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The Community of St Michael and All Angels is an Anglican religious order of nuns in South Africa. The Community was founded by Allan Webb, the second Bishop of Bloemfontein in 1874 – although the idea was first mooted by Webb’s predecessor, Edward Twells. In a letter he’d written in 1868, Twells highlighted the need for a Sisterhood to set up schools for girls in Bloemfontein.〔Karel Schoeman, 1986. ''The Free State Mission: The Anglican Church in the OFS, 1863-1883'', pages 18-19.〕 Three novices and three lay helpers under Emma, a Mother Superior, traveled from England to Bloemfontein via Port Elizabeth, arriving towards the end of April 1874. They immediately opened a boarding school, St Michael's, and a day school.〔Karel Schoeman, 1986. ''The Free State Mission: The Anglican Church in the OFS, 1863-1883'', page 42-53.〕 St Michael’s School exists to this day as one of the leading schools in South Africa. In 1877 the Community established the St George's Cottage Hospital in Bloemfontein, the first hospital in the Orange Free State.〔Karel Schoeman, 1986. ''The Free State Mission: The Anglican Church in the OFS, 1863-1883'', page 54.〕 The Community’s work was extended to the nearby mining town of Kimberley, from 1876, where Henrietta Stockdale, a sister, pioneered the training of nurses at the Carnarvon Hospital. She was later influential in securing the first state registration of nurses in the world, in 1891. A St Michael’s School was established in Kimberley but did not survive beyond the first years of the twentieth century. The Community still exists but only one sister remains today. ==Prominent members of the CSM & AA== * Henrietta Stockdale - the founder of professional nursing in South Africa. The Anglican Church of Southern Africa commemorates Sister Henrietta annually on 6 October, the anniversary of her death - the Synod of Bishops having placed her on the church’s Calendar. * Mary Hirst Watkins - qualified in nursing and midwifery under Sister Henrietta and is acknowledged as the founder of modern midwifery training in South Africa.〔A. Younge, C. F. Van Niekerk, S. Mogotlane. 2004, ''Juta's Manual of Nursing'', page 7〕 Watkins established a school for midwives in Kimberley in 1893. Achieving renown, an appointment in England was offered – but the invitation letter reached Kimberley on the day that she died.〔(Mothers, midwifery, births, babies )〕 Sister Mary Hirst Watkins is re-interred alongside Sister Henrietta in the grounds of St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley.〔''A Cathedral Pilgrimage''. St Cyprian’s Cathedral, Kimberley, p 23〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Community of St Michael and All Angels」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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