HOLY REDEEMER PARISH Parish Priest: Fr Gerard McCabe C.Ss.R Email: [email protected]
Assistants: Fr Godwin Abbah C.Ss.R Fr Julius Maisiti C.Ss.R
BERGVLIET ROAD, BERGVLIET, 7945
Office hours 9.00 am. to 3.00 pm. Monday to Friday
TEL NO: 021 712-2210 or 712-1181. FAX: 021 712-4271
EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: www.holyredeemer.co.za WEBMASTER: [email protected]
THEME: Jesus, the Promised Messiah PAGE: 448 in New Sunday Missal. YEAR: B
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WEEKEND MASS TIMES :
SAT: 6:00pm
SUN: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm
DAILY MASS TIMES:
MON - FRI: 6:15am & 8:30am. Sat 8.30 a.m
CONFESSION TIMES:
THURS: 7:00 - 7:30pm
SAT: 9:00 - 10:00am & 5:00 - 5:55pm
ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:
MON - FRI: 9:00am - l0:00pm
NOVENA & BENEDICTION :
Thursday: -7:30pm
FRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS - 1:30pm
MORNING PRAYER—Mon to Fri at 8.00 am
WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS
Dec 22 Mon 6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Elizabeth, Penny, Gary - That they would seek God
Dec 23 Tues 6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Private Intention
Dec 24 Wed. No 6.15am Mass Rosary after 8.30am Mass
8.30am Private Intention 6.00pm Special Intention midnight Parishioners
Dec 25 Thurs THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD Page 453 in New Sunday Missal.
7.00am Mervyn Whittle - Rip 9.00am Antonia Gorgulho - Rip 11.00am Bianca Mc Gowan (Lino) - Rip
Dec 26 Fri ST STEPHEN – 1ST MARTYR No 6.15am Mass
8.30am Leonard & Vivian Craig - Rip
Dec 27 Sat. 8.30am Private Intention 6.00pm Private Intention
Dec 28 Sun THE HOLY FAMILY
Page 455 in New Sunday Missal. Year: B Theme: Families Are Made up of Young and Old
7.00am Mortuary List 9.00am Private Intention 11.00am Parishioners 6.00pm Private Intention
20/21 December 2014 ~ 4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT
CHRISTMAS AT HOLY REDEEMER
22-23-24 Confessions after 8.30am mass
24 Dec 5.15pm Children's Nativity Play
(Each family is invited to bring a wrapped gift for a less fortu-nate child, wrapped with a tag indicating whether it is for a boy or girl) 6.00pm Family Mass
10.45pm Church Opens
11.15pm Carol Service
Midnight Mass
25 Dec Christmas Mass 7.00am 9.00am
11.00am (French Choir) Church closes after 11.00am Mass
26 Dec Mass at 8.30am only 27 Dec Mass at 8.30am
Vigil Mass at 6.00pm
28 Dec Feast of Holy Family- Masses at usual times 7.00am 9.00am 11.00am and 6.00pm
29-30 Dec Mass at 8.30am only 31 Dec. Mass at 8.30am and 6.00pm
1 Jan Mass at 8.30am only No Novena Service
2 Jan Mass at 8.30am and 6.00pm (First Friday) 3 Jan Mass at usual times
5 Jan Daily Mass - 6.15am & 8.30am as usual
REGISTRATION OF CATECHISM CLASSES AND TIMETABLE FOR 2015
Level 1 Friday 15h00-16h00 Colleen Murphy & Glenda Campbell
Level 2 Monday 17h00-18-00 Samantha September
Level 3 (First Confession) Tuesday 16h30-17h30 Bernadette Sheldon & Glynis Minnaar
Level 4 (First Communion) Monday 16h30- 18h00 Lydia van Schoor
Level 5 Friday 17h00- 18h00 Robyn Lynch
Level 6 Tuesday 17h00- 18h00 Naomi Duncan
Level 7 Sunday 10h30- 11h30 Cornelius Petersen
Registration on Sunday 25 January 2015. Level 1 parents or any new parents to the parish. Please bring a copy of the child's baptism certificate with you on registration. Catechism fees R120 payable on registration.
ADVENT BOOKS NOW IN THE REPOSITORY Advent and Christmas – Wisdom from St. Francis of Assisi A book complete with two Formula for private or group prayer and meditation which incorporates a prayer, a Scripture reading and words of St. Francis. There is also an Advent action suggestion for each day
Also available for Advent - Breakthrough to Joy by Thomas Merton R20.00; and
Welcome to the Light –Joyce Rupp, OSM
LITURGICAL CALENDARS FOR 2015 AND ADVENT CALENDARS
GIFTS OF ROSARIES, CRUCIFIX’S AND CANDLES
ALL AVAILABLE IN THE REPOSITORY
PLUMSTEAD RUSOORD PRESENTS Christmas Lights Festival
Come and enjoy our 1.2KM walkway of lights. Christmas gift market and variety of food
Finishes on 24 Dec 2014 Daily 6.30pm to 10.30pm
Tickets at Rusoord: R40 Adults; R15 for 7yrs to 13yrs; FREE under 7 and over 85
Venue. Plunstead Rusoord. Birmingham Road ( Behind 3 Arts Theatre and Mediclinic Constantiaberg)
The Tree of Jesse
This is a depiction of the ancestors of Christ shown in a tree which rises from
Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of king David.
It originates in a passage in the biblical Book of Isaiah which describes meta-
phorically the descent of the Messiah,. The various figures depicted in the line-
age of Jesus are drawn from those names listed in the Gospel of Matthew and
the Gospel of Luke.
Symbols:
World - Creation
Apple - Adam and Eve
Ark - Noah
Tent - Abraham and Sarah
Ram - Isaac and Rebecca
Ladder - Jacob and Rachel
Coat - Joseph
Tablets - Moses
Rod and the serpents - Aaron
Horn -Joshua
Tumbling pillars - Samson
Grain - Ruth
Stump with a shoot - Jesse
Star - David
Temple -Solomon
Chariot of fire - Elijah
Anvil and sword - Isaiah
Lion - Daniel
Whale - Jonah
Praying hands - Zechariah and
Elizabeth
Shell - John the Baptist
Book - Anne and Joachim
Heart - Mary
Carpenter tools - Joseph of
Nazareth
Star - Star of Bethlehem
Sheep and crook - Shepherds
Angel - Angel
Baby in the manger - Jesus
PRAY FOR OUR SICK
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION
CLOSURE TIMES AND DATES The Chapel will re-open on Monday 12 January at 9am
Contact: Christine: 0824991718
1. Special 28-page Christmas Edition –
only R15
2. Round-up: This was the year 2014
3. 50-Question Christmas Quiz
4. A Priest’s Half-Century
5. Christian Division Stops Peace in Holy
Land
This week’s editorial:
Christmas Trek and Back
PLEASE ADVISE THE OFFICE IF A PERSON’S NAME IS NO LONGER NECESSARY TO BE ON THE LIST
2014 list Abrahamse, Bea Berry, Dylan
Castle, Dorothy
Dreyer, Moira
Hendricks , Sam
Jacobs, Genevieve
Johnson, Jerry Johnson, Margaret Louw, Mike
McDuma, Elenor Methven, Cherry
Morris, Alan
Perreira, Kathleen Petersen, Albert Ruiters, Sharon Rodgers, Alan Sassman, Kenneth
Previous year’s list Abrahams, George
Beukes, Matthew
Beukes, Janine
Boyles, Mrs Brindley, Bernadette
Coutriers, Douglas
Daames, Erin De Vos, Claudelle
Dewhurst, Vera
Erwin, Sharon
Esau, Mary-Anne
Ferreira, Pam
Forsdike, Dawn Fortuin, Mrs S
Fouten, Ma
Freeman, Mick Gomez, Keith Hall, Lee Hendricks, Patricia Hendricks, Rita Henriques, Carmelita
Herman, Mr H
Heynes, Dale
Heynes, Russell Heynes, Dawn Jacobs, Marlene
Jansen, Catherine
Jegels, Christine
Jegels, Gerard
Jenkins, Angeline Jenkins, Sadie King, James Klein, Edith Linnegar,Mafalda
Maggott, Michael Morkel, Joanna
Moses, Lisa Marie Nicolls, Clement Orgill, Rosetta Pasquallie, Monty
Peskin, Ernest Peters, Sylvia
Petersen, Jacqui Pietersen, Lindsy
Scott, Lizzie
Sheraton, Sylvia
Stevens, Stephane Steyn, Vera
Visser, George
Willemse, Mrs Zill, Blanche
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NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF
PERPETUAL HELP
Normally Thursday evening at 7.30pm
No Novena this week as it is Christmas Day
PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED Philippe Souchon - RIP. Was a SVP stalwart
MILESTONES HOLIDAY CLOSURE DATES OFFICE: Monday 29 December 2014 to Friday 2 January 2015 inclusive. HALL: Monday 15 December 2014 to Sunday 11 January 2015 inclusive.
PARISH YEAR PLANNER Ministries/societies/fundraising groups: please advise the Parish Secretary of dates for future meetings/events for 2015 irrespective of whether you have had meet-ings in 2014. Only notices from leaders will be accepted. E-mail: [email protected] or Fax: 021-7124271
Just a thought
Happy Christmas.
There is a story told about a parish with an old church. When people en-
tered the church they would stop and bow in the direction of a wall that
was painted white. Nobody knew why they bowed to the wall, but every-
body had been doing it for so long that nobody questioned it. It was tra-
dition!
One day the parish decided to renovate the church and began to scrape
the paint from the wall. As they did so they discovered a centuries old
painting of Christ that had, for some reason, been painted over. Down the
generations, even though the people no longer knew about the painting,
they continued to reverence the wall. They knew there was something
there, they just weren't sure what it was any more.
Later this week the world will celebrate Christmas but for many people it
will be a bit like the people in the old church bowing towards the wall.
Christmas retains some significance beyond the commercial hype, but
many people are so disengaged from their religious roots, they miss the
real meaning of the feast.
Believers are those for whom Christmas is the opposite of the commercial
extravaganza. For us it is the sort of miracle which not only throws lights
on our human condition but initiates the profound change of our humanity.
In the mystery of Christmas we begin to share in the divinity of Christ
who humbled himself to share in our humanity.
All the beautiful words, the carols, all the celebrations focus on a tiny
baby: God-with-us. May this almost incredible love sustain us and propel
us to share with others the greatest good news of all. May we be able to
reveal to others what Christmas really means and why we continue to cel-
ebrate it with joy.
May you all have a beautiful feast,
Fr Sean Wales, C.Ss.R.
2nd COLLECTION This week: Advent Appeal
CHRISTMAS MASS COLLECTION
Only 1 collection will be taken up at all Masses in thanksgiving to the Redemptorist Community
CHANGES IN THE PARISH. The new parish priest will be Father Gerard McCabe, C,Ss.R. He will be assisted by Father Godwin Abbah, C.Ss.R and also by Fr Julius Maisiti C.Ss.R. who will also be studying for his Masters in Philosophy. Fr Sean Wales C.Ss.R. will continue to reside in the Monastery. As from January 1st 2015, he will be Provincial of the Redemptorists of South Africa.
SOUTHERN CROSS Christmas Edition to be sold after all Mass-es this weekend. Cost: R15.00
COUNCELLOR Annette Milner, counsellor at Holy Re-deemer, will be on a leave of absence until June next year
CHRISTMAS LETTER Please collect from the church porch, en-closed is an envelope for your offering to-wards the Redemptorist Community
ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS
NATIVITY PLAY 2014 Final practice at 9.30am on the 23rd Dec. For further info contact Aldina on 083 303 5149.
NEW YEAR’s EVE DANCE
Wednesday 31 December in Parish centre. Cost: R80.00 per person. Donations welcome, please drop off at Parish office. Contact: Ingrid 021-7128168 (office hours) or 021-7156090 (after hours)
PERSONNEL
I. Mr Martin Kaufmann, brother of Fr Larry is urgently seeking accommodation. His contact number is 078 533 3627.
II. Wanted: Piano Lessons. If you can help, please contact Emmanuel on 083 536 3681.
CHINESE AUCTION HAMPER DRAWCHINESE AUCTION HAMPER DRAWCHINESE AUCTION HAMPER DRAWCHINESE AUCTION HAMPER DRAW
There will be a total of 23 lucky Winners!!!!
This weekend is your last opportunity to buy tickets as the draw will take place on Monday 22nd December in the Atrium after the 8.30am Mass.
Bidding closes this Sunday 21st at 7.30pm.
All tickets must be in by closing time to be eligible for the draw.
EVERYONE WELCOME TO JOIN US IN THE ATRIUM FOR THE LUCKY DRAW AND
REFRESHMENTS!
.ALPHA Alpha is about getting to know Jesus Christ and about introducing Jesus Christ to peo-ple who do not know him. Join us on the next Alpha (or invite someone to join us) starting on Wed 28 January 2015 @ Holy Redeemer, Bergvliet. For further info contact [email protected] or checkout www.holyredeemer.co.za/alpha for information or to register.