St Anne Solidarity Medal

Brand	Unbranded
Manufacturer	Unbranded
Model Number	MED068

The St Anne Solidarity Medal is a metal medal with a purple top, black skirt, and beret. It is 37mm in diameter front and back. The St Anne Sodality has women of all ages in its membership and these days, because so many women are going out to work, it does tend to have more older members. Originally the movement was started in French Canada by an Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest as early as 1850. It reached South Africa via Lesotho where the OMIs were active. Fr. Honorat saw married women coming to church and began the sodality as a support group for them, encouraging them to look to St. Anne, mother of Mary and grandmother of Jesus, as a model. In South Africa today the sodality is a strong support group for its members and a powerful resource for their parishes. It is almost exclusively for black women and is active in over 20 dioceses. Their aim is to serve the family, serve the church and serve the community. Members, dressed in their familiar uniform of a purple top, black skirt and beret, meet bi-monthly for Mass, discussion, report back and prayers. Their social involvement includes visiting young mothers, lapsed Catholics, the bere

St Anne Solidarity Medal

metal

37mm in diameter



front

back



The St. Annes Sodality has women of all ages in its membership and
these days, because so many women are going out to work, it does tend to
have more older members.

Originally the movement was started in
French Canada by an Oblate of Mary Immaculate priest as early as 1850.
It reached South Africa via Lesotho where the OMIs were active. Fr.
Honorat saw married women coming to church and began the sodality as a
support group for them, encouraging them to look to St. Anne, mother of
Mary and grandmother of Jesus, as a model. In South Africa today the
sodality is a strong support group for its members and a powerful
resource for their parishes. It is almost exclusively for black women
and is active in over 20 dioceses. Their aim is to serve the family,
serve the church and serve the community.

Members, dressed in their
familiar uniform of a purple top, black skirt and beret, meet bi-monthly
for Mass, discussion, report back and prayers. Their social involvement
includes visiting young mothers, lapsed Catholics, the bereaved and
attend to any other needs made known to them by their parish priests.

A
few years ago Bishop Michael Coleman invited the Sodality of St. Anne
to become involved in the St. Kizitos project for orphans and
vulnerable children.

There are now 12 St. Kizitos branches in our
diocese, managed either totally or in part by the sodality. The children
are fed and clothed, and in some cases vegetable gardens have been
planted for their soup kitchens. A number of members have attended
counseling workshops to assist the children they care for. In some
branches children are assisted in obtaining identity documents and
Government grants