THE WEEK AHEAD
Monday
6. BAPTISM: Pre-Baptism classes are as follows: English– 3 May, 10th, 17th, & 24 May and IsiZulu– 31 May, 07
June, 14 June and 21 June (Sunday). Please strictly submit all registration forms to Attention Lionel McDonald
to the parish office. Celebration will be on the 27 June 2015 at 08h00.
04 May:
R1 Ac 14, 5-18; Ps 113B, 1-2. 3-4. 15-16. Go Jn 14, 21-26.
06h30: Mass
07h00: Morning Prayer 10h00: Mass
Tuesday
7. SODALITIES RETREAT: On 20th June 2015 Fr Zakhele will hold a retreat for all leaders of Sodalities from
9h00 till 12h00. All Sodalities needs to be represented by their leadership.
05 May:
R1 Ac 14, 19-28; Ps 144, 10-11. 12-13ab. 21. Go Jn 14, 27-31a.
06h30: Mass
07h00 : Morning Prayer
Wednesday 06
8. FINANCIAL AUDITOR: The parish is looking for the volunteer to assist with the financial auditing. Please
contact the Office Manager on 0313063595.
May:
9. GALILEE SPIRITUAL GROWTH AND HEALING RETREAT: Bishop Barry Wood will bless and open the
retreat house in Ballito on 12 May 2015. Please check on the notice board for more details and directions.
R1 Ac 15, 1-6; Ps 121, 1-2. 3-4a. 4b-5. Go Jn 15, 1-8
06h30: Mass
07h00: Morning Prayer 10h00: Mass
Thursday
07 May:
10. "ISITSHALO: 30 & 31 May 2015. Don't miss out"
ALL DAY ADORATION
R1 Ac 15, 7-21; Ps 95, 1-2a. 2b-3. 10. Go Jn 15, 9-11.
06h30: Mass 07h00: Morning Prayer
Friday
08 May:
ALL NIGHT ADORATION
R1 Ac 15, 22-31; Ps 56, 8-9. 10-12. Go Jn 15, 12-17.
06h30: Mass
07h00: Morning Prayer 10h00: Mass
Saturday
09 May:
R1 Ac 16, 1-10; Ps 99, 2. 3. 5. Go Jn 15, 18-21.
07h00: Mass 07h30: Morning Prayer 11h00-12h30 & 16h30-17h00: Confession 17h30: Mass
Sunday
PARISH NOTICES
10 May: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
07h45: English Mass 10h00: Mass (Multi-lingual) 12H00: IsiZulu Mass
11. YOUTH FIESTA: Will be held on the 9th May at St. Anthony’s, registration will commence at 08h00. Youth
Mass will be on the 10 May at 10h00 mass here at Cathedral, all youth are invited.
12. INVITE FROM ST AUGUSTINE'S GROUP: The St Augustine’s Fundraising Group is inviting parishioners
who have some association with either the “old” or the “new” St Augustine’s School to join the group, which
meets once a month, the next meeting being on Monday 18 May at 9h30. Further details from Daphne Goad 084
6066151.
13. MEN MOVEMENT: All men could please see Mr. Lionel McDonald in the piazza after 07h45 mass for only
10 minutes. Thank you
14. JUSTICE & PEACE: Invites all parishioners who would like to attend a family financial management workshop to learn how to manage debts, budget, family financial estate, etc. On Saturday, 9 May at DHC at 10h00.
Contact Alfred on 0727210202.
15. JUSTICE & PEACE: Invite all business owners and people on management positions who can assist in creating job opportunities at their workplace. Please register with Justice & Peace on our Employment Initiative
Programme, aimed at eradicating unemployment. Contact Khwezi Mabaso on 0731167588.
PARISH NOTICES
1. SECOND COLLECTION: For this week is for Pastoral collection . Please be generous.
2. R.C.I.A: COME AND SEE. All those wishing to become Catholic, those wanting to be confirmed
and to know more about the Catholic Faith are invited to the ‘Come and See’ which has started on the 18
April at DHC, Napier room C at 14h00. Contact Iris Niemack on 073 646 7629.
3. TWO GREAT STALWARTS REMEMBERED: On Sunday 10 May we will be honouring the 100th birthdays of
two great anti-apartheid stalwarts, Archbishop Hurley and Dr Beyers Naude – whose birthday is on 10 May. There
will be a lecture on these two great Christian leaders, the one Catholic and the other Dutch Reformed. This will take
place in the DHC at 3.00p.m. and will be given by Dr Barney Pityana, Anglican priest and former Vice-Chancellor
of UNISA. Not to be missed.
16. CONTEMPLATIVE OUTREACH: Elizabeth will be here this Friday at 11h30 at the DHC, tea as usual and
proceed to Denis Hurley Centre for 30minutes, all welcome. Contact Sr. Marion for any queries on 0761775151.
17. USIZO LWETHU CLINIC: A BIG thank you for the donated microwave, fan, TV, DVD player and washing
machine. The clinic needs a tumble dryer now. Thank you for your generosity.
18. FULBRIGHT FOREIGN STUDENT PROGRAM for post– graduate students– in U.S.
parlance, students who have completed a Bachelor’s degree– young professionals, and artists.
Selected students receive grants to pursue Master’s and PhD programs in the United States, or to
engage in research in the U.S. as part of a South African PhD. This is an opportunity not to be missed
please look on the notice board for details.
4. ARCHBISHOP TO BE BEATIFIED: Archbishop Oscar Romero, the martyred bishop of San Salvador in Central
America, will be beatified in El Salvador on Saturday 23 May. To mark this wonderful occasion, there will be a
special ecumenical service in “The Well” at the Diakonia Centre at 2.00p.m. on 23 May. All welcome.
19.VOCATION MEETING: Please be informed that our Vocation Meeting is every first Saturday
at 08h30 after The Blue Army Mass. All young Boys and girls to please attend. Parents are
also encouraged to accompany their children. Please contact Mrs. Gobhozi on 082 519 8172 or Ms.
Nothando on 071 173 0376.
5. EVENTS’ ORGANISER NEEDED: On Monday 9 November we will have two important events at the Denis Hurley Centre: the official opening of the Centre in the morning and an interfaith concert in the Mall in the evening.
Each of these will be attended by a few hundred people. We need a highly experienced events’ organiser for these
two events. Please contact the Director of the Denis Hurley Centre: 0765702497.
20. SOUTHERN CROSS: ISSUE OF APRIL 29 TO MAY 5, 2015
1. Church to govt: Show leadership
2. New SACBC official on appointment
3. The Acts of the Apostles in a nutshell
4. Pope Francis’ devotion to Our Lady
5. Violence is the answer to our silence
THIS WEEK’S EDITORIAL: CATHOLICS AND XENOPHOBIA
EMMANUEL CATHEDRAL
REFLECTION
Cathedral Road, Durban, 4001, RSA, Tel : (031) 3063595/6 Fax: (031 3063597,
Website: http://wwww.emmanuelcathedral.org.za,
Facebook Page : ‘Emmanuel Cathedral’
Email: [email protected]
FRUIT
In baptism, each of us was joined to Jesus by the Holy Spirit. As a branch grows from a tree, our souls are to
draw life from Him, nourished by His word and the Eucharist. Today the gospel calls us to bear good fruits as
His disciples, so that our lives give glory to God. Like Paul’s life, our lives must bear witness to His goodness.
Jesus cautions us, however, that if we’re bearing fruit, we can expect that God will ‘prune’ us—as a gardener
trims and cuts back a plant so that it will grow stronger and bear even more fruit. He is teaching us today how
to look at our sufferings and trials with the eyes of faith. We need to see our struggles as pruning, by which
we are being disciplined and trained so that we can grow in holiness and bear fruits of righteousness
(see Hebrews 12:4-11).
Our Vision & Mission Statement
Community of God Serving Humanity
A welcoming Community rooted in the Word of God .
Celebrating our diversity as a spirit-filled family of God.
Committed to loving God and our neighbour
SCRIPTURE FOR FAITH SHARING
PASTORAL STAFF
Recommended small Christian Communities and families
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
First Reading:(Acts10:25-26.34-35.44-48)“The gift of the Holy Spirit has been poured out even on the
Administrator: Fr. Stephen Tully
Assistant Administrator: Fr. Zakhele
Ndlovu
gentiles.”
02-03 MAY 2015,
Psalm 98: 1. 2-3ab. 3cd-4(R.cf.2) The Lord has shown his deliverance to the nations.
Second Reading (1 John 4:7-10) “God is love.”
Gospel (Jn 15: 9-17) “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
FIRST READING:
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK
RESPONSORIAL PSALM:
Psalm 22: 26b-27. 28 and 30. 31-32 (R.26a)
You are my praise in the great assembly.
1. My vows I will pay before those who fear him.
The poor shall eat and shall have their fill.
They shall praise the Lord, those who seek him.
May their hearts live on forever and ever! R
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
CONTACT PERSON
Acts 9: 26-31
“He declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord.”
The Care Group will visit the sick and elderly people in their homes and hospitals. If you care to join us
or are interested you are more than welcome. For more information please contact Thabile Cele on
0827810886 or 0312617848 (Home) or else you can call the parish office on 0313063595. Please provide the
Parish office with names of the sick so that the Cathedral Care Group can visit them. If you wish to include
anyone in the sick list please submit their names. Names are removed every three months., Ethan Fushai,
Katharina Koehler, Zethu Khumalo,Mimi Tandwa, Mrs. Fellix, Ether Gielink, Lindelwa Zeka &
family,Nomusa Mpanza& family, Nhlanhla Zwane & family, Terry Monty, Nozipho Hlangu, Keith Singh,
Morris Mandla Khwela and Fr.Chris Lockyer, Fr. Van Heeswijk, Kevin Usher, Timmy Govender.
ORGANIZATION
Pastoral Assistant: Sr. Marion Millane HF
PPC Chairperson: Mrs. Bunny van de Merwe
PPC Deputy Chairperson: Mr. Thabo Zwane
CONTACT
2. All the earth shall remember and return to the
Lord, all families of the nations worship before
him.
They shall worship him, all the mighty of the
earth; before him shall bow all who go down to
the dust. R
3. And my soul shall live for him, my descendents serve him.
They shall tell of the Lord to generations yet to come,
declare his saving justice to peoples yet unborn:
“These are the things the Lord has done.” R
1. DHC Manager
Jean-Marie Ntamubano
072 549 0338
2. Nkosinathi Project
Ishmael Chishanu
078 199 5685
3. SVDP
Albert Hororo
078 466 1453
4. Refuge Pastoral Care
Hupenyu Makusha
031 307 1074
“This is his commandment, that we should believe...and love one another.”
5. Baptism (0—5 Years)
Lionel McDonald
072 387 8270
Alleluia
6. Catechism
Maria Sissing
083 246 4444
Abide in me, and I in you, says the Lord; he who abides in me bears much fruit.
Alleluia.
7. Confirmation
Veronica Benny
079 788 8549
8. R.C.I. A
Iris Niemack
073 646 7629
You are my praise in the great assembly.
SECOND READING
GOSPEL:
John 15: 1-8
“He who abides in me, and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit.”
1 John 3: 18-24