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29th/30th December 2012 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph Year C New Missal : p. 792

BERGVLIET ROAD, BERGVLIET, 7945 • TEL NO: 021 7122210/7121181 •

FAX: 021 7124271 • EMAIL: parish@holyredeemer.co.za • WEBSITE: www.holyredeemer.co.za

WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS

Dec 31 Mon. • Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am

• 6:15 am NO MASS • 8:30 am Private Intention • 6:00 pm Private Intentiion

Jan 1 Tues. • Morning Prayer in the Church at 8. a.m. • Mass at 8.30

• 6:15 am NO MASS • 8.30 am Mr. & Mrs Ryklief, 50th Wedding

Anniversary—Thanksgiving.

Jan. 2 Wed. • Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 a.m. • Rosary after 8:30 am Mass

• 6:15 am NO MASS • 8:30 am Lauff FAm. And Friends Intention

Jan. 3 Thurs. • Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 a.m. • NOVENA SERVICE at 7.30 in Church

• 6:15 am Private Intention • 8:30 am Janet Noah RIP

Jan. 4 Fri. • Morning Prayer in the Church at 8 a.m. • 6:15 am Private Intention • 8:30 am Private Intention

Jan 5 Sat. • Morning Mass - 8:30am • Legion of Mary meet in parlour at 9 a.m.

• 8:30 am Private Intention • 6:00 pm Private Intention

Jan. 6 Sun. EPIPHANY OF THE LORD • 7:00 am Parishioners • 9:00 am Nashua Hufky, Birthday • 11:00am Mortuary List • 6:00 pm Private Intention

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WEEKEND MASS TIMES : SAT: 6:00pm SUN: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm DAILY MASS TIMES: Mon 8:30am.& 6.00p.m.; Tues-Wed 8.30 a.m.; Thurs—Fri 6:15 and 8:30 a.m.; Sat 8.30am CONFESSION TIMES: THURS: 7:00 - 7:30pm SAT: 9:00 - 10:00am & 5:00 - 5:55pm ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Adoration Chapel reopens Mon. 7 Jan NOVENA & BENEDICTION : Thursday: -7:30pm FRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS - 3:00pm

Parish Priest: Fr Sean Wales C.Ss.R Email: parishpriest@holyredeemer.co.za Assistants: Fr Sizwe Zungu C.Ss.R Rev. Alan Morris

“How is it that you sought me? Did you not know the I must be in my Fa-ther’s house?”

Just a thought 3-D FAMILY

Every family has its problems. The Holy Family is no exception –except that their problems were rather unique! As you know we have a three year cycle of Sunday readings, Year A, year B and Year C. In each of these cycles the feast of the Holy Family pre-sents different aspects of the problems of this unique family. In Year A the gospel is taken from St Matthew and is the account of the Holy Family having to flee into Egypt. At a deeper level it is possible to see that the child Jesus relives the history of the Jewish people and es-pecially their return from exile and slavery in Egypt. All the issues of mi-grant families are evoked in these deep theological hints. In Year B we hear from Luke’s account of the presentation of the child Jesus in the Temple, a vivid reminder of the Jewishness of Jesus and his parents. They do all that the Law of the Lord requires –indeed in this Holy Family is fulfilled the longings of the Chosen People for the Messiah, the Anointed of God. And in Year C, this year, we hear from Luke about the celebration of Pass-over when the twelve year-old Jesus is brought up to Jerusalem –and is promptly lost. In the loss and finding of Jesus there is a hint of what is to come in his Passion, Death and Resurrection- also in Jerusalem. There are many perplexing issues for Mary and Joseph as Jesus grows up in Nazareth. Contemporary families also face many perplexing issues and surely part of the message of this feast is that there is indeed a plan be-hind all the perplexities; there is the enduring fondness of God for us –so much so that the divine is firmly and irrevocably connected with us in Je-sus, God’s Son. Compliments of the Holy season and blessings on all our families and on the family of the parish, Fr Sean Wales, C.Ss.R.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

2nd COLLECTION. There is no 2nd collection this week. MONDAY 31ST DECEMBER – Masses at 8.30am & 6.00pm TUESDAY 1ST JANUARY – MARY MOTHER OF JESUS Mass at 8.30am ONLY WEDNESDAY 2ND JANUARY – Mass at 8.30am ONLY FROM THURSDAY 3RD JANU-ARY – Masses and Novena as usual BAPTISM INSTRUCTION. Please note that Baptism in-structions will resume in Febru-ary, 2013 ADORATION CHAPEL is now closed and will re-open on Mon. 7 Jan. 2013 OFFICE CLOSURE: Thursday 27 December 2012 to Wednes-day 2 January 2013 inclusive. CO-WORKERS OF MOTHER TERESA would like to thank all donors & benefactors for all do-nations received during 2012.

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF

PERPETUAL 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

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Leonard Craig, Mrs Boyles, George Visser, Lisa Marie Moses, Matthew & Janine Beukes, Zima Lovric, Erin Daames, Dawn Forsdike, Edith Klein, Alfie Harris, Bernadette Brindley, Lorraine O’Brien, Sadie Jenkins, Rosetta Or-gill, Charles Roberts, Christine Van Schalk-wyk, Russell & Dawn Heynes, Mr Eckles, Tony Chanquin, Ma Fouten, Doris Fernandez, Louis Catin, Alan Rodgers, Brenda Saunders, Mary Jones, Douglas Coutriers, Sylvia Peters, William O’ Riley, Mrs S Fortuin, Mr H Herman, Christine Jegels, Edwin Rosslind, Sharon Erwin, Mrs Willemse, Ernest Peskin, Michael Maggott, Clement Nicolls, Yvonne Hendry, James King, Gabriel Naidoo, Mary McAdam, Angeline Jenkins, Lindsy Pietersen, George Abrahams, Marlene Jacobs, Stephane Ste-vens, Peter Soares, Catherine Jansen, Mick Freeman, Sheila de la Cruz, Gerard Jegels, Cathline Parreira, Blanche Zill, Martha Ehrhardt, Keith Gomez, Claudelle De Vos, Mary Giddey, Nicolette Bergstedt, Rita Hendricks, Lizzie Scott, Monty Pasquallie, Jackie Cross, Lee Hall

Fr. Tyrone Sam: Fr Tyrone has been appointed to head up the itinerant Mission Team. This is a full time ministry which will take Fr Tyrone around the country giv-ing Parish Missions. He will continue to be based here in the Monastery but of course will be away a lot. I thank him most sincerely for his dedication and gentle sense of humour and his unfailing availability. Please pray for his new ministry. In Fr Ty-rone's place, Fr Sizwe Zungu will be the assistant priest in the parish. Many of you already know Fr Sizwe from his time in Retreat and for the short time he has already been with us. Welcome Sizwe! Fr Sean Wales, C.Ss.R.

ALPHA

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What is the point of life? What happens when we die?

What relevance does Jesus have in my life today?

Is God interested in me?

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6th February 2013

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5. Our Prayers for 2013

SOCIETY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL

The members of the society wish all parishioners, donors and benefactors a blessed Christmas Tide and a Peace-ful and Prayerful New Year.

Parish Debt: As you may recall the parish was loaned R831,000 by the Redemptorist Province of South Africa to finance various improvements in the par-ish. Through the magnificent work of many fundraisers and the legendary generosity of the parishioners R776,000 has now been paid back. This leaves us with an out-standing amount of R55,000 to repay the capital loan. Although the Re-demptorist Province is also struggling financially, it has agreed to forgo the accumulated interest of R185,771. This means that through the sacrifices of many in the parish and in the Prov-ince, we now owe only R55,000.

Christmas Offering: A hundred thousand thanks for your generous Christmas offering to the Community and thanks also for the many gifts in kind which we re-ceived. Despite the current eco-nomic climate, your generosity is unwavering. Blessings and thanks from each member of the commu-nity

THE 100 CLUB

2013 REGISTRATION

The 100 Club is run as follows: Members contribute R50 per month, payable in advance. The total contribution for the month is divided as follows: 50% directly to the Building Fund and 50% to be used as prize money for the monthly draw. The prize money will depend on the amount received for the month i.e. the more members the bigger the prizes . We would like to assume that the current members will continue into the following year or month. Existing members will retain their present numbers, see website www.holyredeemer.co.za New members please complete the tear-off slip below and place either in the collection plate or return to the parish office. If you choose to put your contribution into the Collection Plate, please place it in a separate enve-lope marked clearly for the 100 Club, together with your name and the month. If it is not marked clearly, it might not get to us and could become part of the ordinary Sunday collec-tion. Contact details: Lydia 021-7125422 --------------%---------------------------------------------%---------------------------------------------%------------------ NAME …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ADDRESS………………………………………………………………………………………………... …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. PHONE NO (home)………………………………….. (Cell) .............…………………….. ………… E-Mail……………………………………………………………………………………………………... Please tick payment options below: - Annually in advance (R600) - Quarterly in advance (R150) - Monthly in advance (R50)

- Cash to Theresa Ford at the office in marked envelope - Stop Order payment

- EFT payment

- Direct deposit to 100 Club Banking Account: BANKING DETAILS – ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR 100CLUB Bank & Branch Standard Bank, Constantia Branch Code 025309 Account name Holy Redeemer 100 Club Account number 07 611 034 6 Please ensure that payments are not made into any other Holy Redeemer Banking Account other than the bank account specified here above.