Parish Notices for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
Confirmation 2025
His Eminence, Stephen Cardinal Brislin, will preside at the annual Parish Confirmations on Saturday, 11th October, at 16h00. Please pray for our confirmandi!
Full PPC & PFC Meeting
The full PPC and PFC will meet next Saturday, 11 October, from 10h00 to 12h00, with Mr Tom Miles from Divine Renovation. We ask that all members make every effort to attend.
Infant/Child Baptisms
All parishioners wishing to baptise their babies/children should fill out this FORM. The parish will contact you to schedule an appointment with Fr. Russell. The next baptism class is on 01st of November 2025, and the sacrament will be administered on 08th of November 2025.
Feedback: Heritage Day Braai
Thank you to all who supported the braai. We made just over R8221.00 in profit. May God bless you abundantly for your continued support of our parish community!
Cash Collection
We have a request from the bank: Please, can we try NOT to FOLD cash notes as small and tight as possible because it is very difficult for the counting machines to process them, with many creases—thank you!
Research Feedback on Holy Trinity
Three researchers (from WITS and UJ) have been working on a research project since 2023 that focuses on two local churches in Johannesburg, and one of them is Holy Trinity. The project aims to understand how selected churches in the broader Johannesburg area, as well as people who belong to and make up these churches, understand their role in society. In particular, it is interested in the ‘revolutionary’ or ‘liberative’ theologies that people in these churches practice both in church and in their everyday life. The interest in this topic is sparked by the history of liberation theologies in South Africa and the research team’s interest in getting a sense of what current, socially engaged Christianity might look like. The intention is that the findings of this research can also inform how theology is taught in South Africa. The research team would like to share the feedback that emerged from the study – and find out what you make of it! Please come along and hear about their findings on Sunday, 19 October 2025, at 11h00 after the 09h30 Mass.
Investiture as Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
Cardinal Stephen Brislin will invest Frs. Bruce Botha and Lawrence Ndlovu as Knights of the Holy Sepulchre on Friday, October 10, 2025, at 19h00 at Holy Trinity. Fr. Bruce has asked that we extend the invitation to all in the parish. This will also be the Cardinal’s first visit to Trinity after his installation as archbishop.
Flowers in Memorial
If you would like to donate flowers in memory of a loved one to the parish for the altar, please contact the parish office. You can also make a financial contribution towards flowers in the wall-box at the door into the sacristy labelled “Flowers” This week’s flowers were donated in loving memory of Brian Molefe. We pray for his repose soul.
Parish Pilgrimage to Ngome
The parish annual pilgrimage to Ngome is scheduled for the weekend of 5 to 7 December 2025. Please contact the following people: Prudence 0824486067 and Oswald 0820861334.
Pilgrimage with Fr. Russell: Barcelona-Lourdes-Paris
You Fowler Tours is offering a pilgrimage with Fr. Russell as the leader from 4-13 October 2026. The pilgrimage will also be a fundraiser for the restoration of the windows, as a percentage will come to Holy Trinity. If you want to know more, please contact Fowler Tours: 076 352 3809 or info@fowlertours.co.za The itinerary can be found here: www.fowlertours.co.za/pollitt
Let us pray for the sick
Let us pray for all the sick of the parish. Should you wish to have names added to the list, please email the parish office. We pray, especially for Rev Billy Davies, Sarah, Sr. Sheelagh Mary, Daphne White and Jarrod Van de Berg.
RIP: Yvonne Von Mayer
The funeral Mass for Yvonne Von Mayer will take place on October 18th at 14h00 at Holy Trinity.