TORRES NOVAS - Angola
In 1961, a community was founded in Portugal. Today, the priory house is located in Torres Novas. The communities of Angola and the the house in Madrid / Spain are part of the Torres Novas Priory.
ADDRESS : Beneditinas Missionarias, Quinta St.a Maria Bairro Boa Esperança 2, s/n Cx. P.875, Kikolo, Luanda, ANGOLA
TEL : 00244-926.100.605
E-MAIL : tchinacussoki@gmail.com
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ABOUT
1931-33: The first sisters came to the then Portuguese colony of Angola and founded the stations Galangue, Kuvango and Cuchi in the Kuando-Kubango Province, working with the Redemptorist Fathers.
Only Cuchi remains today. 1967: Four new missionaries settled in Cazombo, in the Moxico Province located on the upper part of the Zambesi River, where they worked with the Benedictine missionaries from Singeverga, Portugal.
1972: The Serpa Pinta mission, today Menongue, was opened. But in 1975-77, all stations were given up in raging civil war.
1977: Three sisters returned to Menongue; Cuchi was destroyed and Cazombo couldn’t be reached. 1983: The sisters settled in the capitol, Luanda and, in 1998, in the totally destroyed Kuito Bié. Young Angolan women have since joined the community so today there is a promising novitiate in Luanda.
The Angolan missions, once a region of the Generalate District, current belong to the Iberian Priory whose seat is in Portugal.
In Angola four communities serve the people, especially the poor, in health care, education and socio-pastoral work.