Parish Pastoral Council

No submissions were received in response to the call for nominations for three repre-sentatives for the Parish Pastoral Council. The present members have confirmed thatthey are willing to continue to serve the needs of the parish. I therefore endorse thecurrent Council to continue for the next two years and will look to nominate furthermembers as needed to support the Council in line with Archdiocesan guideline.

The members of the Council are as follows:

Aldina Santos (Catechetics & Deanery rep.)Wanika Rustoi (Youth rep.)Tony Moolenschot (Maintenance: appointed member)Br Richard (Liturgy: appointed member)Wilf de Haan (SVP rep.)James Cornelius (Music rep.)Jean Ronan ( Family Life: elected member)Rev Alan Morris (Care Groups: ex officio)Pat Moolenschot (Faith Enrichment: elected member)Dane Lingi (French-speaking Community: appointed member)Paddy Milner (Chairperson: appointed member)Fr Tyrone Sam (ex officio)

On behalf of the parish community I thank the members of the PPC for their continuedsupport and for their enthusiasm in ensuring that we remain committed to building upthe Body of Christ in our midst.

Fr Sean Wales, C.Ss.R.

ANTHONY MENTOOR

Warmest congratulations to An-thony who has been caring forthe Church, the Hall and thegounds for ten years now.On be-half of the parish I thank himmost sincerely for the courteousand kindly way he has served theparish and I wish him everyblessing and joy for the future.

ORGANIST

We are still scouting out for anorganist/choir leader. There isthe possibility of trainingsomeone who can alreadysight-read a musical score.

Please contact Fr Sean.

Parish Priest: Fr. Seán Wales C.Ss.R Email: parishpriest@holyredeemer.co.zaAssistants: Fr. Tyrone Sam C.Ss.RRev. Alan MorrisHOLY REDEEMER PARISHHOLY REDEEMER PARISHHOLY REDEEMER PARISH

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WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS

Dec. 05 Mon Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 am Theological Circle meet at 7:30pm in the Boardroom

6:15 am Alexander Murie- Birthday 8:30 am Benjamin Catin RIP

Dec. 06 Tues Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 am Care & craft group – after 8:30 am Mass SVP meets at 6 pm in the Boardroom Charismatic Group meets at 7:45 pm in the Church

6:15 am Special Intention 8:30 am Maisie Damstra RIP

Dec. 07 Wed Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 am Rosary after 8:30 am Mass Choir practice at 6:30 pm in the Church

6:15 am Holy Souls in Purgatory 8:30 am Michael Miller RIP

Dec. 08 Thurs Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 am Novena at 7:30 pm in the Church Badminton in the Hall after Novena

6:15 am Ida Smith RIP 8:30 am Fr. Cox- Intention

Dec. 09 Fri Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 am 6:15 am John Boonzaaier- Healing 8:30 am Deceased members of St. Ger-

ards Womens League

Dec. 10 Sat Legion of Mary– 3:15 pm in Counselling room Baptism Instruction at 2 pm in the Boardroom Mass for the sick at 11am followed by lunch in hall

8:30 am Heather &Mac McKey RIP 6:00 pm Peter & Sheila Stevens RIP

Dec. 11 Sun THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

7:00 am Parishioners 9:00 am John & Marcia Augusta RIP 11:00 am Sylvia & Edward Johnson RIP 6:00 pm V O’ Connor RIP

Need somewhere to talk that is safe,where there is total confidentiality andwhere you will not be judged?

Contact one of our trained counsellors:

ANNETTE MILNER TEL: 021-715 8177

CYNTHIA WIESE TEL: 021-794 1601

WEEKEND MASS TIMES :SATURDAY: 6:00pmSUNDAY: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pmDAILY MASS TIMES:MON - FRI: 6:l5am & 8:30am. Sat (only 8.30am)CONFESSION TIMES:THURSDAY: 7:00 - 7:30pmSATURDAY: 9:00 - 9:30am & 5:00 - 5:55pmADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:MON - FRIDAY: 9:00am - l0:00pmNOVENA & BENEDICTION :Thursday: -7:30pmFRENCH MASS: 2nd & 4th SUNDAY - 3:00pm

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COLLECTION. The secondcollection today is for theAdvent Appeal.

MORTUARY LIST. Themortuary list is nowclosed.

RCIA. The RCIA classesare closed for 2011 andwill recommence on Tues-day, 17 January 2012.

ALPHA course will resumeon Feb. 01 2012

MASS FOR THE SICK willbe celebrated on Sat. 10 ofDec at 11am followed bylunch in the Parish Centre.

DOUGHNUTS on sale af-ter all Masses.

BAPTISMS. Please notethat the Sacrament of Bap-tism will not be celebratedin January of 2012.

OFFICE closes on Thurs.22 Dec. and reopens onTues. 03 Jan.

HALL CLOSURE: Friday16 December 2011 to Sun-day 8 January 2012 inclu-sive

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Leonard Craig, Mrs Boyles, George Visser, Lisa MarieMoses, Matthew & Janine Beukes, Zima Lovric, ErinDaames, Dawn Forsdike, Edith Klein, Brian Miller; Doro-thy & Alfie Harris, Jack Hardy, Bernadette Brindley,Lorraine O’Brien, Sadie Jenkins, Rosetta Orgill, Magda-lene Hinter, Charles Roberts, Christine Van Schalkwyk,Russell & Dawn Heynes, Mr Eckles, Joyce Dunn, SybilRobbins, Tony Chanquin, Ma Fouten, Doris Fernandez,Louis Catin, Alan Rodgers, Brenda Saunders, MaryJones, Douglas Coutriers, Hazel Canterbury, SylviaPeters, Muriel van Rensburg, Steve Catin, William O’Riley, Gloria Mbiya, Mrs S Fortuin, Mr H Herman, Chris-tine Jegels, Edwin Rosslind, Sharon Erwin, Mrs Wil-lemse, Catherine Jansen, Patrick Ford, Ernest Peskin,Michael Maggott, Clement Nicolls, Lance Wolff, YvonneHendry Tony Carling, James King, Eleanor McDuma,Gabriel & Wilhelmina Naidoo, Mary McAdam, AngelineJenkins

Prayer for EcclesiaFather, continue to pour out your Spirit on ourArchdioceseAs we enter this time of Ecclesia:Grant us a new vision of your glorya new experience of your powera new faithfulness to your Worda new consecration to your serviceSo that your love may grow among usAnd your kingdom comeBless our commitmentto realise our Pastoral Planto deepen our communionto fruitful missionthrough Christ our LordOur Lady of the Flight into Egypt, pray for us.Amen

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OFPERPETUAL HELP

Come and ask her Motherly help,every Thursday evening at 7.30pm

Place your special Prayer Intentions & Thanks-givings in the box at the back of the Church.

Also online at www.holyredeemer.co.za

Just a thought...

THE WAITING GAME

We all have to learn how to play the waiting game. Waiting is built into being human;but it is how we wait which colours our experience and often shapes the meaning ofwaiting.

Waiting for the results of a biopsy can induce stress and anxiety of a kind which isqualitatively different from the experience of waiting for the birth of a child.

Waiting for a loved one to be released from a painful illness and to die into God isdifferent again from waiting for the arrival of a friend from overseas.

We are schooled as Christians to wait in joyful hope. In Advent we wait for thebirth of Jesus, not just with a cuddly feel-good sentiment of Christmases past butwith a vibrant expectancy of Jesus being born anew in us this Christmas. Theseeasy words can trip us up.

If Christ really is born in us, our lives will change: we will be drawn into God, we willexperience an inner compulsion to reach out to the poor, we will never be contentwith unjust structures, we will be restless for the Kingdom of justice, love and peace.

How then should we wait this Advent 2011?

Yes, we should cherish some special moments of prayer each day; yes, we should bemindful in our preparations for Christmas of those for whom Christmas only empha-sises their poverty; yes, we should help those around us –in the family and at work-to grasp the real meaning of Christmas.

But the Church has an Advent secret which, unfortunately, it has kept to itself somuch that it has all but vanished from tradition Catholic practice and that is: thevigil. Advent is a time of watching and waiting and this is dramatically symbolized inthe practice of keeping vigil. This really means stealing a little time from sleep. Ad-vent opened with the Gospel words: Stay awake. Perhaps this Advent we can stayalert in prayer by keeping a “mini-vigil” of say, 15 minutes, from our sleep- time tosimply wait for the coming of the Lord.

Fr Seán Wales, C.Ss.R

CATECHETICAL/CONFIRMATIONTHANKSGIVING MASS:

On Sunday the 11th December a Mass ofthanksgiving will be celebrated at 18h00 toclose the catechetical program for 2011.This will be preceeded at 17h00 by an AD-VENT reflection which will be put on bythe children of our catechetical program. Inthanksgiving for what we have, we wouldgreatly appreciate it if each family woulddonate one gift (if possible) for the manychildren in our Deanery who will not re-ceive Christmas presents on Christmasmorning. These gifts will be distributed bythe St Vincent de Paul Society. We ask thatthe gifts be wrapped and the age and sex ofthe child for which the gift is suitable beattached to the gift.

WELCOME COMMITTEE

The Welcome Committee ishaving an unwanted gift saleon Sun. 11 Dec. after the 9:00am Mass. Donations required.Please drop off at Office.

Please donate all your un-wanted items and leave at theoffice before the 11th of De-cember

Christmas is approaching and the poorare looking forward to a bag of goodiesfrom us.

Bags now on sale after all Masses atR7.00 each.

Please support this worthy cause. Latestreturn date for full bags is Wednesday,7th December.

Thanks...Dankie...Inkosi...Merci

The Dan-Ag Care centre thank all parish-ioners for their kind donations towards lastfundraiser as well as throughout the year.We wish you & families a blessed Christ-mas and prosperous new year.

GOD bless, Denise Delcarme

Phone: 0215092153 / 0798694319

St Vincent de Paul Society

(Working for the Poor)

Place your offering tosupport the Society intheir work for the poorin the box at the backof the Church. Haveyou thought of joining? They meet onTuesdays at 6: 00pm. Contact Wilf DeHahn on 021 7154277

Co-Workers of Mother Teresa

Share your dailybread with the poor

Please bring youroffering of a loaf of

bread to Holy Massand place in thebox at the Altar.

PARISH REPOSITORY SHOP

Specials now on sale:Christmas gifts, rosaries,First Communion & Con-

firmation gifts

Open in the Parish Officearea after all the weekendMasses. Contact Peter &

Barbara Soares 0217056068

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ADORATIONCHAPELIn the Atrium next to theChurch

All WelcomeOpen for prayer Mon-day – Friday, 9.00am –10.00pm. Come and

spend some quiet time beforeJesus in Blessed Sacrament.Pray for your special needs andthose of your family and of theworld. Contact Christine –0824991718.

LITURGICAL CALENDER FOR 2012 ONSALE IN THE REPOSITORY AT R35.00 PER

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