Manzini, 20 February, 2022 / 9:00 pm (ACI Africa).
A member of the Congregation of the Mantellate Sisters, Servants of Mary (MSM), commonly known as Servite Sisters, has highlighted education and healthcare as the most noteworthy achievements in their 100 years of service in the Southern Africa Province.
In a recent interview with ACI Africa, Sr. Teresita Schiavon who has served in Eswatini for four decades looked back at the 100 years of service of the Servite Sisters in the Southern Africa Province and acknowledged with appreciation the contributions the alumni of MSM learning institutions make to society.
“We are international Sisters from Italy, Eswatini, Uganda, Kenya and Democratic Republic of Congo. One of our biggest achievements,” Sr Schiavon said, “is to have contributed towards education and healthcare”.
The Italian-born MSM member who is the Regional Superior of her Congregation added, “We have many successful former Catholic students who are now working as civil servants, in the health and education sectors, including the daughters of South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela.”
“We do have many successful ex-Students in different fields, (including). Ambassadors, the police, medical doctors (cardiologists, pharmacist), teachers, heads and deputy head teachers, Priests and Sisters, Business people in Ewsatini as well as in South Africa,” she told ACI Africa during the February 16 interview.
