October 2021, Antananarivo To improve potable water supply to Marana Leprosarium [L’ECAR Hopital Hansenian sis à Marana-Fianarantsoa], we suggest the construction of the following potable water supply system. The project work would include the construction of: the borehole, the pipeline system that distributes water to all the buildings of the leprosarium, the water tower and […]
THE REQUEST FOR THE SUPPORT IN MARANA BOREHOLE CONSTRUCTION
Congregation of St Joseph of Cluny Marana leprosarium Archdiocese Fianarantsoa Marana, 4.11.2021 Subject: The request for the support in borehole, cistern construction and solar panels installation. DEAR BENEFACTORS, We, seven Sisters of St Joseph of Cluny in Marana, work in the leprosarium with the lepers and their families. This week we celebrated the 110th anniversary […]
WATER FOR MARANA
The leprosarium has been functioning for 110 years. It functions thanks to the donations (mostly from Poland). Leprosarium is not the government financed institution. Father Beyzym SJ, the founder of Marana, as well as his successors always struggled with different problems. Our patients need special care. It is not enough to provide them with food […]
MARANA 110th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Take Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, all that I have and possess. Thou hast given all to me. To Thee, O lord, I return it. All is Thine, dispose of it wholly according to Thy will. Give me Thy love and Thy grace, for this is […]
SAD LETTERS FROM MARANA
The allegations against Father Beyzym and the leprosarium construction difficulties tormented him and saddened. He expressed his feelings in his letters to Father Czermiński. He sometimes was outraged at French and would fearlessly speak his mind. In his letter to Father Assistant Włodzimierz Ledóchowski, Father Czermiński wrote about the reasons of Father Beyzym’s troubles with […]