Community

			of the

			Holy Name

			
CHN

			
Founded 1865 (in UK)

			1962 (in Lesotho)

			

			Convent of the Holy Name

			PO Box LR43

			Leribe, Lesotho

			Tel: 22400249
		

	

	

		 
	






The Basotho Community of S. Mary at the Cross was founded in Leribe, Lesotho, in 1923, under the Community of
St Michael & All Angels, Bloemfontein. In 1959, CHN Sisters were invited to take over this work and started
at Leribe in 1962. They had invited the Sisters of S. Mary at the Cross to become members of CHN and the full amalgamation
of the two communities was completed in 1964. As a multi-racial community, the witness against racism at a time
when apartheid was in the ascendant in South Africa was an important strand of the Community’s vocation. New members
have joined the Community in succeeding years, and they have continued the evangelistic and pastoral work which
is also an important part of the CHN vocation. Sisters are involved in youth work, prison visiting, as well as
helping in both Lesotho and South Africa.

This work is enabled and strengthened by the daily round of prayer, both corporate and private, which is at the
heart of the Community’s Rule. A daily Eucharist at the centre of this life of prayer is the aim, but in some houses
this is not always possible owing to a shortage of priests.

Ten Sisters in Leribe run a hostel for secondary school students who live too far from home to travel daily.










Sister Angelina CHN

(Sister Provincial, assumed office December 2001)





Other Houses

CHN Mission House, PO Box 87, Maseru, Lesotho



CHN Mission House, PO Box 90, Mohale's Hoek, Lesotho



For further details, obtain a copy of 

The Anglican Religious Communities Year Book