HOLY REDEEMER PARISH Parish Priest: Fr Gerard McCabe C.Ss.R Email: [email protected] Assistant: Fr Scott Davidson C.Ss.R 24/25 October 2015 ~ THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME THEME: Enlightened to Follow Christ PAGE: 755 in New Sunday Missal. YEAR: B WEEKEND MASS TIMES : SAT: 6:00pm SUN: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm DAILY MASS TIMES: Need somewhere to talk that is MON - FRI: 6:15am & 8:30am. Sat 8.30 a.m safe, where there is total confi- CONFESSION TIMES: dentiality and where you will THURS: 7:00 - 7:30pm not be judged? SAT: 9:00 - 10:00am & 5:00 - 5:55pm ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Contact one of our trained MON - FRI: 9:00am - l0:00pm counsellors NOVENA & BENEDICTION : Thursday: -7:30pm Cynthia Wiese: 021 794-1601 FRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS - 1:30pm - MORNING PRAYER—Mon to Fri at 8.00 am Annette Milner: 021 715 8177 WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS 6.15am Private Intention Oct 26 Mon Alpha group 7.00pm boardroom 8.30am Helen Sutter - Healing Care & craft meet after 8.30am Mass in Parish centre SVP 6.30pm Room 2 Oct 27 Tues 6.15am Private Intention RCIA meet 7.30pm in Edna cottle room 8.30am Leonard Craig - Rip Charismatic group meet 7.45pm Room 1 Rosary after 8.30am Mass 6.15am Ivy Varrie - Rip Oct 28 Wed. Life teen 7.00pm in boardroom 8.30am Sheila De La Cruz - Rip 6.15am Patrick Minnaar - Rip Oct 29 Thurs Novena in Church 7.30pm 8.30am Gary, Wendy Vorster & Fam. - To Worship together FOOD FAIR from 5.00pm 6.15am Vida Harrison - Rip Oct 30 Fri 8.30am Helen Sutter - Healing 8.30am Gillian Lewis - Healing Oct 31 Sat. Legion of Mary meet 9.15am in Room 2 6.00pm Maisie Damstra - Rip ALL SAINTS 7.00am Mortuary List THEME: Called to Be Holy 9.00am Veronica Da Silva - Rip Nov 1 Sun 11.00am Carol Peskin - Rip PAGE: 1061 in New Sunday Missal. 6.00pm Parishioners 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] A WORD FROM YOUR PARISH PRIEST ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS nd We are very happy to welcome Fr. Scott Davidson to our Redemptorist Community and 2 COLLECTION ALPHA GROUP MEETING This week: Mission Sunday Monday 26 October 7.00pm also to our parish at Holy Redeemer, where he will work full-time as assistant priest. Fr. Next week: Prison Ministry - Venue Boardroom Scott has a wealth of experience and will be a real gift to the parish. We also welcome his Dan-Ag Care 100CLUB - NEXT DRAW dog, but hopefully you will not see her in Church! But even with the arrival of Fr. Scott, all Donation box in foyer for Dan-Ag Care Friday 30 October. - of us must be aware that, in terms of the number of priests available to serve the parish, Pls call Denise to collect 079 172 6476 At the PARISH FOOD FAIR Contributions accepted up to 8.00pm on we are now much less than even in January. This means that we have to look at how best COLLECTORS ROSTER the 30th October at the FOOD FAIR to serve the needs of the parish with more limited resources than ever before. We must Ready for collection Further info: www.holyredeemer.co.za also face the fact that it is unlikely that we will receive additional help anytime soon. ALL SOULS THEOLOGICAL CIRCLE MEETING Monday 2 November, Monday 9 November at 7.30pm It would be very easy to see our new situation as something of a crisis, wondering how we Masses: 6.15am, 8.30am & 7.30pm Venue - Boardroom might be able to keep all the activities of the parish going. But we might also recognise that our current reality also presents Holy Redeemer parish with an opportunity to take LITURGY MEETING Monday 9 November at 7.30pm spiritual ownership of the parish while continuing to be served by the Redemptorist Community. Venue - Parlour 1. Hurley remembered by his friends This was something that was discussed in great detail at our recent meeting of the Parish YOUNG ADULT GROUP MEETING 2. Saints of Italy pilgrimage diary, Part 2 Pastoral Council. It was a very positive meeting, where everyone felt that we should see Tuesday 10 November 7.15pm 3. The rich benefits of meditation Venue - Boardroom our changed circumstances both as a time of grace and a call from God for each of us to 4. Public rosary campaign in pics reflect more deeply on our discipleship with Jesus and our care for one another as BINGO 5. The trouble with funerals Saturday 14 November at 2.00pm brothers and sisters. Venue - Parish Centre THIS WEEK’S EDITORIAL: It is important for all of us to realise that, while the priests are important in any parish, BAPTISM INSTRUCTION Don’t trust every word most of the work of proclaiming the Gospel is already being done by the parishioners Saturday 21 November 1.00 to 4.30 pm. Venue - Parish Centre themselves. We can see clear evidence of that here at Holy Redeemer when we reflect on REPOSITORY just how many people are serving the parish community at all kinds of levels. We have peo- New stock for BAPTISM CEREMONY 1st communion and Baptism Sunday 29 November after 11.00am Mass ple involved in every aspect of life, from baptism classes to catechetics, from marriage preparation to the care of the sick and the elderly. The fact that so many are committed to active service within the parish community is a great blessing to us, but perhaps now is St. Pope John Paul II an opportunity for each of us, no matter how young or old, to reflect that we are called to Feastday: October 22 serve one another in love. Patron of World Youth Day (Co- Patron) St. Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Jesuits, in one of his most famous meditations, asked himself the following three questions: What have I done for Christ? What am I Birth: 1920 doing for Christ? What ought I to do for Christ? Death: 2005 These are questions of great spiritual significance and questions that each of us should Beatified By: May 1, 2011 Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI continually ask of ourselves. To be true disciples of Jesus is to recognise that we are called to serve the Lord and do what we can to make His Good News known throughout the Canonized By: April 27, 2014 Saint Peter's world. Let us each make use of the questions of St. Ignatius in our own personal prayer and Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis thereby hear what God is asking of us today. Fr Gerard, CSsR SAINT FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF EUCHARISTIC ADORATION October 26—Monday PERPETUAL HELP Adoration hours St. Bean St. Cuthbert of Canterbury St. Rogatian Thursday evening at 7.30pm Monday to Friday - 9.00am to 5.00pm St. Evaristus St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki St. Rusticus of Narbonne St. Cedd St. Eadfrid St. Quadragesimus Place your special Prayer Intentions & For your weekly adoration consider St. Eata St. Fulk of Pavia St. Quodvultdeus Thanksgivings in the box at the back of spending time in prayer, reflection or St. Albinus St. Gibitrudis the Church. meditation in the Chapel. St. Alfred the Great St. Lucian October 27—Tuesday Also at www.holyredeemer.co.za St. Abraham the Poor St. Capitolina St. Namatius Prayer to the Holy Family St. Abban of Murnevin St. Desiderius of Auxerre St. Odhran of Iona for the Synod St. Frumentius St. Elesbaan St. Odran of Iona The Parish’s St. Vincent St. Vincent, Sabina, & St. Florentius St. Abraham the Poor Jesus, Mary and Joseph, Christeta St. Gaudiosus of Naples St. Abuna (Frumentius) de Paul Society assists the poor in the area. in you we contemplate — October 28 Wednesday the splendour of true love, St. Jude Thaddaeus St. Salvius St. Faro If you would like to join us and become a to you we turn with trust. St. Simon the Zealot St. Eadsin St. Honoratus of Vercelli member, we meet every Tuesday at St. Abraham St. Ferrutius St. Joachim Royo St. Anastasia II St. Fidelis of Como St. John Dat 6.30pm in the Parish Hall. Holy Family of Nazareth, St. Anglinus St. Godwin St. Remigius grant that our families too October 29—Thursday PRAY FOR OUR SICK may be places of communion and prayer, authentic schools of the Gospel St. Narcissus St. Colman of Kilmacduagh St. John of Autun 2015 list and small domestic Churches. St. Abraham of Rostov St. Cuthbert Mayne St. Kennera Abrahams, George King, Jim St. Anne St. Donatus of Corfu Martyrs of Douai Barker, Eda Le Breton, Marcel Holy Family of Nazareth, St. Abraham Kidunaja Douai Martyrs St. Maximilian Bezuidenhoudt, Jason Le-Cordeur, Joan St. Bond St. Elfleda St. Gaetano Errico may families never again Buser, Jill Linnegar, Mafalda St. Zenobius St. Ermelinda Bl. Maria Restituta Clavaux, Cataharina experience violence, rejection and division: St. Terence of Metz St. Eusebia Lotz, Anne may all who have been hurt or scandalized St. Theodore St. Hyacinth Clavaux, Joseph Lotz, Wally Cole, Michael Louw, Gerald find ready comfort and healing. October 30—Friday da Silva, Dulcie Maggott, Michael St. Herbert St. Zenobius & Zenobia St. Eutropia de Hahn, Wilf Malherbe, Willi Holy Family of Nazareth, Bl.