![]() Students in Lonergan Hall with Sr. Mary Fisher This dynamic of Journey is also an experience for all as we each live our journey in a unique and very personal way. Living this experience of journey offers the opportunity of 'newness' each day. This experience of something new is certainly true as I look back over thirty years of missionary life in Africa. I never saw myself living in South Africa, nor did I see continuing my apostolate in Spirituality and Retreat Work, eventually leading to an apostolate in a seminary. BUT...God has wonderful surprises for each of us if we open ourselves to Him. Today, I am in South Africa, working as a Formator and teaching Psycho-Spiritual Development with approximately 70 students. Our students having successfully completed one year of Orientation, are studying Philosophy at St Peter's Seminary in Pretoria. It is a privilege to play a part in the formation of these students and to be part of the future of the Church in this beautiful country. Our young and not so young students come from 27 Dioceses, as well as Lesotho and Swaziland. We also have a small number from other African countries, who wish to be included within the South African Church. ![]() L_R Frs. Banzigwe Nkoze, Petrus Shiya, Raphael Mahlangu (Rector), Kurian, Ezekiel Mkhwanazi. (Staff Members) As I continue experiencing life in South Africa, the image I have is of rose buds tightly closed for centuries, their beauty, fragrance or magnificent colours not being permitted to be seen by others or even by themselves. As these rose buds continue to open, one wonders what the future holds as each racial and language group discover their own unique contribution to the African people in particular, and to the world in general.
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