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Community of the Visitation
C.H.N. connections with Papua New Guinea date from 1951, when Bishop Strong invited the Sisters to help care for missionaries in the Province. At the time, no high school education was available for local girls, so the Sisters decided to found the Holy Name School at Dogura. It opened in 1954. When two young Papuan women, who had received higher education at the school in its early years, requested that a religious community be established for Papuan women, a strong bond was formed between the Community of the Holy Name and the fledgling Community of the Visitation.
In 1964, with the blessing of the Bishop of New Guinea, the Community of the Visitation was established at Popondetta, in the Northern District of Papua. For more than fifteen years, its Sisters were trained and nurtured by Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name.The Community of the Visitation is now wholly independent, but the two communities continue to exchange visits. In November 2010, when Sister Carol and Sister Valmai went to Papua, the C.V. Sisters had been going through a difficult time, but they had sought help and courageously confronted the problems facing them. When the two C.H.N. Sisters arrived, they found a happy and hopeful little Community.
Sisters of the Community of the Visitation continue a strong ministry in their local area. They also minister in Lae, where they work with the Lae City Mission in caring for children whose parents have died of AIDS.
In August 2011, Sr Valmai returned to PNG with Srs Josephine and Avrill. They joined the CV Sisters at the deconsecration of their chapel, which had become structurally unsafe. Read more here.
Also see earlier pictures here.
In 1964, with the blessing of the Bishop of New Guinea, the Community of the Visitation was established at Popondetta, in the Northern District of Papua. For more than fifteen years, its Sisters were trained and nurtured by Sisters of the Community of the Holy Name.The Community of the Visitation is now wholly independent, but the two communities continue to exchange visits. In November 2010, when Sister Carol and Sister Valmai went to Papua, the C.V. Sisters had been going through a difficult time, but they had sought help and courageously confronted the problems facing them. When the two C.H.N. Sisters arrived, they found a happy and hopeful little Community.
Sisters of the Community of the Visitation continue a strong ministry in their local area. They also minister in Lae, where they work with the Lae City Mission in caring for children whose parents have died of AIDS.
In August 2011, Sr Valmai returned to PNG with Srs Josephine and Avrill. They joined the CV Sisters at the deconsecration of their chapel, which had become structurally unsafe. Read more here.
Also see earlier pictures here.
