Author: Jonathan

13th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. YEAR A

INTRODUCTION

Who are we, now assembled in this holy place we are the disciples of Christ. To be a disciple of Christ means to be with him, learn from him, to be send out by him. All this we tried during this past week. Now we have assembled to show our unity with Jesus and with each other. Christ says, “Who welcomes you, welcomes me.” He is one with us. Have we always been aware that Jesus is with us?

GOSPEL READING
MATTHEW 10: 37 – 42

Jesus said to his apostles: “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. “Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet’s reward, and whoever receives a righteous man because he is a righteous man will receive a righteous man’s reward. And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones to drink because the little one is a disciple—amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”.

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Please drop off blankets at RPP and St Jude.
If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, please contact Judy 0744498598 or
Nonhlanhla 0836972128

CATECHISM

Catechism classes are now closed for Winter holidays. Will resume again on the 24th of July. Both at RPP and St Jude

NGOME PILIGRIMAGE 20-22 NOVEMBER 2026

Accommodation and meals per person costs R1150. This includes supper the first night, three meals the next day & breakfast the last day. If you would like to go, please put your name on the list in the porch.
Transport is R500
There are only 11 people both at RPP and St Jude on the list so far.
Please start making payments as soon as possible as the deposit has to be paid by the end of July to Ngome to secure our place.

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

• Please be mindful of where you park your vehicles.
• Don’t park in front of the main entrance, making it difficult for the elderly and less-abled to get past.
• Don’t park in the driveway at the side of the hall.
• Don’t park in the designated disabled parking if you are able-bodied.
• THERE IS EXTRA PARKING UP NEAR THE PARISH OFFICE. PLEASE ASK ONE OF THE LEADERS TO OPEN THE MOTOR GATE

DEANERY MASS

Deanery Seminarians’ Collection came to R16 917.so we reached our target of R16 000.
Thank you all for your generosity

THE FEAST OF OUR PATRON SAINT
QUEEN OF PEACE

Will be celebrated on 11 & 12 July.
There will also be a renewal of wedding vows for all married couples.
There is a list in the porch for couples who have been married for 25 years and 50 years, so they can receive certificates.

The Traveling Mary (or Pilgrim Virgin) is a Catholic devotional tradition where a statue, icon, or image of the Virgin Mary rotates from home to home. Families host the statue for a set period (typically one to two weeks), using the time to pray the rosary, read scripture, and foster community together.
There is a list is in the porch for those who would like to have a traveling statue of Mother Mary visit their home. We will start on the weekend 11/12 July 2026.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR JUNE

For the values of sports.

Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends, especially:

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Francesca Poonsamy, Dolly Govender, Lorraine Schirge, Ingrid Denzin, Margarida de Franca and Noel Hoffman.

UPCOMING EVENTS RPP

• 04 & 05 /07 Peter’s Pence Collection
• 18/07 Confirmation Class retreat

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI MEDALS

Grow your devotion to St Francis and in honour of the Year of St Francis of Assisi, get a colourful medal from our repository

BLOOD DONATION

SANBS people will be back on the 2nd of August. If you would like to donate blood please put your name on the list. They will only return if there are 15 or more people on the list.
In our prayers: Those parishioners who have left SA due to the protests in our country.
The people of Venezuela who have suffered as a result of the devastating earthquake.

12^TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME. YEAR A

INTRODUCTION

Nine times we read in the Gospel that Jesus said to his disciples, Do not be afraid.” Why did he have to repeat his so often? Is it still important for us today, to be strengthened against fear? We freely admit that we too, need to be told: do not be afraid!

GOSPEL READING
MATTHEW 10: 26 – 33

Jesus said to the Twelve: “Fear no one. Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, nor secret that will not be known. What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light; what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops. And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna. Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Everyone who acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father. But whoever denies me before others, I will deny before my heavenly Father.”

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Please drop off blankets at RPP and St Jude.
If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, please contact Judy 0744498598 or
Nonhlanhla 0836972128

NGOME PILIGRIMAGE 20-22 NOVEMBER 2026

Accommodation and meals per person costs R1150. This includes supper the first night, three meals the next day & breakfast the last day. If you would like to go, please put your name on the list in the porch.
Transport is R500
There are only 11 people both at RPP and St Jude on the list so far.
Please start making payments as soon as possible .Deposit has to be paid by the end of July to Ngome to secure our place.

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

• Please be mindful of where you park your vehicles.
• Don’t park in front of the main entrance, making it difficult for the elderly and less-abled to get past.
• Don’t park in the driveway at the side of the hall.
• Don’t park in the designated disabled parking if you are able-bodied.
• THERE IS EXTRA PARKING UP NEAR THE PARISH OFFICE. PLEASE ASK ONE OF THE LEADERS TO OPEN THE MOTOR GATE

CATECHISM

Catechism classes are now closed for Winter holidays. Will resume again on the 24th of July. Both at RPP and St Jude

DEANERY MASS

Will be next Sunday 28th of June 2026 @ 10am at the Sports Centre. Our target for the Deanery Seminarians Collection, which is presented at that Mass, is R16 000. This money is used for the training of our future priests.
Amount collected so far
RPP R10,937, St Jude R 2387.Sacred Heart R1445, total R14,769.
We still need R1231

NO MASS AT RPP & ST JUDE

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI MEDALS

Grow your devotion to St Francis and in honour of the Year of St Francis of Assisi, get a colourful medal from our repository

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE (SANBS)

Will visit our Parish this Sunday to give a talk about the importance of blood donating and requirements of being a donor. They will create a list for those who would like to donate and if we get more than 15people, then they will come back in July for donation.

VOCATION WORKSHOP

Will be on 26 & 28 June in Newcastle for boys from the age of 10 years and up. Talk to the priests if you’re interested.

UPCOMING EVENTS RPP

• 30/06 Executive Committee Meeting.
• 04/07 Catechism Teachers Meet @ 10:30 am
• 04 & 05 /07 Peter’s Pence Collection
• 18/07 Confirmation Class retreat

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR JUNE

For the values of sports.

Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends, especially:

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Francesca Poonsamy, Dolly Govender, Lorraine Schirge, Ingrid Denzin, Margarida de Franca and Noel Hoffman

THE FEAST OF OUR PATRON SAINT QUEEN OF PEACE

Will be celebrated on 11 &12 July.
There will also be renewal of wedding vows for all married couples.
There is a list is in the porch for those who would like to have a traveling statue of Mother Mary visit their home.

SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

INTRODUCTION

Today we celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi. This is a Latin word meaning: Body of Christ. We celebrate this feast to appreciate more deeply the Body and Blood of Christ whom we receive at Holy Mass. In our celebration today we are reminded that we cannot live without the Eucharist: without eating his body and drinking his blood.

GOSPEL READING
JOHN 6: 51 – 58

Jesus said to the Jewish crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Please drop off blankets at RPP and St Jude.
If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, please contact Judy 0744498598 or
Nonhlanhla 0836972128

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BLOOD SERVICE (SANBS)

Will visit our Parish on the 21st of June, to give a talk about the importance of blood donating and requirements of being a donor. There will also be an opportunity to donate blood on the day.

.ST JUDE – 12/06 PFC Meeting.

Happy Birthday Fr Musa!

May you be gifted with many blessings from God, today and always.
Happy birthday to you, dearest

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

• Please be mindful of where you park your vehicles.
• Don’t park in front of the main entrance, making it difficult for the elderly and less-abled to get past.
• Don’t park in the driveway at the side of the hall.
• Don’t park in the designated disabled parking if you are able-bodied.
• THERE IS EXTRA PARKING UP NEAR THE PARISH OFFICE. PLEASE ASK ONE OF THE LEADERS TO OPEN THE MOTOR GATE

NGOME PILIGRIMAGE 20-22 NOVEMBER 2026

Accommodation and meals per person costs R1150. This includes supper the first night, three meals the next day & breakfast the last day. If you would like to go, please put your name on the list in the porch.
Transport is R500
Deposit has to be paid by the end of July.

DIOCESAN YOUTH DAY

Celebration will be in Ladysmith on the 13/06/05.Mass will be at Kwa-Malusi Omuhle in Steadville @ 10:00am. Sports will be at LHS sportsgrounds thereafter.

DEANERY MASS

Will be on the 28th of June 2026. Our target for the Deanery Seminarians Collection, which is presented at that Mass, is R16 000. This money is used for the training of our future priests.
Amount Collected so far at RPP R8265.00,
St Jude R 1474.00. Total R9739.
We still need R6261.

HOME BLESSINGS

According to our records we have finished with the list. If at the later stage you wish for your home to be blessed, please contact the priests or the secretary.
Thank you for opening the doors to your homes for the Priests and for God’s blessing. Thank you for everything you shared with the priests.

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI MEDALS

Grow your devotion to St Francis and in honour of the Year of St Francis of Assisi, get a colourful medal from our repository

MEMORIAL MASS FOR GLORIA ROSE (BISHOP’S MOTHER)

Gloria Rose our Bishops Mother will be celebrated at St Peter and Paul Church in Newcastle on Saturday the 20th of June at 10:00am.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR JUNE

For the values of sports.

Let us pray that sports be an instrument of peace, encounter, and dialogue among cultures and nations, and that they promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends, especially:

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Francesca Poonsamy, Dolly Govender, Lorraine Schirge, Ingrid Denzin and Margarida de Franca.

UNVEILING

Fr Musa with his family, is preparing for the unveiling of the tombstone for his mother. On Friday 12/06/2026 there will be Mass at his home and the unveiling on Saturday 13/06/2026. Please keep Fr Musa’s family in your prayers and if you would like to join him for the celebration, please contact him for details.

Join the procession THIS Sunday after Mass
Celebrating the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Eucharist

SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY

INTRODUCTION

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity. We proclaim our faith: there is only one God, but in God there is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. The Solemnity of the Blessed Trinity helps us to think of God in the right way: God is not an old man with a long beard, sitting on a throne and feeling lonely. Rather this Feast tells us that God is a community. Life, joy and mutual love are vibrating in God. God, son and Love. That is the Blessed Trinity

GOSPEL READING
JOHN 3: 16 – 18

God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him. Whoever believes in him will not be condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL

Please drop off blankets at RPP and St Jude.
If you would like to make a monetary donation instead, please contact Judy 0744498598 or
Nonhlanhla 0836972128

NGOME PILIGRIMAGE 20-22 NOVEMBER 2026

Accommodation and meals per person costs R1150. This includes supper the first night, three meals the next day & breakfast the last day. If you would like to go, please put your name on the list in the porch.
Quotation for transport still to follow.
Deposit has to be paid by the end of July.

20th PRIESTHOOD CELEBRATION

Fr Marek would like to express his gratitude for last Saturday and Sunday celebrations of his Priesthood Anniversary. Thank you for all the presents, gifts, food and time spent together. I am truly grateful.

CORPUS CHRISTI NEXT SUNDAY

There will be one Mass RPP followed by a procession in town with 4 altars:
1.Children of Mary/St Anne @ Church parking
2.CWA/Nurses Guild @ La Verna Hospital
3.Young Adults/Youth @ LHS opposite the sports ground
4.Sacred Heart @ Pick n Pay Parking

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

• Please be mindful of where you park your vehicles.
• Don’t park in front of the main entrance, making it difficult for the elderly and less-abled to get past.
• Don’t park in the driveway at the side of the hall.
• Don’t park in the designated disabled parking if you are able-bodied.
• THERE IS EXTRA PARKING UP NEAR THE PARISH OFFICE. PLEASE ASK ONE OF THE LEADERS TO OPEN THE MOTOR GATE

DIOCESAN YOUTH DAY

Celebration will be in Ladysmith on the 13/06/05.Mass will be at Kwa-Malusi Omuhle in Steadville @ 10:00am. Sports will be at LHS sportsgrounds thereafter.

DEANERY MASS

Will be on the 28th of June 2026. Our target for the Deanery Seminarians Collection, which is presented at that Mass, is R16 000. This money is used for the training of our future priests.
Amount Collected so far at RPP R6533 50,
St Jude R 1474.00. Total R8007.50.
We still need R7 992.50

HOME BLESSINGS

According to our records we finished with the list. If at the later stage you wish for your home to be blessed, please contact the priests or the secretary
Thank you for opening the doors to your homes for the Priests and for God’s blessing. Thank you for everything you shared with the priests.

ST JUDE

05/06 First Friday of the month. Adoration will start @16:30 followed by Mass
12/06 PFC Meeting

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI MEDALS

Grow your devotion to St Francis and in honour of the Year of St Francis of Assisi, get a colourful medal from our repository

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR MAY

That everyone might have food

Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoiding wasting food and to ensuring that everyone has access to quality food.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends, especially:

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Francesca Poonsamy, Dolly Govender, Lorraine Schirge, Ingrid Denzin and Margarida de Franca.

UNVEILING

Fr Musa with his family, is preparing for the unveiling of the tombstone for his mother. On Friday 12/06/2026 there will be Mass at his home and the unveiling on Saturday 13/06/2026. Please keep Fr Musa’s family in your prayers and if you would like to join him for the celebration, please contact him for details.

CONDOLENCES

To Bishop Graham Rose & the Rose family on passing of Gloria Rose, our Bishop’s mother. Please keep the Father Bishop and his family in your prayers. We will offer morning Mass on 31/05/2026 for her.

PENTECOST SUNDAY

INTRODUCTION

Happy birthday to the Catholic Church! Happy birthday to you, who are the body of the Church! The word Pentecost means “50th day.” Fifty days after Easter Sunday, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and their followers, and the beginning of their Earthly ministry to make disciples of all nations.

GOSPEL READING
JOHN 20: 19 – 23

On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews,
Jesus came and stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”

Please be mindful of the designated parking for persons with disabilities. Even if you are late for Mass, please leave the spaces FREE for persons with genuine disabilities

• Please be mindful of where you park your vehicles.
• Don’t park in front of the main entrance, making it difficult for the elderly and less-abled to get past.
• Don’t park in the driveway at the side of the hall.
• Don’t park in the designated disabled parking if you are able-bodied.
• THERE IS EXTRA PARKING UP NEAR THE PARISH OFFICE. PLEASE ASK ONE OF THE LEADERS TO OPEN THE MOTOR GATE

UPCOMING EVENTS- RPP

• 26/05 PFC Meeting
• 28/05 Men of the Parish meeting
• 31/05 Children of Mary Fundraising at RPP
• 31/05 Children’s Mass

CORPUS CHRISTI

07/06 There will be one Mass RPP followed by a procession in town with 4 altars:

1. Children of Mary/St Anne @ Church parking
2. CWA/Nurses Guild @ La Verna Hospital
3. Young Adults/Youth @ LHS opposite the sports ground
4. Sacred Heart @ Pick n Pay Parking

DIOCESAN YOUTH DAY

Celebration will be in Ladysmith on the 13/06/05.Mass will be at Kwa-Malusi Omuhle in Steadville @10:00am. Sports will be at LHS sportsgrounds thereafter.

DEANERY MASS

Will be on the 28th of June 2026. Our target for the Deanery Seminarians Collection, which is presented at that Mass, is R16 000. This money is used for the training of our future priests.
Amount Collected so far at RPP R4802.50,
St Jude R 1474.00. Total R6276.50.

We still need R9723.50

TARGET FOR DEANERY GROUPS &SODALITIES

Sacred Heart R10000
CWA R4000
St Anna R7000
Youth R3000
Children of Mary R2000
Altar Servers R1500
Believers R15000

ST JUDE

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament on every first and third Fridays of the month from 16:30 until the start of Mass @ 17:30.

HOME BLESSING

This is the last week for home blessings, please if you haven’t put your name on the list and you would like your house to be blessed, please contact the Parish Secretary or if we had missed your name.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR MAY

That everyone might have food

Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoiding wasting food and to ensuring that everyone has access to quality food.

SICK & ELDERLY

Please pray for the sick & elderly of the parish, family & friends, especially:

Nokuthula Kubheka, Penny Powell, Jean Smith, Dolly Bimbrish, Alvin Govender, Mavis Makhubo, Norman Browne, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Sebenzile Molefe, Netta Liebenberg, Mthokozisi Mthembu, Avenel Aarons, Francesca Poonsamy, Dolly Govender, Lorraine Schirge, Ingrid Denzin and Margarida de Franca.

NGOME PILIGRIMAGE

Will be on the weekend of the 20th-22nd November 2026
Accommodation for one person for is R1150. This includes supper the first night, three meals the next day & breakfast the last day.
If you would like to go, please put your name in the list that’s on the porch
Quotation for transport still to follow
Deposit has to be paid in July