Catholic Archdiocese of Durban Zulu Missions

In any family, there are certain people on whom you know you can rely in times of need. In our Zulu Mission Family, those people are called Mission Patrons ...

When that extra deserving project needs funding, and our resources can't stretch that far, we know we can ask our Mission Patrons for help.

When those extra prayers need to be said, we know that our Mission Patrons will storm heaven with us.

Like some of the miracles in the life of Jesus ... the turning of water into wine and the multiplication of loaves and fishes ... Mission Patrons have a hand in miracles of change on the Zulu Missions.

Would you like to be one of them?

It means making a substantial annual gift – a minimum of £60, €70 or $100. This additional money is used for a different upliftment project each year, which the Archdiocese would not normally be able to fund.

In return for their outstanding support, Mission Patrons receive a dedicated newsletter, and a small gift of thanks each year.

Click here to join the Mission Patrons now.

Click here to read our Mission Patron Newsletter

2010 Project

This year, our Mission Patrons are asked to help the people of Edalweni (the "rock") furnish their brand new church.

At the moment, there are just a few benches and plastic chairs for the congregation. But with the extraordinary generosity of our Mission Patrons, we plan to buy wood and metal – which unemployed people at Matikwe Mission will turn into pews for the new church.

In this way, your Mission Patron gift this year will work twice as hard - providing pews for the church and employment for underprivileged people.

History
Aptly named, Edalweni is a 'rock of faith' which has stood fast since the 1920s - when the first 'church' was established in a humble little house belonging to a local man who came to love the Catholic teachings of the early missionaries.

Ten years later, a bigger and more central church was built ‘from sticks and mud’. But by 1990, when Augustinian Father Eddie was assigned to
St Helen’s, this outstation was serving over 300 families and the little church could no longer cope.

Fr Eddie sowed the dream of a bigger, better church built of bricks. Although living in poverty, the people gave what they could.

Sadly, Father Eddie died before he saw his dream become reality.