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The Relief Organisation of the
Order of Malta in South Africa

At the founding of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard on October 28, 1992, we established our mission statement:
“The Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard sees itself as a revival of the Brotherhood of St. John founded by the Blessed Gérard. It wants to revitalize the charisma of these origins and adopt them and the brotherhood’s spirituality into the context of our present time and life situation..”

Here and now in Zululand, South Africa, we want to be the sisters and brothers who come forward to protect the faith and to serve those in need. We want to be servants of the Lord, who encounters us in the sick, and to make God's love tangible to those in need through our charitable service, thus fulfilling the Church's missionary mandate in living deeds.

To this end, we established and provide a comprehensive and holistic system of care through Blessed Gérard's Care Centre by running:

All these services were not developed on the drawing board but were each a direct and effective response to identified emergency situations which had not been dealt with by others adequately. 

We serve the needy irrespective of their creed, colour of skin, sexual orientation, and political affiliation.

We serve an impoverished community. Therefore, we render all our services free of charge and have to rely solely on donations and grants to finance our work.

How you can help

All the work of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard has to be financed by donations because the patients are so poor that they cannot contribute to the costs.
We depend on your help and are very grateful for every donation, big or small.

Help us to help …

• through your supporting membership, if you are willing to support our ministry regularly through donations.

• by donating in support of our work.

• through a bequest in your last will and testament.

• by your prayer that God may bless our ministry and those entrusted to our care.

Donation accounts

SOUTH AFRICA: You may donate directly into our banking account:

USA

Thanks to the generosity of the Benedictine Mission House in Schuyler, Nebraska, we can now offer you a convenient way of making donations towards our work, inside the United States, with the possibility of declaring your donation on your tax return.
Cheques should be made out to "Benedictine Mission House" with a remark "Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard" (Please do not forget this!)
These should then be sent to:

Benedictine Mission House · P. O. Box 528 · Schuyler, Nebraska 68661

People who have donated more than $200 will receive a tax certificate immediately from the Mission House and donors of smaller amounts would receive one at the end of the tax year, if they want to declare their donations on their tax returns.

GERMANY
Account holder: Bruderschaft des Seligen Gerhard e.V.
IBAN: DE58 7205 1210 0000 0120 21
SWIFT-BIC: BYLADEM1AIC

AUSTRIA
Account holder: Bruderschaft des Seligen Gerhard
IBAN: AT74 3600 0000 0065 6975
SWIFT-BIC: RZTIAT22

SWITZERLAND
Account holder: Benediktiner-Missionare - St. Otmarsberg 1 - 8730 Uznach
IBAN: CH02 0900 0000 9000 6990 0
SWIFT-BIC: POFICHBEXXX
Remark: Fr. Gerhard Lagleder (please do not forget!)

You may also donate online to us.

The Prayer of the
Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

Lord Jesus Christ,

Through your grace
you have called me to serve you
as a member of the Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard.

I thank you for counting me worthy of this task.

I ask you humbly, with the intercession of Our Lady,
St. John the Baptist, Blessed Gérard and all the Saints
that the spirituality of our Brotherhood
may pervade my life and my actions
to be always dedicated to your service
to whoever needs my help.

Trusting in your help
I always want to protect the faith
and have an open heart for my neighbour,
especially the Poor, the Sad, the Lonely,
the Handicapped and the Sick.

Grant me the strength needed
to live according to this resolution
as an upright Christian
selflessly in the Spirit of Your Gospel,
for the honour of God,
for the peace of the world
and the benefit of our community.

Amen.