Harare, 30 January, 2021 / 4:40 pm (ACI Africa).
The Nun at the helm of the Sisters of the Child Jesus (SJI) in Zimbabwe is decrying the negative effects of COVID-19 in convents saying the restrictions occasioned by the pandemic have compromised “love and oneness” among community members.
“We are living in fear of each other and that is destroying our sisterly love and oneness,” the Superior General of SJI in Zimbabwe, Sr. Patricia Rubaya, has been quoted as saying.
Sr. Rubava adds in the Tuesday, January 26 report, “Community life is a life of sharing prayers, meals and other common rooms and now we are forced to live individually in order to protect ourselves and others.”
The coronavirus has challenged “the relevance of the Religious and Priests as it has affected pastoral work and other community initiatives,” she goes on to lament.
Amid these challenges, Sr. Rubaya encourages members of the Congregation in the Southern African nation to be “flexible, adaptable and creative in living the community values and the rule of Religious life in the present context.”