{"id":14085,"date":"2023-10-30T21:21:17","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T20:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/?p=14085"},"modified":"2023-10-31T17:12:14","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T16:12:14","slug":"three-communities-in-the-mountains-of-the-himalayan-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/three-communities-in-the-mountains-of-the-himalayan-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Three communities in the mountains of the Himalayan region"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In all the three communities: \u00a0Kurseong 1500 meters, Mamring 1000 meters and Sonada 1800 meters above Sea level, Sr. Pratima and Sr. Dorothee were warmly welcomed and experienced great hospitality and care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;14055,14053,14051,14049,14047,14045&#8243; title=&#8221;Kurseong&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The local language is Nepali in Kurseong. Christians are a minority here. This area is known by the vast tea gardens. Most of the people work in tea gardens for their livelihood. They love singing, music and dance.<br \/>\nOur sisters are involved in the school and in the parish. There is also the possibility for small groups of sisters to make retreats or for rest and relaxation.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;14058,14066,14060,14062,14064,14068&#8243; title=&#8221;Mamring&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]People live in a very simple manner in this \u201cremote\u201d area. Nevertheless, in the last few years the area around Mamring has developed a lot. Correspondingly, the needs of the people are great. The sisters are engaged in education, pastoral and health care.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_gallery type=&#8221;image_grid&#8221; images=&#8221;14071,14073,14075,14077,14079,14096&#8243; title=&#8221;Sonada&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sonada\u00a0is situated just in the middle of vast tea gardens. Most people earn their livelihood by working in tea gardens.<br \/>\nThe convent was established in 1968. The main purpose of starting this community was to make medical care available, since there were no hospitals nearby. Later they built up a school.<br \/>\nToday the school has classes from Montessori to higher secondary almost 2000 students. The classes V-XII are exclusively for girls. The school is one of the best in the area. In the hostel\u00a0 there are 84 students.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Visitation in Kurseong, Mamring and Sonada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-en","category-visitations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.scsc-ingenbohl.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}