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NUN FIRED FOR ‘DISOBEDIENCE’

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MBABANE – A senior Roman Catholic Church nun, who was dismissed and further excommunicated from the church, wants to be reinstated.
Sister Concetta Ginindza, who has been a nun for 53 years, was dismissed and further excommunicated for alleged disobedience.


Her sin was allegedly refusing to resign as a director of a company which was owned by the church.
Ginindza, who is now 74 years old, said she joined the communion of nuns at the age of 14 after completing an orientation phase, which lasted for about three years.


She has since taken the church to the High Court where she is praying for an order directing it to reinstate her to the congregation of Sisters and to the church.


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Ginindza contended that she was dismissed from the Roman Catholic Church and from the communion of Sisters for legitimately defending her position as a company director.


The first respondent in the matter is Sister Stephania Ngwenya, who has been cited in her capacity as Prioress General for the Servants of Mary.
In her application, Ginindza submitted that in 1964, she joined the Servite Sisters of Mary, a family of nuns under the Roman Catholic Church.


 “By joining the sisterhood, therefore, I gave up my whole life and family to live on a full-time basis with my new family of sisters,” submitted Ginindza.
She told the court that as one of the family of nuns, she was required to live on a full-time basis within the family (Convent) to observe her oath of chastity.
Ginindza said for the past 53 years, she had lived with no other family except the Servants of Mary.


She averred that having joined the Servants of Mary in 1964, she had held many administrative positions.
These positions, according to Ginindza, include the following: administrator of all Roman Catholic Clinics including St Philip’s Clinic, St Julianah Clinic, Maloyi Clinic (Luve) Florence Clinic (Ekutsimuleni, St Mary’s Clinic, all of which were projects operated by the Servite Sisters.


She alleged that another clinic which belonged to the Diocese, but was also under her supervision and control, was the St Theresa’s Clinic.
Ginindza further pointed out that, in addition to being administrator of the clinic, whereby she was in charge of all nurses, she also served as a nurse in the various clinics.


She told the court that for nine years, she held the position of Prioress General, being the head of all Sisters.
“During the year 2007, while I held the position of Prioress General, which is the highest position in the communion, I caused to be incorporated a company styled St Julianah’s Convent (PTY) Limited, being a company registered under the laws of the Kingdom of Eswatini, trading as St Julianah Conference and Accommodation,” said Ginindza.

 

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