbey, celebrated his 90th birthday on 11 April 2003. (

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Our active member Navin Naidoo was married to Yamantha Reddy on 12 July 2003 at Tongaat.

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Our Spiritual Supporter member Father Herfried Holzgassner O.S.B. of Twasana celebrated his 65th jubilee of monastic profession on 8 September 2003.

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Our Spiritual Supporter member Sr. Eobarda Ries O.F.M. from Nardini Convent in Nkandla celebrated her 40th jubilee of religious profession on 27 September 2003. It was a special honour for us that she invited Fr. Gérard to be the main celebrant and homilist for the occasion.

Our active members Dr. Andreas Heinze and Martine Sutter married on 4 October 2003.

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Our member Rev. Sr. Benedicta Nzimande O.S.B. was elected Vicaress (i.e. the Deputy of the Prioress General) of the Twasana Sisters on 3 January 2003. We pray for her and wish her God's blessings for her term of office.

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Our Spiritual Supporter member Giacomo Beschi was ordained a priest on 7 June 2003 at Milan in Italy.

Our Spiritual Supporter member Thomas Graf von Rechberg was ordained a priest on 29 June 2003 at Munich in Germany. He celebrated a solemn Holy Mass with the parish of Jesenwang on 6 July 2003 and donated the plate collection to the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard.

Our members Manfred Schulz M.A. and Dr. Uwe Bernzen were awarded the Federal Cross of Merit (Bundesverdienstkreuz) by the Federal Republic of Germany.

8 Our member Bishop Dr. Mansuet Dela Biyase had to undergo a triple bypass operation on his heart on 19 May 2003.

The operation went well. Fr. Gérard visited him on 25 May 2003 at the Cardiac High Care Ward of Entabeni Hospital in Durban and told him about the good wishes, which some of our members had sent in response to our email asking for prayers. Father Bishop was very pleased and grateful.

After recuperating very slowly at home Fr. Bishop went overseas to Germany and returned on 15 October 2003 in a critical condition. He was re-admitted at Entabeni Hospital and had a pacemaker implanted. He is still quite weak, but improving. Kindly include him in your prayers!

Our Spiritual Supporter member Father Albert Herold O.S.B. of Mtunzini celebrated his 50th anniversary of missionary assignment on 14 May 2003.

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Our Spiritual Supporter member Abbot Willibrord van Rompaey O.S.B. had to spend several weeks in hospital when he was on home leave in Belgium, but could return now to Inkamana Abbey. We wish him God’s blessings for a speedy recovery.

Our member Marc Nicolin wrote on 25 January 2003: "I was diagnosed with Terminal Cancer of the throat, Tumours on the brain and in my Lungs, But Praise God. My chemotherapy has reversed the Cancer and it has gone into remission."

Please include him in your very special prayers!

Our active member Leon Kalkwarf, the architect who had designed the original building of Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre, was married to Joanne Airey on 19 April 2003 in Westville.

8 Our active member Hlengiwe Majota died during childbirth on 17 September 2003.

Our member Margaret Hawthorn senior died on 2 August 2003 at the blessed age of 94.

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We have been acknowledged by the South African Revenue Services (SARS).

If you live in South Africa: You may make a donation directly into our banking account.

Our banking details are as follows:

A further milestone of the past year was the acknowledgement of and the as public benefit organisations operated not for profit.

Name of Account: Type of account: Bank: Account number: Branch: Branch code:

Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre Current Account First National Bank 529 4004 0349 Mandini 220 429

Please ensure that you put your personal details on the deposit or send the information directly to us, so that we can acknowledge and assign your donation properly.

The most convenient solution for both sides would be if you organised a stop order on your account, if you want to donate regularly.

If you live in the USA: Thanks to the generosity of the Benedictine Mission House in Schuyler, Nebraska, we can now offer you a convenient way of making donations towards our work, inside the United States, with the possibility of declaring your donation on your tax return.

Cheques should be made out to "Benedictine Mission House" with a remark "Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard" (Please do not forget this!)

These should then be sent to: Benedictine Mission House · P. O. Box 528 · Schuyler, Nebraska 68661 People who have made a donation of more than $200 will receive a tax certificate immediately from the Mission House and donors of smaller amounts would receive one at the end of the tax year, if they want to declare their donations on their tax returns.

If you live in Canada: Make out a check to the “Order of Malta”, mark it “for the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard” and send it to: Order of Malta 1247 Kilborn Place Ottawa ON K1H 6K9 You will receive a Canadian tax receipt for the full amount.

If you live in Great Britain / United Kingdom: 1. You may send a cheque: Any cheques sent must have the payee name: “BASMOM (BBG) Fund” (a fund of BASMOM, Charity No. 227994) and to be sent to this address: The Hospitaller BASMOM · Mantle Hill · Bellingham · Hexham · Northumberland NE48 2LB 2. You may deposit your donation directly into the banking account of the BASMOM and mark it for the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard: Name of Account: BASMOM Emergency Fund Bank: LloydsTSB Account number: 00872754 Branch: Bellingham Branch Branch code: (30-94-19) , being a public benefit organisation in terms of section 30 of the Income Tax Act, has also been approved on 2 July 2003 by the South African Revenue Services (SARS) for purposes of section 18A(1)(a) of the Income Tax Act, i.e. donations to are tax deductible in the hands of the donors in terms of and subject to the limitations prescribed in section 18A of the Income Tax Act and donations to Blessed Gérard’s Care Centre are exempt from donations tax in terms of section 56(1)(h) of the Income Tax Act. [Reference 18/11/13/2777]

3. In any case, please make a Gift Aid Declaration.

You will find a form online at http://bbg.org.za/giftaid.pdf

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This means that now we can issue South African donors with tax receipts for their donations, which they can use for tax deduction from the SARS.

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For donations of R500.00 and above we will issue such a receipt automatically.

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