week and will cater for the medical care of the needy in the community.   The resident priest  at   Mandeni      Father  Gerard insists that the  care centre is nor a  hospital but aims to  bridge the gap be-  tween hospital care  and home. It will help  patients   who     have  been discharged    from  hospital but who can-  not yet look       after  themselves.   It will also help sick  people who need    care  at home but cannot he  hospitalised for finan- cial reasons.   'The care centre will not operate as a hospi- tal but will provide auxiliary care to the medical treatment of the patients' doctors or hospital,' explained Father Gerard.   The Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard has a long history and was started 900 years ago by    Blessed    Gerard Tonque who operated a guest house next to the Benediction Mon-    astery in Jerusalem.    'The       Benediction    Monastery is where    Jesus died and was    buried.      Chiistians    would make pilgrim-    ages to the monastery    by horse back and    would he    tired and    sick when they ar-    irived. Brother Gerard    would take care of    them and make them    well again,' explained    Father 06rard of Man-    deni.    The care centre will    operate     on         a    'four-leaf-clover' con-    cept. The first leaf in-    volves  training     in    home nursing. The    centre will teach the    family how to take    care of the ill at home    and will include bed    baths, changing linen    and some first aid.    Mobile home nursing    teams will travel into    the community and    help those that are    sick. It will also act as    a back-up to the train-    ing to ensure that the    home nursing is being    practised properly.    The second leaf will    he a day care centre    which will provide el-    derly or retired people    with a place to stay    while family members    are at work.    .we    don't      want The Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard care centre in Mandeni was officially opened last The newly completed Blessed G&rard care centre in Mandoni.