Parish Notices for the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year B
The Pope’s Prayer Intention for September:
We pray with Pope Francis that each of us listen with our hearts to the cry of the Earth and of the victims of environmental disasters and the climate crises; making a personal commitment to care for the world we inhabit
St. Vincent de Paul.
A second collection will be taken on Sunday 1 September—Envelopes will be in the pews. The SSVP would like to extend their deepest gratitude for your generosity and continued support!
Save the Date!
Fr Russell is inviting as many people as possible to join him on Saturday 7 September from 14h00-17h00 to come along and lend a hand in doing various tasks around the Church and grounds – cleaning, packing, weeding, sanding, painting… Save the date!
Engaging our Jewish & Muslim neighbours:
A series of discussions to revisit and to re-examine the Vatican II document that considers the Catholic Church’s attitude to Jewish and Muslim people hosted by Fr, David Neuhaus SJ & The Jesuit Institute on Saturday 7 Sept at 9h30 –12h30 at the Jesuit Institute—15 Molesey Avenue, Auckland Park.
Support the Parish
A reminder that you can make a contribution to the ministry and maintenance of the parish by scanning the SnapScan QR code on the benches or in the bulletin. During the collection time, instead of cash, scan the code and make your contribution. We appreciate your support, thank you!
Heritage Day Braai
The Parish Fundraising Committee will host the annual heritage day braai on the 28th of September from 11h00, ticket prices will be communicated in due course. Proceeds from this event will go towards the Christmas lunch for the homeless. Your support will be much appreciated!
Mass Intentions
You can contact the office for Mass intentions. A suggested donation is R50 per Mass. The Mass intentions will be published so that people know which intention or who the Mass is being celebrated for.
Parish Pilgrimage to Ngome
The Parish annual Pilgrimage to Ngome Marian shrine will be on 13 to 15 December 2024, for further details please contact the organisers; Prudence Xaba 0824486067 or Oswald Mokoena 0820861334.
Praying for our sick
If you know of anyone who is seriously ill and would like to put them on our parish prayer list, please contact the parish office.
Baptism
For all parishioners wishing to baptise their babies, please fill in this form Baptism Form (google.com) , the parish will then contact you to set an appointment with Deacon Billy. The next baptism class is on the 21st of September and baptism on the 28th of September.
Annual Leadership Conference 2024
All leaders are invited to attend the Annual Leadership Conference hosted by the Department of Evangelisation in the Archdiocese of Johannesburg. The Conference will be on Saturday 19th October from 08h00 till 16h00 at Holy Family College in Parktown. Cost per person is R100. Those interested to attend, please email the parish and you will be registered.