A Description of Mariannhill Province

Mariannhill Province is a Unit of the Congregation of the Missionaries of Mariannhill in South Africa. Mariannhill Province is currently under the leadership of Fr Bhekinkosi Shabalala CMM and Fr Mathew Kim CMM as the vicar. We are currently present and ministering to five dioceses and these include, Mariannhill, Durban, Umzimkhulu, Witbank and Ingwavuma Vicariate. We are also present in Mozambique particularly in Matola, Goba and Namaacha and the Mozambique community is under Fr Anselmo CMM as the superior. There are two parishes that we run in the vicariate of Ngwavuma .i.e. St, Joseph’s parish and Immaculate Conception parish. Both parishes are situated in Manguzi town which is bordering Mozambique. Fr. Mbuso Duma CMM is the parish priest of St. Joseph’s parish and the late Fr. Leonhard Mncwabe CMM was the parish priest of Immaculate Conception parish until his death. Fr. Bernard Ngidi CMM is the acting parish priest until we find a CMM priest to send there. Both parishes are in the process of building new parish houses and community centres/halls. No priests have been staying in both parishes before. So we are almost doing primary evangelization in the spirit of our CMM charism.

There are four parishes that support us financially on annual basis. These are Christ the King parish – Port Shepstone   Fr. Mthokozisi Khumalo CMM St. Catherine and Patrick in Queensburg – Frs. Alfred Igwebuike CMM and Lindelwa Dlamini CMM Raisethorpe parish in Pietermaritzburg – Fr. Basilio Fernando Chilequene CMM St. Joseph parish in Middelburg – Witbank Diocese – Fr. Henry Kanjo CMM.

Other than the project that is affiliated to the parishes mentioned above, we also have the project to renovate the Monastery/Retreat House and Abbot Francis House in Merrivale. Other projects like the tailoring department are sufficiently supported by the Swiss Region and the Youth Ministry by USA/Canada Region.