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Catherine Anderson, Anne Anderson, Janine Basel,
Ronald Basel, Peylen Bell, Hailey Berlouis, Odette
Bircher, Antonio Borrageiro, Allan Botha, Lianey
Brotherhood, Anne Bruce, Grant Bubb, Denise Budde,
Mary Call, Jamie-Leigh Campbell, Beryl Campbell,
Gavin Campbell, Jean-Marc Carlier, Kristen Cilliers,
Hannah Cobbledick, Michaela Cobbledick, Helen
Coombe-Nel, Derek Couzens, Marilyn Daly, Colleen
Davis, Pamela Dawson, Rico de Marigny, Joaquim De
Sousa, Bernard de Souza, Wendy Dettmer, Reece Dos
Santos, Hannah Draai, Rod Dunstan-Smith, Gary
Edwards, John Feeney, Diegio Ferrandino, Caroline
Ferriere, Melanie Ferriere, Carla Goemans, Marilyn
Goldie, Brian Goldie, Sharee Haarhoff, Ronald Hancock,
David Hart, Elisabeth Hebbelmann, Chantal Hoar, Irene
Hodgson, Michael Hunter, Michael Isaacs, Sharon
Jones, Debbie Kerdachi, Joan Kiepiel, Elizabeth King,
Anne Knickelbein, Elaine Lage, Chloe Lott, Colleen
Maitre, Nicole Mamotte, Denzel Mamotte, Tina Marais,
Stephanie Martin, Carryn Marx, Patrick Mellon,
Ntandoyenkosi Mfeka, Tamaryn Miller, Megan Missen,
Joshua Misson, Leah Mitchell, Nolwandle Mngoma, Bob
Montocchio, Chez Moretti, Brenda Morris, Ntombifuthi
Msibi, Sthandiwe Msomi, Sihle Msomi, Nokukhanya
Msomi, Hannah Murran, Philipa Myburg, Ans Neal,
Zinhle Ngubane, Nhlanhla Ngubane, Niche Nuttall,
Gavan Parker, John Perkins, Brad Rae, Margaret
Raymakers, Christine Reabow, Lynn Ross, Graeme Roy,
Ivan Saunders, Norma Shepstone, Isabella Strachan,
Keri-Lyn Strachan, Pam Sutton, Maxine Taylor, Colleen
Thomson, Alan Tivers, Dutch Van Leeuwen, Maria
Walker, Mary Worst.
And celebrating their milestone birthdays are: 21
st: Ryan Janus & Sane Ngcobo
30th
: Nicole Stone & Sithokozile Nzimande
40th
: Johan Van Der Linde
50th
: Matthew Ambross
70th
: Wally Lage, Anne Knight & Peter Olivier
80th
: Gina Swart
To the following new parishioners: Nhlanhla &
Nokukhanya Msomi and family. We hope you will
enjoy being part of the St Dom’s family!
Approximately a year ago a trampoline was
donated to Community Service, which needed
some work done to it before the children could
enjoy it.
Without hesitation John Connolly agreed to
take on the project of fixing it and to put uprights
and shade cloth around. John started the project
but then he became ill. He approached Morel
Rosseau to help him with the project.
A huge thank you to Morel and Peter Hockey
who completed this project and set up the
trampoline at the KwaNyuswa Drop in centre. The
Carer reported that the children enjoyed jumping
on the trampoline so much that they did not want
to go home.
The St DomMarch 2019
(Established April 1991)
Mission Statement: Christianity through learning, caring and
serving.
Church office: (031) 765 5515 www.stdom.co.za
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To Rory and Kate-Lyn de Fleuriot de la Colinièr on
the birth of their daughter, Annabelle Grace, and
to big sister, Émilie Olivia.
To Travis Roper, who was recently awarded the
Kingsmead Direct Trophy for ‘Most Promising
Young Sportsman’ at Hillcrest High School.
To February’s winners of the SSVP 100 Club draw.
1st prize: Marie-Olga Martin, 2nd prize: Madge
Ebsworth, 3rd prize: Sandy Kedian.
To Ilda Healy and Peter Lakin, who are moving to
Umhlanga.
Lent and Holy Week 2019
Tuesday 5 March – Shrove Tuesday
Bring your whole family and join us for our annual pancakes
evening. Pancakes will be served from 5.30pm and prices are:
Children’s novelty pancakes: R20.00 each
Savoury pancakes: R15.00 each
Cinnamon & sugar pancakes: R5.00 each
Please note there will be no Catechism or Edge on this day as
all families are encouraged and invited to attend our pancake
evening.
Wednesday 6 March – Ash Wednesday
Holy Mass at 9am and 6pm
Please return your palms from last year before Wednesday. These
are to be placed in the container at the back of the church. They
will be burnt and turned into the ashes used on Ash Wednesday.
Every Friday during Lent
Stations of the Cross followed by Holy Mass at 9am and
5.30pm
Thursday 4 April – Penitential Service
6pm
Wednesday 10 April – Paschal Meal
6pm
HOLY WEEK
18 April – Holy Thursday
Holy Mass at 6pm
19 April – Good Friday
Stations of the Cross at 7am
Good Friday Service at 3pm
20 April – Easter Vigil
Holy Mass at 7pm
21 April – Easter Sunday
Holy Mass at 8am
There will be no 5pm mass
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A music workshop will be held on Saturday, 9
March from 9am to 12pm. All musicians and
singers in our parish, whether you are already
involved or would like to become involved in our
music groups are invited to attend.
A group of ladies in our parish works on a roster
basis making soup for the needy in the valley.
They are in need of more volunteers to assist
them. If you are able to help, or would like to
know more, please contact Ros Donnelly on
031 765 4530.
The Ladies’ Guild are responsible for organising
funeral teas for the church and would like to
request anyone who may be able to assist with
this function to please contact them on
[email protected].
The teas are normally during the week and
may take 2 or 3 hours of a morning or afternoon.
We would like to establish a list of volunteers in
order that we can rotate the duty so as to not
have to rely on the same helpers every time. Any
assistance would be greatly appreciated and
would purely be on an availability basis.
Our next LifeTeen Camp will take place from
Friday 29 March to Sunday 31 March at Anerley
on the South Coast. The cost is R700 per child. If
you are available to help lift the children to and
from the camp, please contact Julie Ronald on
083 286 2050.
The SSVP is again appealing for donations of
books for their sales to be held during the year.
These can be left in the SSVP trolley.
On 16 February, an excited group of youngsters from
the KwaNyuswa and Bethlehem drop-in centres arrived
at Forest View Primary School for their first computer
lesson. Thanks to the kindness and generosity of the
principal and staff of the school, many of these
children were using a computer for the first time. The
teenagers enjoyed learning about and practicing the
different functions found in the Word programme and
had fun drawing on the computer.
A very big, heart-felt thank you goes to Hilda
Coombes for giving our children something to look
forward to for the rest of the year while they learn new
skills that are normally out of their reach.
Hilda Coombes giving the drop-in centre youngsters their first
IT lesson.
Winter Warmth Campaign
The SSVP will be starting their Winter Warmth campaign on the
weekend of 9 and 10 March. Wool and patterns for beanies and bed
socks will be handed out at all Masses on that weekend. Children’s
jerseys may also be knitted with the wool.
We are also appealing for jerseys – for adults and children – as
well as blankets and would be most grateful for any
contributions.
All items are to be handed in by the beginning of May.
The SSVP thank you all so much for your support.
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Altar servers are a vital part of the liturgical ministry.
They are vital because altar servers perform not just a
functional role but a symbolic role and symbolism is
the language of worship. Their actions in the Mass are
symbolic of much more than you think and the way
they serve can lead people closer to God.
Serving at the altar is a privileged way to draw
closer to Jesus, which, in the words of Pope Francis
“enables you to open yourselves to others, to journey
together, to set demanding goals and to find the
strength to achieve them.”
“The closer you are to the altar,” he says, “the more
you will remember to speak with Jesus in daily prayer;
the more you will be nourished by the Word and the
body of the Lord, the better able you will be to go out
to others, bringing them the gift that you have
received, giving in turn with enthusiasm the joy you
have received.”
So what can I do?
At St Dominic’s, the altar server ministry is overseen by
Lisa Redman and Hannah Schimper, who are in charge
of training our servers and setting up the rosters.
Unfortunately though, there seems to be a trend
among our servers that as soon as they become
confirmed in the faith they down their cassocks!
But we hate to see you go! Nowhere is it said that
the ministry should be open only to children below
confirmation age – serving at the altar is open to all!
Catholic churches around the world even have
pensioners serving! So if you are a young adult or a
slightly older adult who feels called to serve in this
way, we need you. You will be provided with all the
training you need and serve on a roster basis.
Lisa Redman can be contacted on 083 385 0385
should you have any questions or would like to serve
in this meaningful ministry.
Caritas Calls Health & Welfare Practitioners
Through Caritas Durban, the Archdiocese is in the process of
establishing a ‘Professional Health and Welfare Committee’, which
would assist in volunteering its services in Caritas projects
within the Archdiocese of Durban. The Archdiocese has plans to take
this critical area of work to another level in order to contribute
towards improving the healthcare and welfare of ordinary people
within our diocese.
Health and welfare practitioners within St Dominic’s are
requested to provide the parish office with their details, which
will then be submitted to Caritas Durban. Thereafter a first
meeting will be convened with all practitioners where the matter
will be appropriately discussed.
ACCOMMODATION NEEDED
Karl Breinhorst is urgently looking for a 1 or 2
bedroom cottage to rent. Please contact him on
082 452 6766 if you are able to assist.
Temporary accomodation is also urgently needed
for an unemployed single mother and her child,
who due to a series of unfortunate circumstances
need to move out of their current home. Should
anyone be able to open their home to these
parishioners until mom finds a job, please write
to [email protected] or contact Katia
Sciocatti on 082 783 6396. If at all possible, they
would prefer to remain in the Waterfall / Forest
Hills / Crestholme area where they currently stay.
Keep up to date with all the goings on at our wonderful parish
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Hillcrest Government Hospital Chapel Duty
Sunday, 10 March 10.15am:
Meet at Hillcrest Gov. Hospital Car Park
Help is always needed to wheel patients to the chapel
