30000 m² Commercial space in Verulam

Oakford is a historical property that was founded on 30 March 1889, by a group of eight young sisters who arrived at Oakford, an abandoned farm about 40 kilometres north of Durban. They were to provide a small group of rescued and liberated slaves with religious as well as general education. The sisters took up this new challenge and responded wholeheartedly to the current needs.

The mission station "Oakford Priory" developed, including the people of the area as well. Out of nowhere and under very poor conditions, schools provided education for generations of children of different cultural backgrounds, a kindergarten, an outpatient clinic, a small retirement home and, of course, flourishing gardens that provided fresh food for the entire mission property.

Oakford Priory thus became the seat of the motherhouse of a new Congregation today officially known as the "Dominican Congregation of St. Catherine of Siena of Oakford, Natal." Soon after the founding of Oakford, the sisters went out in the spirit of Saint Dominic and worked with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate to found many new mission stations.

In the current years the sister branched out to reach out to other cities in South Africa. Finally, now the Campus now stands as a memory of the lives impacted by the work done.