Mercy House

[...] Mercy House is updating its website just when church readings present us with the beautiful parable of the “ [...]

[...]  THE PRIVILEGE AND JOY OF SERVING In the last Mercy House update, in his reflection, Father Jeremias referred to our benefactors and co-workers, stating [...]

[...] of our deceased Vanneaux, visited South Africa to pay a tribute to his son, and stayed at Mercy House with us - where Vanneaux used to live.  It was a privilege to have him and he is seen in the [...]

[...] BEAUTIFUL FOR CHRISTMAS It was Bertraud, seen in the photo,and Fabi, who offered to repaint Mercy House in December. Bertraud Fabi Zeng, seen mowing the lawn, and several others, joined in making our [...]

[...] Tish will be sorely missed.... She and her husband, Peter, have been an integral part of our Mercy work and we will not be able to fill the huge vacuum that is left behind. .We thank her husband, [...]

[...] baptize his child. as the pictures show. We praise the Lord for his tremendous blessings on our Mercy work. [...]

[...] the park.  We pray for her speedy recovery and deeply appreciate her enormous commitment to our Mercy work. THREE CHEERS FOR ALL OUR LOYAL ST RICHARDS SUPPORTERS On 12 August, our loyal team of Mercy [...]

[...] farewell lunch to thank our beloved Sister Fidelis for her 10 years of total dedication to our Mercy work. They extended an open invitation to all our Mercy House residents who were well represented [...]

[...] DRC in 2001. He was around 7 or 8 years old at the time. This picture shows John in 2001 with Sister Fidelis, shortly after he had been placed at Mercy House by the United Nations High Commission for [...]

[...] , Rivonia, Knights, Operation Snowball, Dave McCallum, Tish, Peter and Michael Holding, Sister Fidelis, Kevin Eales, Rosemary Benjamin, and past volunteers from overseas: Kasia now working for the [...]

[...] God bless our Moise. Attending the birthday party From left to right: Ms Rosemary Benjamin, Sister Fidelis, Ms Tish Holding and a visitor, Ruth, from New York. Unexpected visitor was TIGER, Jacinto's [...]

[...] on a relationship with a giant personality: the feisty, fearless FLYING NUN! Our beloved Sister Fidelis, faithful as the mountains, which  her name indicates, has worked with tremendous dedication [...]

[...] With joy a group from Mercy House went to wish Father Jeremias a happy birthday on 27 October.  In the photo above we see Yuri wishing Father, whilst Father [...]

[...] and Angela , Judy and Alphie Dumbutshena after Holy Mass We were privileged to have Father Jeremias of the Comboni Fathers to offer this Holy Mass for us.  Christmas was the crowning [...]

[...] support and prayers for many more prosperous years and many vocations! In the photos we see Father Jeremias,. provincial, Father Fabio, the mission superior, the mission sister, Diana and David who [...]

[...] First our thanks goes to Father Jeremias, Comboni Provincial, for his on-going encouragement and support, to Mrs Rosemary Benjamin who [...]

[...] is specialising in gynaecology. Burundian Shadadi, is currently studying to be a Clinical Medical Practitioner at Wits Medical school. Sudanese orphan Felix, is currently doing a 4 year degree at [...]

[...] he has now been accepted to study for a degree at Wits Medical School to qualify as a Clinical Medical Practitioner. What is more, he has had the very great good fortune and blessing of being able to [...]

[...] respectively. On 10 December Shadadi graduated from Wits Medical School as a Clinical Medical Practitioner. Kenny passed his matric with a distinction in Business Studies and is hoping [...]

[...] words: Commitment is always rewarded… Dibaba DIBABA was selected last year for a Richard Branson bursary, to study for one year at Stowe, a very good private school in the Uk. It was a [...]

[...] excellent private school, called Stowe, in England, starting in September. It is a Richard Branson bursary received through his Dominican Convent school in Belgravia. The photo shows Dibaba [...]

[...] BREEZED IN FROM THE UK! To the great joy of everyone, our beloved Dibaba, who is on a Richard Branson Bursary at Stowe School in the UK, was given the opportunity by his sponsor to come home for [...]

[...] from the ensemble a sound that was truly wonderful. Meeting Mr Mike Thiel principal of Dominican Convent School The second memorable event was a visit to the Dominican Convent School. This excellent, [...]

[...] show. Dreams do come true… Our much-loved ZENG has just completed his matric at Dominican Convent School where he has produced art which is outstanding. In Grade 10 he won a national [...]

[...] a wonderful experience for him, which he certainly merited and we are most grateful to Dominican Convent School for giving him this opportunity. We Got Talent Zeng Our Grade 10 Dominican Convent [...]

[...] very sincerely for their dedication and loyalty to us, in particular,  Penny and Mick Finn,Judy McGregor, John Frost, Gerald Farrell and Father Kieron. May you be rewarded for your tremendous help... [...]

[...] ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­We Got Friends A huge big thank you to Mick and Penny Finn and Judy McGregor in the UK, who held a luncheon on 3 August to raise money for Mercy House. [...]

[...] above shows them when they started with us in 2001 on the occasion of the visit of Judy and Gerald McGregor who now spearhead the group at St Richards in the UK that raises money for our Mercy work [...]

[...] Alex and  Anja in Germany, not to mention our wonderful overseas Mercy Team: Judy and Gerald McGregor, John Frost, Mick and Penny Finn, Stefan Bartkowiac of British Airways and Art and [...]

[...] Attending the birthday party From left to right: Ms Rosemary Benjamin, Sister Fidelis, Ms Tish Holding and a visitor, Ruth, from New York. Unexpected visitor was TIGER, Jacinto's puppy and   [...]

[...] to report the ill health of one of the pillars of Mercy House, management team member, Ms Tish Holding. In the photo she is shown enjoying one of our picnics at the park.  We pray for her [...]

[...] Michael Jacobus and Innocentia were sent to us by Father Jeremias, Comboni Provincial. And what a blessing. Michael started helping us in December 2014 and we have kept him very [...]

[...] First our thanks goes to Father Jeremias, Comboni Provincial, for his on-going encouragement and support, to Mrs Rosemary Benjamin who supports our [...]