Foundations in the Eastern Cape
Apart from the Convents and Institutions founded by the Dominican Sisters of King William’s Town the Sisters were also called on to work at Missions founded by other Religious Congregations.
| 1877 – 1997 Motherhouse
Convent of the Sacred Heart The Convent Motherhouse is now the High School Campus of a Trust held by the St Thomas Christians, a distinct Rite and part of the Catholic Church. |
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| 1882 – 1914 Sacred Heart Teachers’ Training College 1885 – 1935 Convent School for the Deaf – the first School for the Deaf which was moved to Melrose, Johannesburg in 1935. 1950 – 1978 Marydale Nursing Home  Original Hill Crescent Primary School run by the Sacred Heart Fathers in King William’s Town 1966 – 1982 Hill Crescent Primary School. The school had been run by the Sacred Heart Fathers until they had to leave the Port Elizabeth Diocese in the 1960s. The Sisters were asked to take over the School, which they did, amalgamating it with their then existing St Dominic’s Primary School of the Convent of the Sacred Heart in King William’s Town. From 1968 in a newly erected building the school continued to function as Hill Crescent Primary School. |
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 1913 – 1970 St Joseph’s Mission SchoolThe School was situated next to what had been the original St Anne’s Catholic Church in the town. It had been established by Msgr John Fagan at 45 Durban Street as a school for Coloured children. At one stage St Anne’s Church was part of St Joseph’s School. When the school was closed due to the Coloured Education Policy of the State over 500 pupils had to leave the school. The property was then sold to the Bishop. |
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| 1891 – 1981 Izeli Convent of Our Lady of the Rosary Convent Farm, Orphanage and School  The Church as it was in 2017  ‘The Castle on a Hill’ when it functioned
As early as 1885 Mother Mauritia founded the Orphanage on the property of the Moutherhouse. As the number of needy and orphaned children increased rapidly and when the farm became vacant in the Izeli valley it was acquired for this purpose. The Home and School became registered under the Social Welfare Act and provided mainly for orphaned, destitute or neglected children. |
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| 1952 – 1977 Izeli
St Theresa’s Convent and Mission School began as a Primary School with |
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1893 – 1992 Mater Infirmorum Convent Sanatorium
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| Woodlands near King Williams Town 1906 – 1998 Maria Hilf Mission 1925 – 1956 Fairview School and Hostel 1933 – 1950 Noviciate for potential African Sisters, converted from one of the original huts on the property. The Noviciate was transferred in 1950 to Lilyfontein near East London 1947 – 1956 Fairview Farm 1962 —- St Thomas School for the Deaf 1966 – 1999 Khaya Maria Convent |
 St Thomas’ School, Woodlands  Khaya Maria, Woodlands |
| 1940 – 1980 Ginsberg | |
| 1949 – 1965 Keiskammahoek, St Rose’s Convent 1951 – 1960 Peddie, St Michael’s Nursing Home |
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| 1883 – 1975
Sacred Heart Convent and School |
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| 1899 – 1975
Maris Stella Convent and School. |
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| 1921 – 1980
St Francis Xavier Convent, School, Noviciate for Coloured Sisters |
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| 1928 – 1935 Pirie, Quencwe Mission 1928 – 1979 Duncan Village, St Peter Claver Mission Sr Aidan Quinlan, one of the two Medical Doctors of the Congregation worked at the Mission until her death in the riots of 1952. The Mission continues today as Khaya Aidan Mission |
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| 1933 – 2006 Cambridge
1933 The property was bought from the Holy Cross Sisters 1992 Emmaus Convent, a Retirement Home which was built on part of the St Pius Convent property. The Sisters moved from St Pius to the newly built Convent.
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 Emmaus Convent Retirement Home East London |
| 1940 – 1988
1947 The hospital moved to new premises. |
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| 1941 – 1959
St Peter’s Chinese School |
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| 1950 – 1971 Lilyfontein Convent of Our Lady of Fatima Noviciate for African Sisters. This Noviciate was transferred form Maria Hilf Convent in Woodlands, King William’s Town. |
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| 1956 – —- St Anne’s Convent and School The Convent and School began at the old Mater Dei Premises then moved to St Mark’s Road till 1994 when the Convent closed; |
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| 1894 – 1969
In 1949 a new building was begun as the old Convent had become unsafe. |
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| 1894 – 1909 Keilands
Holy Family Mission 1909 When the Jesuits left the Mission to work in the Zambesi Mission and the Fathers of Mariannhill took the Mission over the ‘King’ Dominican Sisters left the Mission to the Sisters of the Precious Blood of Mariannhill; |
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| 1902 – 1974
Convent of the Sacred Heart |
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| 1926 – 1945
St Teresa of Lisieux Mission |
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| 1928 – 2001
1972 The Nursing home was converted into a Retirement Home for the Sisters |
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| 1929 – 1961 Qoqodala,
Convent of the Sacred Heart Mission |
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| 1929 – 1955 Indwe
St Dominic’s Mission |
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| 1930 – 2000 Umhlanga St Augustine’s Mission School and Dispensary In 1956 the Mission was handed over to Coloured Sisters of Aliwal North |
 Drawing of the Umhlanga Mission Hospital |
| 1930 – 1966 Lumku
St Michael and all Holy Angels Mission |
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| 1934 – 1958 Zigudu
Christ the King Mission |
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1930 – 1984 Sterkspruit
 Umlamli Mission Hospital  Umlamli Hospital in the snow |
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| 1922 – 1967
Holy Rosary Convent and School The Mission finally closed due to the implementation of the Group Areas Act. |
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| 1942 – 1981 Farm
St Josefdal Farm |
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| 1972 – 1996 Michausdal
St Rose’s Convent and Creche 2014 The Creche is still running as Rosary Nursery School |
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Grahamstown
| 1917 – 1922
Calaroga Convent 1954 – 1972 The Convent opened again at 24 Hill Street
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| 1929 – 1992
St Dominic’s Convent and School The School was small, seldom exceeding  St Dominic’s Convent Stutterheim 100 pupils and less than half being borders. Over the years an average of 15 Sisters ran the Convent, the School and Boarding Houses, the orchards, fields and gardens, the poultry and the stables. |
| Middelburg Cape Province 1933 – 1982 Christ the King Mission School |
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| de Aar 1947 – 1991 St John’s Convent |
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Port Elizabeth
| 1960 – 1983 New Brighton
Convent of the Sacred Heart |
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| 1962 – 1994 Kwa Zakhele
Don Bosco Community |
