HOLY REDEEMER PARISH Parish Priest: Fr Gerard McCabe C.Ss.R Email: parishpriest@holyredeemer.co.za

Assistants: Fr Godwin Abbah C.Ss.R Fr Julius Masaiti C.Ss.R

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: parish@holyredeemer.co.za

WEBSITE: www.holyredeemer.co.za WEBMASTER: ricardo1duncan@gmail.com

Need somewhere to talk that is safe, where there is total confi-dentiality and where you will not be judged?

Contact one of our trained counsellors

Cynthia Wiese: 021 794-1601

(Away until Tuesday 9 June 2015)

WEEKEND MASS TIMES :

SAT: 6:00pm

SUN: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pm

DAILY MASS TIMES:

MON - FRI: 6:15am & 8:30am. Sat 8.30 a.m

CONFESSION TIMES:

THURS: 7:00 - 7:30pm

SAT: 9:00 - 10:00am & 5:00 - 5:55pm

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:

MON - FRI: 9:00am - l0:00pm

NOVENA & BENEDICTION :

Thursday: -7:30pm

FRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS - 1:30pm

MORNING PRAYER—Mon to Fri at 8.00 am

WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS

May 11 Mon Theological circle 7.30pm in boardroom 6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Mathew Stokoe - 21st Birthday

May 12 Tues

Care & craft meet after 8.30am Mass in Parish centre SVP 6.30pm in Room 2 Sacristans meeting 7.00pm in boardroom Charismatic group meet 7.45pm in Room 1

6.15am Philippe Souchon - Rip 8.30am Tyrone Lombard - Birthday

May 13 Wed. Rosary after 8.30am Mass Vigil Mass for Ascension of Our Lord 7.30pm Life Teen meet 7.00pm boardroom

6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Deceased Sacistans - Rip 7.30pm Private Intention

May 14 Thurs

THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

Masses: 6.15am, 8.30am, 7.30pm Page 509 in New Sunday Missal. Year: B Theme: Preach the Gospel to All Creation

6.15am Private Intention 8.30am The Rights for Babies to be Born - 7.30pm Private Intention

May 15 Fri 6.15am Private Intention 8.30am Isabel Gorgulho - Birthday

May 16 Sat. Legion of Mary meet 9.15am in Room 2 Mother Teresa after 8.30am Mass in Parish centre

8.30am Daphne Riley - Rip 6.00pm Mick Freeman - Rip

May 17 Sun

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

Page 514 in New Sunday Missal. Year: B Sacrament of Baptism after 11am Mass Padre Pio group 3.30pm Adoration Chapel

7.00am Parishioners 9.00am Edna Cottle - Rip 11.00am Julita Fernandes - Rip 6.00pm Mortuary List

9 / 10 MAY 2015 ~ SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER

THEME: God Reveals Himself to His Friends as Love

PAGE: 505 in New Sunday Missal. YEAR: B

A WORD FROM YOUR PARISH PRIEST (Continued)

The even deeper wonder of our Catholic faith is that we are be-

ing invited to realise more and more deeply that we are personally

beloved by God, and in the Person of Jesus. The Gospel of St.

John, in particular, makes this truth a basic theme of all his writ-

ings. In today's Gospel reading, for example, we are told that as

the Father loves Jesus , so too Jesus loves us. We are invited to

remain in His love so that our human joy may be complete. Jesus

then goes on to make the remarkable statement that we are His

Friends and that He has chosen us to bear the fruits of His love

in our daily lives.

A growing awareness of this truth would bring about a remarka-

ble transformation in our own personal lives and in the life of the

parish as a whole. Many of us fall into the trap of allowing our re-

lationship with God to be dominated by fear and guilt, which is

such an impoverished way of understanding the kind of relation-

ship Jesus desires with us. This is something that St. Alphonsus,

the founder of the Redemptorists often spoke of too. He said

that a conversion to God which is made out of fear of guilt would

not last. A living and lasting relationship with God is only possible

when we come to realise how deeply we are all beloved.

Let us pray that each of us within the parish of Holy Redeemer

will allow ourselves to be spiritually and humanly transformed by

the astonishing gift that we are being offered each day: to call

ourselves beloved, to feel ourselves beloved on the earth.

Fr Gerard, CSsR

A WORD FROM YOUR PARISH PRIEST

One of my favourite authors is an American called Raymond

Carver, who died at the tragically early age of 50, in 1988. He is

most famous for his collections of short stories and his books of

poetry. Just a few hours before his death from cancer he asked

his wife to provide him with a pencil and paper, and he then wrote

his very last poem which is called "Late Fragment". I find his

words both inspiring and moving.

And did you get what

You wanted from this life, even so?

I did.

And what did you want?

To call myself beloved, to feel myself

Beloved on the earth.

In these very simple words the poet expresses what I believe is

a universal human truth, that more important to our well being

than material success in worldly terms, is the desire to know that

we are beloved during our life on earth. Of course, many of us

are very blessed in coming to know how much we are loved and

treasured through married and family life, and through the gift

of friendship.

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PRAY FOR OUR DECEASED

Bernadette Brindley - RIP

MILESTONES

EUCHARISTIC ADORATION

For your weekly adoration consider spending time in prayer, reflection or meditation in the Chapel.

Adorers are few, therefore please con-sider adding your name to a vacant spot on the adoration schedule in the Church porch.

The chapel will close at 5.00pm every day due to load shedding difficulties and security reasons with winter darkness.

Adoration hours: Monday – Friday: 09.00am to 5.00 pm.

Contact: Christine: 0824991718

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OF

PERPETUAL HELP

Normally Thursday evening at 7.30pm

Ascension Thursday replaced with Mass

Place your special Prayer Intentions & Thanksgivings in the box at the back of the Church.

Also at www.holyredeemer.co.za

PLEASE ADVISE THE OFFICE IF A PERSON NO LONGER NEEDS TO BE ON THE LIST

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

2015 list Abrahams, George

Bezuidenhoudt, Jason Brown, Alroy

Dingwall, Joyce

Dreyer, Moira

Hendricks, Rita Henriques, Carmelita

Heuschen,Louise Heynes, Dale

Heynes, Dawn

Heynes, Russell Jegels, Christine

Jegels, Gerald

Johnson, Gerald

Johnson, Margaret King, Jim Linnegar, Mafalda Maggott, Michael Morkel, Joanna

Moses, Lisa Marie Steyn, Vera

Eileen (Fr Gerard’s sister) Fr Lunney Fr Gerard

2014 list Abrahamse, Bea Berry, Dylan

Castle, Dorothy

Hendricks , Sam

Jacobs, Genevieve

McDuma, Elenor Methven, Cherry

Perreira, Kathleen Petersen, Albert Rodgers, Alan Sassman, Kenneth

ASCENSION THURSDAY – 14th

MAY 2015

ASCENSION OF OUR LORD

Masses – Thursday: 6.15am, 8.30am and 7.30pm

Vigil Mass – Wednesday: 13TH May at 7.30pm

The Parish’s St. Vincent de Paul Society assists the poor in the area.

Do you know someone who needs a 'hand up'?

Feel free to leave their details at the parish office and we will follow up.

If you would like to join us and become a member, we meet every Tuesday at 6.30pm in the Parish Hall.

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Planned Giving Renewal

We are approaching the end of our financial year and need to refresh our planned giving or

Sunday collec�on contribu�ons so that we can ensure the parish can meet its commitments.

Our running costs of the Parish are around R1.5m and we can be proud of the Faith and Wor-

ship ac�vi�es, support groups and Ministries that help our Parish remain so vibrant. The gener-

ous contribu�on of treasure by many parishioners ensures that this can con�nue.

For every R1 contributed we spend the following:

25c to the Archdiocese

7c for electricity & water

8c for liturgical expenses

26c for insurance, security, prin�ng etc

17c for staff salaries

17c for priests living costs

Our average Planned giving amount by EFT is R370/month from 158 contributors, average

envelope share is R185/month from 166 parishioners and the balance of our income approxi-

mately 27% is from the general Sunday collec�ons. The range of monthly contribu�ons is from

R25 to R2300 per family.

In June we will be running our renewal campaign for planned giving and hope to encourage

more parishioners joining planned giving and everyone to refresh their monthly contribu�on

as we strive to increase commi7ed income to fully meet our running costs. A R20/month (R5/

week) increase by all will go a long way to balancing our books and allowing us to use fundrais-

ing efforts to improve our facili�es and build a reserve for repain�ng the outside of the Church

and Parish Centre.

Prayers as a Parish Community - Join our ‘Virtual Prayer Circle’.

Join in our communal ‘virtual’ prayer group (no forms just take part in your own �me and

place), praying for the inten�ons of Parishioners and Pope Francis from their homes. What a

great way to contribute your �me to support others in need.

This weeks' inten?on: To pray that those who suffer in the name of Chris?anity are given

strength and courage in their ?mes of trouble. We especially pray that the Spirit of Peace will

permeate the hearts and minds of all and help bring an end to the needless suffering and

horrors commiCed by some against innocent others.

Working together by sharing �me and talent to build our Parish and create opportuni�es for

worship for all as a vibrant and welcoming expression of our Catholic Faith.

It’s your Parish, join in, be part of the ac?on.

To share your Time, Talent or Treasure within your Parish Community step forward and contact

the office 021 712 2210 with your contribu�on of help.

2nd COLLECTION This week: Ecclesiastical Education

Fund

COUNSELLOR

Cynthia will be away on holiday, her services will resume on Tuesday 9 June 2015.

MOTHER TERESA CO-WORKERS

Winter is here - knitting wool is needed. We have a group of pensioners who knit for us and as wool is expensive, dona-tions would be appreciated. Please drop off at the Parish office. Thank you.

ANNOUNCEMENTS EVENTS

THEOLOGICAL CIRCLE

MEETING

Monday 11 May at 7.30pm Venue - Boardroom

YOUNG ADULT GROUP MEETING Tuesday 19 May 7.15pm to 8.45pm

Venue - Boardroom

ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP MEETING

Wednesday 20 May 10.00am

Venue - Edna Cottle room

Dan-Ag Care FUNDRAISER

Karaoke / Dancing

Friday 29th May, 7.30pm Venue - Retreat Civic. R40 per person. Any donation is welcome. A sincere THANKS for the kind donations received over the past two weeks. Contact: Denise (0791726476)

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