In Touch Newsletter
Catholic Church of the Resurrection
Inside this issue
Year of the Deacon ............ 3-4
Life Teen ………………………...8-10
Parish Pastoral
Council ………………………….12-13
Contact Details……………...17-18
Special points of interest
Social and Fundraising.
Melkbos Community
A Short History of the Permanent Diaconate in the Year of the Deacon
2013 - 2014.
THE EARLY CHURCH
Traditionally, the beginning of the order of deacons is traced back to the story
in Acts of the Apostles, Acts 6: 1-6. Whether this pertains to the history of the
ordained order of deacons as they developed in the early centuries of the
church is in dispute, but it is very much in the spirit in which the diaconate
was and has been understood ever since. Very early in the history of the
church, deacons were understood to hold a special place in the community,
along with bishops and presbyters. The role of all ordained ministries is to be
modelled on the life of Christ, and that of deacons especially was and still is,
that of Christ the servant. Perhaps the earliest reference to deacons in this
sense (ca. 53 A.D.?) occurs in St. Paul's letter to the Philippians in which he
addresses "all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops
and deacons".
The deacon became the eyes and ears of the bishop, his "right hand man".
The bishop's principal assistant became known as the "archdeacon", and
was often charged with heavy responsibilities, especially in the financial ad-
ministration of the local church, above all in distribution of funds and goods to
the poor. One measure of the importance of the deacon in the early church is
June/July 2014 , Issue 3
the number of deacons elected pope in the early Mid-
dle Ages. Of the thirty-seven men elected pope be-
tween 432 and 684 A.D., only three are known to have
been ordained to priest before their election to the
Chair of Peter. (Llewellyn)
MODERN RENEWAL
Beginning as early as the fifth century, there was a
gradual decline in the permanent diaconate in the Latin
Church, although it remained, right to the present, a
vital part of the Eastern churches, both Catholic and
Orthodox. One important factor was simply a failure on
the part of both priests and deacons to understand the
unique value of the diaconate as a distinct order in its
own right. By the early middle ages, the diaconate was
perceived largely as only an intermediate step toward
the reception of ordination to the priesthood. It was this
prevailing attitude of the "cursus honorum" that was
most responsible for the decline of the diaconate. The Second Vatican Council in 1963, called for restora-
tion of the diaconate as a permanent level of Holy Or-
ders (three orders). In June 1967 Pope Paul VI imple-
mented this decree of the Council when he published
the Apostolic letter Diaconatus Ordinem, in which
he re-established the permanent diaconate in the
Latin Church. The Council in its Dogmatic Consti-
tution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) returns to
the roots of the diaconate which go back to the
New Testament and the early church Fathers:
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.
It is the duty of the deacon to administer baptism sol-
emnly, to be custodian and dispenser of the Eucharist,
to assist at and bless marriages in the name of the
Church, to bring Viaticum to the dying, to read the Sa-
cred Scripture to the faithful, to instruct and exhort the
people, to preside over the worship and prayer of the
faithful, to administer sacramentals, to officiate at fu-
neral and burial services. Dedicated to duties of charity
and of administration, let deacons be mindful of the
admonition of Blessed Polycarp: "Be merciful, diligent,
walking according to the truth of the Lord, who became
the servant of all." (Lumen Gentium para. 29)
And so we have come full circle. The permanent diaco-
nate has proved to be a resounding success, growing
at an astounding rate throughout the world. The Archdi-
oceses of Cape Town has 55 deacons at present out of
a total of approximately 250 in Africa which is a re-
markable achievement for the leadership team of the
Cape Town Church. The deaconate was launched by
the late Archbishop Stephen Naidoo almost 30 years
ago under the meticulous formation of the late Fr Mi-
chael Hulgraine and enthusiastically continued under
Archbishops Henry and Brislin. All of the above Arch-
bishops are Christian Brother’s College past pupils.
The theology of the diaconate has yet to be fully ex-
ploited, but with the help of the Holy Spirit and collabo-
rative parish priests, it will mature as the fruits of Vati-
can II continued to unfold in a fast changing world. Be-
low are two photos of Holy Land pilgrim Deacon Gary
Lawrence proclaiming the Gospel at Capernaum on the
shore of the Sea of Galilee, and deaconizing at the
Eucharist celebration on Mount Tabor taken during his
visit recently.
Deacon Gary.
Bibliography:
1) http://
www.nadd.org/
publications.html .
2)http://www.deacons.net/Articles/
A_brief_history_of_the_permanent_Diaconate.htm .
3) For an excellent scholarly article dealing with the meaning of
"diakonia" see http://www.thepastoralreview.org/cgi-bin/
archive_db.cgi?priestsppl-00127.
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5.
Good Shepherd Catechism
By Karen Oliveira
All is well in the world of catechism for our
parish. Our Atriums are full of children en-
joying catechism and Catechists who love
teaching them!
Our first lesson after the break for Easter is
always the Empty Tomb, where we teach
the children about what it must have been
like for the apostles to find an empty tomb
and to be met by an angel – when they
were expecting to find Jesus’ body!
We also have a presentation called Liturgy
of Light which takes the children through the
Easter Vigil mass where we receive the new
Easter (Liturgical) candle. We also have a
procession and give each child a candle
and ask them to receive THE LIGHT OF
CHRIST! They absolutely love this and re-
ally do understand that Jesus is not longer
dead but alive!
This very dark photograph is of the children
with their candles and each one of them is
saying a prayer for Michaela – one of our
catechism children who is very sick.
God listens to the prayers of children and
we encourage them to keep Michaela in
their prayers.
We also had the feast of Pentecost this
term. Please see below a photograph of
the Grade 3 children during their presenta-
tion on Pentecost. We teach the children
about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and then
they each get to chose a gift and we give
them a candle which represents the gift
they chose. The Gift of Wisdom was by
far the most popular Gift the children want-
ed to receive – how uplifting is that!
We also had a situation during one of our
lessons when we touched on the meaning
of a rainbow – a sign of God’s Covenant to
his people and his love for them. We also
spoke on how God speaks to us through
the Holy Spirit and right on cue one child
looked out of the window and the most
BEAUTIFUL rainbow was in the sky. It
was quite something for those children
and catechists – it was like God was
speaking directly to us – the Holy Spirit
was most definitely with us during that les-
son!
Catechism for Grades 5,6 and 7 has end-
ed due to exams. These children have
been following the Archdiocese Curriculum
and goes through the readings for the
mass for the following Sunday. It is excel-
lent for these children – as they know be-
forehand the lessons from these readings
which makes it more meaningful to them.
For the other grades the last Catechism
lesson will be on Monday 23 June starting
again on Monday 21 July. Wishing you all
a great holiday and for those going away –
travel safely!
God Bless!
6.
Social and Fundraising (by Colleen Eager)
On behalf of the Social and
Fundraising Committee we
would like to thank Patricia
Markey for all the years of
leadership as Chairperson
and for all she has done. She
is an inspiration to us all. She will still be a member
of the committee. We wish her well with good
health and many years of support.
We welcome Colleen Eager as our new Chairper-
son of the Social and Fundraising Committee.
Social and Fundraising have been
extremely busy. On Fathers Day in
June the fathers all received a prayer
card and a chocolate. Also in June an
Italian lunch was enjoyed by parish-
ioners who attended the event.
Thank you to all those who donated
delicious Italian dishes and puddings.
This was a very happy occasion and
it has been agreed by all that a Por-
tuguese Lunch should be arranged
with repeat lunches of both Nation-
alities.
Congratulations to our 50/50 Club
winners for the month of May—Tom
& Meg Collopy (ticket no 36) and
June—Ernie Sierra (ticket no 123).
Both winners won R410.00. Soon
renewal of 50/50 Club will be taking
place. The cost is R120.00 for the year. Get your
family and friends to join.
We have had successful Cake Sales over the last
few months. May we raised R2971, June R2832
and in July we raised R2937.00 We are still looking
for bakers. If you can make scones, cupcakes,
cakes or fudge please contact Mary d’Argent tel
no (021) 5542012 .
We invite you to our forthcoming events over the
next few months:
26 July 2014—Dine and Quiz
9 August 2014—Celebration of Women's Day
with a High Tea served by individual hostess-
es and Captain (“singing”) Dicks will entertain
the guests.
23 September 2014—Theatre outing at
Milnerton Playhouse for a Musical Revue of
songs from 14 Broadway show such as New
York, New York, Chicago, Cabaret, Funny Lady
etc. The event will include a Cheese and
Wine.
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Saint Vincent de Paul (by Poppie Pilcher)
Vredenburg
Langa
Gugulethu
Khayeltsha
Bonthewel
Maitland
Blankets Distributed to the
following Parishes.
Join our 50/50 Club where you will have the oppor-
tunity of winning. The more members that join the larg-
er the amount to win. So come and join today. The sub-
scription of R120.00 per annum covers the period from
September to August the following year.
Contact: Pat Wrensch on
tel no : 073 206 9649
50/50 Club
St Vincent de Paul Conference are still visiting
parishioners in hospital so if you have any
family and friends that are sick and want
someone to visit them please contact the
office and they will forward the names to
SvdP.
SvdP want to thank the Grade 12’s of CBC
who donated their dresses and suits that they
wore for their Matric Farewell. All the dresses,
suits and accessorises have been handed
over to a High School in Vredenburg.
A special thank you to Loretta Apostoli, one of
our parishioners. For her 88th birthday cele-
bration she asked her guests to each to give,
in lieu of a gift, a donation to the less fortu-
nate. What a special and inspiring lady.
The conference also continues to support
“Mothers Who Care” with a donation of
R750.00 that goes towards the sandwiches
they make for the school children. We have
also continued to support Three Wishes Foun-
dation in Chatsworth with R500.00 per month.
SvdP has a grant that they share with Durbanville
parish. The grant goes to Lamberts Bay parish. So
from January—June 2014 they received R500.00 per
month from the conference. The remainder of the
year July—December 2014, Lamberts Bay will re-
ceive a donation of R500.00 per month from Durban-
ville.
SvdP want to thank the parishioners for the contribu-
tion towards the Annual Winter Blanket Collection.
We received R18 200.00 and 400 blankets were
purchased and distributed to the following parishes
that each received 50 blankets:
We still distribute food parcels to those who are in
need. If you know of anybody that requires a food
parcel please contact the office and they will be in
contact with us.
If you wish to be part of St Vincent de Paul Society
please do not hesitate to join us or special to Poppy
Pilcher .
8.
Evangelisation is the Work of God
It is easy for us serving in parish youth minis-
try to start believing that we are the only ones
that can do this. We kid ourselves into think-
ing that if something happened to us the min-
istry would fall apart. The truth is that evange-
lisation is the work of God and if He is asking
for it, He will provide people to move His mis-
sion forward. It’s important for us to keep per-
spective and to not form a mentality that we
are some type of savior.
Pope Francis said in his Apostolic Exhorta-
tion Evangelii Gaudium, “Though it is true
that this mission demands great generosity
on our part, it would be wrong to see it as a
heroic individual undertaking, for it is first and
foremost the Lord’s work, surpassing any-
thing which we can see and understand. Je-
sus is ‘the first and greatest evangeliser’. In
every activity of evangelisation, the primacy
always belongs to God, who has called us to
cooperate with him and who leads us on by
the power of his Spirit. The real newness is
the newness which God himself mysteriously
brings about and inspires, provokes, guides
and accompanies in a thousand ways. The
life of the church should always reveal clearly
that God takes the initiative, that he has loved
us first (1 John 4:19) and that he alone ‘gives
the growth’ (1 Corinthians 3:7). This convic-
tion enables us to maintain a spirit of joy in
the midst of a task so demanding and chal-
lenging that it engages our entire life. God
asks everything of us, yet at the same time
he offers everything to us.” (12).
So we are called to joy and great generosity
on this mission, our daily “yes” to evangeliz-
ing teenagers requires us to often step
out of our areas of comfort and reach the
hardest to reach teens. We are called to
conviction in this mission no matter how
demanding or challenging it becomes.
We will often feel like we have failed by
not reaching any new teens. If we lose
perspective thinking that it is “our” mis-
sion and not God’s mission, we will inevi-
tably dry up and be tempted to give up
and leave. Keeping the perspective that
evangelisation is the work of God, we can
humbly approach each day in ministry
with a confidence that no matter how it
looks we are simply trying to respond to
having been loved by Him first.
May all our days in ministry be filled with
the knowledge of God’s love and all the
prayer, energy, inspiration, joy and death
to self that this worthwhile ministry re-
quires of all of us. Thanks for all you do
for teens! It’s Life Teen’s honor to support
you even in the smallest ways.
Peace
Dear Life Teen Family
9.
So what has Life Teen been up to since we got back in
the second term you may ask! Well, quite a lot has hap-
pened and if you haven’t been following us on Face-
book then this will be a great read for you.
We started the 2nd term with a night on scripture apolo-
getics on how to defend our faith through scripture and
defining the four ways in which we do so.
The next week we hosted a special Life Night for our
moms to cele-
brate Mothers Day. We decided to play a very fun and
interactive “Novelty Quest” game. Those who have
been on any MSC cruises would know what I’m talking
about. After which we unwrapped and shared of some
important female figures in the Bible. The night ended
with prayer over our mothers and teens.
We then continued on with our Vocations semester and
dived into topics such as “Persona Christi” – vocation to
the priesthood, “Kicking up dust” – vocation of the dea-
conate, “The bridegroom says come” – vocation of the
consecrated life and “Rosetta Stone” – call to Holiness
and your vocation. All these vocational nights were very
inspiriing and we all learnt a lot more about those
various vocations and which God is guiding us to.
As fathers are as equally important to us as mothers,
we hosted a Father’s Day special night where we
invited all the teens and their dads to celebrate a
night of fun and honouring of our dads. We com-
plied a stack of “minute it to win it” games and we
used that as the “competitive” components of the
night. After which, we shared a video called
“kickball” by Rob Bell. The night ended with a
blessing and a prayer of “Gods love story” for our
lives.
The next day was Youth Day and what better way
to start off this day than with Mass. Mass was
celebrated by Archbishop Steven Brislin at our
Lady help of Christians in Lansdowne in the
morning, this was followed by a bring and share
lunch in the hall as well as creating community
with fellow young Catholics in our Diocese. A few
of us from Table View joined in at the celebration,
which was well attended.
The Curriculum Term ended with an amazing
Social of “Lumo Dodge ball”. The teens and core
rocked up in luminous and neon col-
oured clothing and paints and enjoyed
a few games of dodge ball under some
Mothers Day Celebrations
10.
UV Lights in the hall. This was well attended by our
teens as well as a few friends from Durbanville Parish.
But we all know that that was not the end of the Life
Teen Activities. School broke up on the 27 June and on
that Day after months of hard work and planning, it was
time for our Life Teen Born to Thrive Camp, which was
held at Rocklands Centre in Simonstown.
Table View,
Bergvleit and
Paarl attended the camp and were a
total of 85 people. The weekend was
divided into some teaching and fun as
well as some spiritual growth time. The activities done
on the weekend were; four sessions focused around
the theme of “Thrive” and growing in our Faith, a music
video that was done on the Friday night “What makes
you happy”, a game called #selfie and an un-endless
time with God and friends not forgetting about the Lego
movie.
The Highlight of the camp was the Spiritual Activities
we did on the Saturday Night. Fr Charles led us in an
explanatory mass (he explained everything to us about
the mass) that led into Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-
ment. During that time we had two other priest who
assisted Fr Charles in doing confessions and If all that
was not enough, we also had a group of people who
were available for personal prayer. In another room we
had a group that was saying the rosary during that time.
The teens were allowed the freedom to partake in all
activities on offer.
Overall the Weekend was a huge success and that is
thanks to our teens that attended, our hard working
core, Sean Lategan (Youth office assistant) for assisting
us with quite a lot and Fr Charles (Youth Chaplin) for his
amazing grace. This weekend would not have been
possible without the prayers and support of our blessed
parishioners and priest.
For more pictures you can have a look on our facebook
page – lifeteentv
Even though we are not running any Life
Teen during the holidays, please keep the
core in your prayers as they have been plan-
ning and preparing for the 2nd Semester and
term 3 which kicks off on 27 July. This se-
mester we will be doing the curriculum on
“Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness”
which all revolves around the theology of the
body teachings.
Teens, enjoy the rest of your school holidays and we will
see you all back soon again for the start of Semester 2.
God Bless and stay forever awesome
Leo Sforza
Youth Minister
Life Teen—Table View, Bergvliet, Paarl
11.
“Lord we pray for the sick in our parish. We pray for healing and comfort. Lord send down your Holy Spirit.”
Deaths
Prayers for the Sick and Housebound parishioners in the Parish
We pray for the soul of :
Desmond (Leslie) Cordner
Leslie Duffett
Brian de Vogel
Manny da Silva
Mavis Baromen
Who passed away recently.
Adoration and
Benediction
Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-
ment takes place every Thursday,
from 8:30am until 5:45pm followed
by Benediction and Mass at 6pm.
Also the 1st Friday there is mass
at 8:30am and 6pm following Ex-
position and Benediction of the
Blessed Sacrament.
All Welcome
O Jesus, Good Shepherd, You heal
the sick and the needy. I give you all
those parts of my body which have
suffered from illness. You know
what it is like to endure pain. Look
kindly on me today and heal me.
Restore me to strength of soul and
body.
Give Your gift of wisdom to my phy-
sician that he may be guided by the
Holy Spirit in all he does. Bless my
nurses so that their hands will be-
come Your hands as they touch me.
Bless, too, my medication. O Jesus,
grant us all Your healing grace of
love and peace. Amen.
Brian Craigg
Agnes Pisoni
Penny Hynes
Andre Van Niekerk
David Lodge
Nives Licata
G D’Oliveira
Martha Franke
Paul Derbyshire
Ursula Ford
Eddie Cothil
Karina Alberto
Jimmy Ward
Rose Magill
Cathy Croxford
Flora Bunting
Louisa Rodriques
Julie Rodrigues
Conner Brown
Franciszek Gaweda
Norma Zawistowski
Marco Carretoni
Agnes Niehaus
Derrick Lazarus
Hettie Opperman
Michaela Wolff
Craig Doyle
Elizabeth Bischoff
Andre Matewang
Mavis Ward
Malcolm Day
Dave Walton
Marie Tillett
Lorraine Cabral
Gonelle Fernandes
Josie Coatsworth
Graham Grant
Hannie Basquez
Gloria Battiston
Cloe Cothill
Moira Heyne
Hilda Werth
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Parish Pastoral Council (By Craig Parsons)
The Parish Pastoral Council was elected the
last quarter of 2013 and has been up skilling
themselves regarding the role of the Parish
Pastoral Council and what is required from
them in their three year tenure.
The Parish Pastoral Council is the planning
body with short and long-term goals to foster
and enhance, in the light of the gospel mes-
sage, the quality of community life within the
parish. It’s representative nature, strongly
committed to a spirit of consultation and con-
sensus, ensures that every voice be heard.
With its members united around the Parish
Priest, the Parish Pastoral council provides an
effective way for the people of God to hear
God’s word spoken through fellow Christians.
In May 2014 the Parish Pastoral Council met
at Nazareth
House for a day
of strategic plan-
ning to create
and implement a
Pastoral Plan for
the Parish.
In the session we explored a few internal
questions about the Parish:
Who are we as a Parish?
What are we called to do?
How are we best going to do it?
Once this was plotted we got to work in cre-
ating a Mission Statement for our Parish.
The Mission Statement is founded on the
community’s past experience; it examines
the present faith life and the reasons
behind that life; it articulates a hopeful
future. All areas of Parish Life find their
direction in the Mission. The Mission
Statement is to be owned by the parish at
large.
The Parish Pastoral Council is busy identify-
ing key goals which will have objectives to
provide tangible results. These will be
shared with the Parish Members in future
communications.
Please feel free to contact the council
through the Parish Office.
God Bless
Craig Parsons
Chairperson
14.
Welcome from the CWL morning group.
A huge thank you to all the parishioners who braved the
cold and supported our cheese and wine evening on
Saturday 10th May. It was great to be able to enjoy get-
ting to know our parish community over a glass of wine
and some nibbles and raise R1500 for “Mothers that
Care”. This should buy quite a few loaves of bread and
some nutritious fillings for those hungry little tummies
going to school without having eaten as there was no
breakfast to have.
At the end of April we attended a retreat for all the
regional CWL branches at Schoenstatt. It was a
wonderful opportunity for reflection and prayer with
Fr Alvin giving us plenty food for thought regarding the
CWL and how we see ourselves in relation to the pur-
pose of the League.
Our numbers are increasing and we welcomed two new
members and the evening group one new member who
were presented with their badges during Holy Mass on
Monday 9th June – Congratulations and welcome to Liz
Zera, Monica van der Berg and June Van Wouw.
You are very welcome to attend our meetings should you
be interested to find out what we are all about, they take
place on the second Monday of the Month at 9am after
the 8.30 Mass. God Bless Bernie.
Catholic Women’s League (By Bernie Marques & Sue van der Valk)
What is the Catholic Women’s League?
We are women who are motivated to promote love, and happi-
ness, to understand and uphold the sanctity of family life and
defend the dignity of women and Christian principles.
Is this you?
Our concern is to promote the enrichment of life through prayer
and service. In the Catholic Women’s League you will find oppor-
tunities to:
Defend the Christian family way of life
Assist those who are bereaved
Support seminarians
Help the homeless
Assist those who are less fortunate
Uphold morality in society
Visit the sick, the aged and the house confined
Assist with adoption programmes
Help people living with HIV/AIDS
Reaching out to other Christian denominations
Enjoy life
To find out more about the objectives of the league,
visit http://catholicwomensleague.co.za/
If you are looking to belong to a group:
Which has influence in the church and society
Which does real things in the world
Which is big enough to challenge governments
Which is small enough to provide a cup of tea when needed
Which believes it is better to light one candle than to sit and
curse the darkness
Which provides a forum for catholic women to discuss spir-
itual, cultural, social and education issues
Then the Catholic Women’s league is a place for you!
Should you be interested in finding out about the groups in our
parish, contact:
Bernie (morning group) 083 304 9601
Susan (evening group) 083 555 3099
15.
For those who are not yet familiar with our ministry – GAP which stands for Graduates and Professionals, is a rele-
vantly new ministry in the parish (not yet reaching our 1 year anniversary), but it certainly does not lack enthusiasm
or courage when it comes to the promotion of putting ones faith into practice . It is, as the name suggests, aimed at
the Young Adult demographic of our parish – whether single, married, married with kids, studying or working, taking
a ‘gap year’ - all are welcome as members.
And, you may ask, what does a membership get you? Well, it gets you a platform to share and grow in your faith,
to learn more about your Church and its teachings, to build positive and real faith-based relationships, and if that
doesn’t encourage you to sign up, then perhaps we can entice you with social responsibility initiatives, healthy de-
bate and good old fashioned company over a mug of steaming hot chocolate on a cold winter’s night.
We try to keep our weekly sessions interesting, relevant and Christ-centred. This past semester we tackled a four
part DVD and discussion series entitled Breathing Room, which focused on creating space in our lives (i.e. our
schedules, our finances and our relationships) for God to work in us and through us. We unpacked the connection
between our willingness to create margin, and our faith – touching on issues like trust, fear, tithing and gleaning.
We talked about standard of living vs quality of life, and ultimately we realized that it is in the ‘breathing room’ that
we find the capacity to serve and love other.
If you are between 18-35 why not pop in at the Parish hall on a Wednesday night at 7pm (just follow the music),
and let us help you Bridge the GAP to Christ (and His Church). Our next semester begins on 6 August and we
have another action-packed line up for our young adults! Keep an eye on the weekly liturgy sheets and the parish
notice board more details. Or contact Candace on [email protected] to sign up to our mailing list.
16.
As I was researching content for the ‘Dancing for God’ workshop I
looked through Pope Francis’s recent homilies for inspiration. In
the Pope’s homily of Jan 28, 2014 he spoke of the importance of
praising God in our prayer life. He warned against a judgmental
attitude of others who follow certain formalities in their prayer life.
He mentioned King David dancing with all his might before the
Lord in order to celebrate with the whole of Israel the return of the
Ark of the Covenant. The Pope went on to say that David whole-
heartedly danced as an act of justice because God is great! Da-
vid’s dance was a prayer of mind, body and soul. It made perfect
sense to me therefore, that God wishes to see us Joyful in prayer.
Thus the ‘Dancing for God’ workshop on Saturday 10th June was
born. In the first presentation we heard how God saved the Israel-
ites in their hour of need from slavery and took them dry shod
across the Red Sea. He did this by dividing the waters of the Red
Sea and provided a safe passage for His people. An interesting
biblical DVD documentary on the Rea Sea crossing demonstrated
the dramatic event and outlines of chariot wheels and debris still
scattered beneath the Red Sea today. An analogy was suggested
to our lives which are burdened with suffering and stress. We were
challenged to leave behind our worries and cares and follow the
Word of God as Moses and the Israelites had done
3200 years ago. It is our time to cross over the Red Sea to
rejoice in our Lord. A time for personal reflection on the
presentation and DVD was given.
Our guest speaker for the workshop was cancer survivor
Joy Whittaker. Joy, who recently experienced major trauma
and stress, spoke of her victorious recovery from cancer.
She shared her hope in God and encouraged us to contin-
ue with their prayers because God does answers prayers.
Joy’s testimony gave us food for thought and caused many
to think deeply about their personal situations. To demon-
strate the commitment to follow God’s Word the participants
were invited to cross a symbolic Red Sea placed on the
floor and lined with beach sand. The sand represented the
dry ground that God had provided for the Israelites to walk
on. On reaching the other side of the ‘Red Sea’ each partic-
ipant was give a victory sticker which said, ‘Trust, prayer
and obey.’
After lovely refreshments we participated in a lively liturgical
dance activity presented by Carolyn Prouse from the Bo-
thasig Parish. Carolyn who is a professional ballet teacher,
promotes liturgical dance as a form of worship and prayer.
We were taught how to praise God through dance and we
used the beautiful song called ‘The Prayer’ which was an
amazing experience. At the end of the workshop we all had
an understanding of what the Holy Father was talking about
in his homily on rejoicing in God without formalities. Alt-
hough we certainly didn’t dance as well as King David, we
all had a wonderful and spirit filled morning of prayerful joy.
Women of Light
By Ellie Lawrence
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LIBRARY Do you know about the church library?
It is open after Saturday evening mass
and situated in the Foyer of the Church.
The Library is also open on a Wednes-
day after mass.
Librarians are:
Marj Schurmann
Tracey le Roux
Marie Kershaw
We have various
Flower Group
What a way of helping our Flower Group of ladies who make
these wonderful display of flowers every week. We all have
gifts to serve and here is your opportunity for all our enthusias-
tic flower designers to come forward.
You have an opportunity to donate towards the flowers for an
anniversary, wedding, funeral.
Contact:
Bee Forsyth 072 864 5458
Congratulations to Fr Kevin Dadswell who celebrated his 15th Anniversary
in the Priesthood.
May God Bless him with many more.
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A library with interesting
material and books are availa-
ble. Emmy Nicol will be
available to assist before or
after mass.
Do you know of anybody
in Melkbos that is ill or
too frail to attend Mass
on a Sunday evening
and may need prayer or
Holy Communion? An
Extra Ordinary Minister
of Holy Communion will
be made available to
take communion to the
sick on a Sunday even-
ing. So contact the offic-
es of the church to in-
form us.
If you wish to have a Mass
Intention for Melkbos 5.30pm
Mass contact Fr Kevin on
(021) 556-4498 and book
a Mass.
The Folk Group in Melkbos are looking for those
who can play a musical instrument (From a drum,
guitar, keyboard) or if you just want to sing along,
please contact Janet Collard on tel (021) 553-2672
and join our music ministry.
The Rosary Group meet every Tues-
day morning at 10:30am in the Com-
munity Hall, Melkbosstrand. This
group has been in existence for over
20 years. If you wish to join our ladies,
please contact Mary Roberts on tel
no: (021) 553-2937
Melkbos Good Shepherd Catechesis has been established 5 years ago. Children from
Grade R-7. Our Grade 5,6,7 receive Catechism from Living the Word which is Liturgi-
cal Year based. To register your child for catechism contact Melanie Pisanello on
(021) 553-1793 (after 6pm)
Faithsharing Group meet on
Tuesday evening at 7:15pm for
an hour. Come and join us.
Melkbos Community invites you on Sunday
evenings at 5:30pm for Mass. Fr Kevin and a visit-
ing priest celebrate Mass on alternative Sunday’s.
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Catholic Church of the Ascension Community Centre, Melkbosstrand
We recently held a Country and Western evening celebrating 4th July 2014. In spite of the storm we
had on the Friday evening our guests still enjoyed the evening for those who attended. Fr Kevin joined
us. Thanks to “Captain Dicks” for the great music he entertained us with. We hope to have such an
event in the near future. Come and join us next time.
“Captain Dicks”
20.
Personalised Candles for Bap-
tisms, Weddings, 1st Commun-
ion, Confirmation or any special
Candles for All Occasions
Have you tried using the bus to
mass.
You can connect with MyCiti from:
— Atlantis — Sunningdale
— Melkbos — Paddocks
— West Beach to Table View, then to:
— Wood Drive OR — Melkbosstrand
respectively to your parish in Table View and
Melkbosstrand. Experience a bus trip from home to church.
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Ministries in the Parish Contact Person Contact Num-
ber
Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy
Communion
Fr Kevin Dadswell 021 556-4498
Flowers Bee Forsyth 021 557-6349
Lifeteen Youth Ministry Leonardo Sforza 082 493 4582
Marriage Preparation Brenda & Clive Munro 084 680 0288
Monthly Cake Sales Mary d’Argent 021 554-2012
Music Co-ordinator Farayi Kambarami 076 266 0427
Parish Council Chairperson Craig Parsons 082 557 0060
Parish Finance Council Arthur Sierra 082 774 4331
Parish Website Colin Rudden 021 554-4084
RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation for
Adults)
Steve & Joan Armstrong 021 554-3137
Proclaimer of the Word Corina Pedder 021 557-8657
Sacristans Val van Ginkel 021 557-2417
Social & Fundraising Colleen Eagar 083 728 6684
St Vincent de Paul Poppie Pilcher 021 556-3352
Wardens/Ushers Craig Parsons 082 557 0060
Women of Light Ellie Lawrence 072 261 5777
Youth Band Jonathan Bandli 083 565 1375
Contact Details—Ministries
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Ministries in the Parish Contact Person Contact Number
Altar Servers Lloyd Langford 082 469 2716
Alpha Lola de Abreu 072 262 2767
Catechist Co-ordinator Karen Oliviera 072 387 5782
Catholic Counseling Corina Pedder 021 557-8657
Rosary Group – Melkbos Mary Roberts 021 553-2937
Rosary Group – Vue de Cap Solange Daniel
021 550-1685
Bible Study – Abil Group
Jean Farrell
Marie Kershaw
021 557-6716
021 557-5495 Legion of Mary Scholastica Misomali 079 570 7622
CWL—Morning Group Bernie Marques 0833049601
CWL—Evening Group Sue van der Valk 0835553099
Men’s Group Godfrey Solomon
Pino Pisanello
082 570 4968
083 659 8204
GAP (Graduates & Professionals Candice Lategan
Leonaro Sforza
082 335 1750
082 493 4582
Contact Details—Ministries
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Calendar
Activities and meetings taking place in the Parish. Please diarise the following:
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN
YOUR PARISH.
The following events will be taking place:
Women’s Day High Tea—9th August 2014
Musical Show at Milnertons Playhouse—23rd September 2014
Watch this space for more details.
We are appealing to Parishioners who can sponsor our
Newsletter with printing our IN TOUCH on a monthly basis.
We want to print about 500 copies a month.
So please contact Melanie at the office on (021) 557-6780
URGENT REQUEST
Reconciliation : (Confessions) Saturday 4:45pm—5:15pm
Wednesday’s 8:30am
First Friday’s 8:00am &
5:30pm
Sacrament of Holy Matrimony:
By appointment (6 months notice required)
Sacrament of Baptism by Appointment
Catholic Church and Presbytery:
43 Janssens Avenue, Table View, 7441
Website: www.resurrection.co.za
Catholic Church of the
Resurrection 43 Janssens Road
Table View
7441
Phone: (021) 557-6780
Fax: 086 520 9777
E-mail: [email protected]
Mass Times:Mass Times:Mass Times:
Weekdays Masses: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 8:30am
Wednesdays 9:00am
Thursdays 6:00pm
Weekend Masses: Saturday (Vigil Mass) 5:30pm
Sunday 8:00, 10:00 & 5:30pm
Melkbos Sunday 5:30pm
Confessions: Saturdays 4:45pm-5:15pm
Wednesdays 8:30am
First Friday’s 8:00am & 5:30pm
First Friday Mass 8:30am & 6:00pm
Parish Priest:
Fr Kevin Dadswell
Tel (021) 556-4498
Fax No 086 520 9777
Parish Deacons:
Rev Godfrey Solomon
Tel: (021) 554-2409
Rev Gary Lawrence
Tel: (021) 556-5922
Rev Stephen Armstrong
Tel: (021) 554-3137
Youth Leader:
Leonardo Sforza
Cell: 0824934582
Office Administrator:
Melanie Pisanello
Tel: (021) 557-6780
Email: [email protected]
Secretary:
Rosemarie Louw
Tel: (021) 557-6780
Parish Lay Counsellor:
Corina Pedder
Tel: (021) 557-8657