27th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

In our celebration today God wants to advise us about marriage. In the past, there were clear and firm customs about marriage. Nobody doubted them. They were traditions which were kept. Today many things seem to have changed. People have different ideas about marriage. There is great disappointment and confusion about marriage. So many marriages end in divorce. Many girls complain, saying “traditional marriages oppress the women.” In all this confusion, it is worth listening to God’s plan for men and women.

GOSPEL: MK 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

The Pharisees approached Jesus and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. He said to them in reply, “What did Moses command you?” They replied, “Moses permitted a husband to write a bill of divorce and dismiss her.” But Jesus told them, “Because of the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” In the house, the disciples again questioned Jesus about this. He said to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; and if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.” And people were bringing children to him that he might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw this he became indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not prevent them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.” Then he embraced them and blessed them, placing his hands on them.

ISIVUNO (Harvest)
–our aim is R50 000

17 November 2024-we aim to raise R50000. Contributions will be done in groups. Each group can decide for themselves how much each person will contribute.
Groups are as follows: Education, Health, (SAPS, Traffic & Correctional services) Social Welfare & Development, Private business owners, GEPF, Pensioners, Grantees, Unemployed, Private sector workers.
SODALITIES; Sacred heart, CWA, Young Adults, Youth, Children of Mary, Catechism children, Men of the Parish

NGOME PILGRIMAGE – 30/11/2024

One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person. So far, we have 6 people at RPP and 11 people at St Jude.

October is
MISSION MONTH

PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES

During October, the second collection is for the PMS. Each weekend there will be a second collection, each collection is for one of the societies. Please take a pamphlet, which explains these societies, from the back of the church.
The collection this weekend is for the Society for the Propagation of the Faith which supports church missionary work by providing funds to help churches in need.

Disability 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

MISSION SUNDAY

Procession from RPP @ 8 am, Mass at 9 am at the Spar parking lot (Francis Road).

WORKSHOP FOR CATECHISM TEACHERS

Will be on the 12th of October 2024 at Regina Pacis. It is organised by the Diocese all Catechism teachers are requested to attend. It will start at 8 am.

October – Month of the Rosary

ROSARY PRAYER PROCESSION

From RPP to the Oval Shopping Centre & back to RPP on 12 October 2024 @ 3:00 pm. The Deanery is also invited.

CONFIRMATION

Will be on the 13th of October 2024. On Friday 11/10/2024, during Catechism there will be time for Confession for the candidates, confirmation will also be available from 16:45 on Saturday. There will be only one Mass at RPP & will start @ 9:00 am, and NO Mass at St Jude.

BAPTISM OF BABIES

Classes for parents to start soon:
@ RPP contact Brenda 0763796891
@ St Jude contact Bryonni 0828497841

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR OCTOBER

FOR A SHARED MISSION

We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people.

PARISH DIARY & MEETINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS.

20/10 Sun:
Mission Sunday Mass @ the Spar Parking lot, the procession @ 8 am from RPP & Mass @ 9 am.
27/10 Sun:
Feast of Patron Saint of St Jude, Mass will be @ St Jude @ 9 am. NO Mass @RPP.

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, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Margarida De Franca, Joyce Chetty, Nettah Liebenberg & Mthokozisi Mthembu.

YOUTH CAMP

18-20 October 2024 @ RPP
Ages 13-21
Cost R100 each
Bring a sleeping bag, sponge mattress & bible.

26th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Today’s readings continue to warn us that our sinfulness is destroying our communities, the human family, and Earth, the supportive and nurturing home of us all. They challenge us to be active and prophetic in working for the New Creation in these times. The Responsorial Psalm guides us in prayer to ask for greater awareness of our “unknown faults” and of their grave seriousness, to ask for freedom from their destructive power no matter the cost.

GOSPEL: MK 9:38-43, 45, 47-48

At that time, John said to Jesus, “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name, and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.” Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him. There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name who can at the same time speak ill of me. For whoever is not against us is for us. Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward. “Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into Gehenna, into the unquenchable fire. And if your foot causes you to sin, cut if off. It is better for you to enter into life crippled than with two feet to be thrown into Gehenna. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. Better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, where ‘their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched”.

ISIVUNO (Harvest) – aim is R50 000

17 November 2024-we aim to raise R50000. Contributions will be done in groups. Each group can decide for themselves how much each person will contribute.
Groups are as follows: Education, Health, (SAPS, Traffic & Correctional services) Social Welfare & Development, Private business owners, GEPF, Pensioners, Grantees, Unemployed, Private sector workers.
SODALITIES; Sacred heart, CWA, Children of Mary, Catechism children, All Males of the Parish &All Women of the Parish.

CATECHISM CLASSES RESUME THIS WEEK 04 OCTOBER

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

05/10 Sat: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Workshop for all existing Ministers and candidates at RPP. All Ministers are requested to attend
NGOME PILGRIMAGE – 30/11/2024
One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person.

Disability 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

SEASON OF CREATION
1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER
https://seasonofcreation.org/

“You formed us in your own image and entrusted the whole world to our care so that in serving you alone, we might have dominion over all creatures.”
Dominium calls for “responsibility”.
The Birth of Creation
Then the Spirit said:
“The habitats that grace the Earth
were there to hold you at your birth
and welcome you to the celebration
of creation’s transformation
from my fire that grew to be
a wondrous blue-green symphony.”

Closing of the Season of Creation – Friday 04/10 Feast of St Francis of Assisi @ St Jude, Mass at 5:30 pm.

TEENAGE BOYS (13yrs & older) – BOYS TO MEN

05/10 Sat: 8 am-2 pm. The Men of the Parish will be hosting a Boys to Men Session for teenage boys. Lunch will be provided. Cost R30 per person. Kindly confirm attendance with Fr Marek by 04 October 2024. Hope to see you there!

PONTIFICAL MISSION SOCIETIES

During October, the second collection is for the PMS. Each weekend there will be a second collection, each collection is for one of the societies. Please take a pamphlet, which explains these societies, from the back of the church.

BAPTISM OF BABIES

Classes for parents to start soon:
@ RPP contact Brenda 0763796891
@ St Jude contact Bryonni 0828497841

THANK YOU FROM THE MARJORIE GOVENDER FAMILY

Thank you, Fr Marek, family, friends and parishioners, for your love, support and prayers on the loss of our beloved Mum. God Bless.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For the cry of the Earth

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change and that all will undertake to care for the world in which we live personally.

PARISH DIARY & MEETINGS
UPCOMING EVENTS

12/10 Sat: Workshop for all Catechism teachers @ RPP @ 10 am.
12/10 Sat: Rosary Prayer Procession into town @ 3 pm from RPP.
13/10 Sun: Confirmation there will be only one Mass at RPP @ 9 am.
20/10 Sun: Mission Sunday Mass @ the Spar Parking lot, the processin @ 8am from RPP & Mass @ 9am.
27/10 Sun: Feast of Patron Saint of St Jude, Mass will be @ St Jude @ 9 am. NO Mass @RPP.

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, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Marge De Franca, Joyce Chetty & Nettah Liebenberg.

25th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

In today’s readings, we are given a sense of the destructive power of passions, divisions, jealousies, greed, and competition, both for people and, in this Season of Creation, for Earth itself and all Earth’s inhabitants. This destructive dynamic contrasts sharply with what the Letter of James calls “the Wisdom from above,” a wisdom that embraces the importance of turning our competitive energies to true service of the least among us and the Creation of which we are a part.

GOSPEL: MARK 9: 30 – 37

They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he would not have any one know it; for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him; and when he is killed, after three days he will rise.” But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to ask him. And they came to Capernaum; and when he was in the house, he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they were silent; for on the way they had discussed with one another who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve; and he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child, and put him in the midst of them; and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.”

SVDP DINNER & DANCE – HELP US HELP OTHERS

28/09/2024 @ 18:00 @ Limit Hill Community Hall. R150.00 per person. Cooler Box R50. Prizes to be won – lucky Draws. Tickets: Judy 0744498598 or Melissa @ 0766733642. Donations in form of cash & groceries are welcome.

CATECHISM CLASSES ARE NOW CLOSED AND WILL REOPEN ON 04 OCTOBER 29/09 Children’s Mass.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

05/10 Sat: 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm Workshop for all existing Ministers and candidates at RPP. All Ministers are requested to attend

Disability 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

TEENAGE BOYS (13yrs & older) – BOYS TO MEN

05/10 Sat: 8 am -2 pm. The Men of the Parish will be hosting a Boys to Men Session for teenage boys. Lunch will be provided. Cost R30 per person. Kindly confirm attendance with Fr Marek by 04 October 2024. Hope to see you there!

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

Our next contribution of R2400 to seminarians is due on 30 September.

SEASON OF CREATION
1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER
https://seasonofcreation.org

To Hope and Act with Creation calls for a profound Christian hope rooted firmly in faith in the resurrection of Christ and re-energized action with Creation for the healing of Earth.
For contemplation:

• We are all members of a vast and profoundly interdependent Web of Life, the precious gift of God. Imagine and feel the countless connections….
• There is a great need for A Jubilee Time for Earth a time of rest, restoration, and restitution from the destructive damage from climate change and extensive, unjust ecological degradation. Grieve with the suffering Earth….
• “Listen to the Voice of Creation,” the essential prophetic wisdom all around us, stretching us, urging deeper, more contemplative presence to the sacred revelation present but unheard, ignored throughout our Common Home….
• In the face of all obstacles and discouragement “To Hope and Act with Creation,” draws deeply upon our faith in the Creator’s infinite love and mercy and Christ’s invincible Resurrection.

The Birth of the Galaxies

Then the Spirit said: “Let the fire begin to dance in cooling clouds of elements, where the tug of gravity draws atoms into galaxies and hugs the stars ‘till they ignite to fill the darkness with their light

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For the cry of the Earth

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.

UPCOMING EVENTS
– see alongside for more info

28/09 Sat:
VDP Dinner & Dance 6 pm
05/10 Sat:
Boys to Men for teenage boys 8 am to 2 pm
05/10 Sat:
Eucharistic Ministers’ Workshop 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm

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, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Joyce Chetty & Nettah Liebenberg.

NGOME PILGRIMAGE – 30/11/2024

One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person.

BAPTISM OF BABIES

Classes for parents to start soon:
@ RPP contact Brenda 0763796891
@ St Jude contact Bryonni 0828497841

24rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Last Sunday, we heard the encouragement of Isaiah to “Be strong and fear not,” relying on God’s faithful presence. We were invited to recognize God by opening our eyes and ears to the crises Earth is suffering. We were encouraged to discern and accept God’s invitation to share in the work of saving Earth and all the communities whose home it is.
Today again we hear the call to listen to God’s Word coming in the Cry of the Earth and the Cry of the Poor. We are urged to put our faith into action and to expect resistance and suffering, our share in the cross of Christ.

GOSPEL: MARK 8: 27 – 35

Jesus went on with his disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way, he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?” And they told him, “John the Baptist; and others say, Elijah; and others one of the prophets.” And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ.” And he charged them to tell no one about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But turning and seeing his disciples, he rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not on the side of God, but of men.” And he called to him the multitude with his disciples, and said to them, “If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it; and whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospels will save it.

SVDP DINNER & DANCE – HELP US HELP OTHERS

28/09/2024 @ 18:00 @ Limit Hill Community Hall. R150.00 per person. Cooler Box R50. Prizes to be won – lucky Draws. Tickets: Judy 0744498598 or Melissa @ 0766733642

THANK YOU

The Fundraising Committee would like to say thank you very much to everyone who contributed towards making the Women’s Day Breakfast a success. Amount raised R6730.

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

Our next contribution of R2400 to seminarians is due on the 30th of September.

Disability 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

SEASON OF CREATION
1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER

The 2024 theme was inspired by the text of St. Paul’s letter to the Romans, 8:19-25, which acknowledges that Creation is groaning in pain.
It identifies the pain as pain brought on by human selfishness and unsustainable ways of living on Earth. It calls the whole family of Creation to work together actively in the hope of bringing about the reign of God’s justice for which Creation waits with eager longing (Romans 8:19).
That mission is growing more and more urgent as the human community fails to respond adequately to the accelerating crisis of Creation in these times. What must we do to restore Earth, the “household of God,” to its full purpose as a nurturing and protective home for all its inhabitants, human and other-than-human?

The Birth of the Universe

In the beginning, the Spirit said: “From my fire and its warmth
Let all creation come flaring forth.
Let matter and energy converse.
To weave the tale of the universe,
And through the course of time and space
I’ll cherish all in my embrace.”

NGOME PILGRIMAGE – 30/11/2024

One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person.

UPCOMING EVENTS

17/09 Bereavement Group after Mass.
22/09 Heritage Celebrations, only one Mass that Sunday at RPP @ 9:00 am. Please bring your cultural food to share.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For the cry of the Earth

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.

UPCOMING EVENTS

22/09 Sun: Heritage Celebrations, Mass at RPP @ 9:00 am. Please bring your cultural food to share.
29/09 Sun: Children’s Mass
05/10 Sat: Men of Parish are inviting teenage boys for a session. It will start at 8:00 am and finish at @13:00pm with lunch.
05/10 Sat: Workshop for all Eucharistic Ministers 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. All existing Ministers & candidates are requested to attend.

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, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Joyce Chetty & Nettah Liebenberg

23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B

INTRODUCTION:

Today is the Second Sunday of the 2024 Season of Creation. This season is a time of prayer and action celebrating God as Creator of the vast cosmic universe, God’s revelation in Creation, and our calling to care for Creation. It invites us to protect its rich diversity and to address the urgent, destructive crises threatening its health and future – including our own.
This year’s theme calls on the Christian community to address the discouragement growing as the climate crisis, biodiversity loss, and pollution worsen, the global human response is falling short, and the urgency is growing. On this 2nd Sunday of the Season of Creation, the scriptures urge us not to lose hope in the face of the urgent and complex climate crisis facing us. They remind us to trust in God Who is faithful and is even now working to save us. They challenge us to confront the false values of wealth and consumption that are so common and destructive and to pray for Christ to open our eyes, our ears, and our hearts.

GOSPEL: MARK 7: 31 – 37

Then he returned from the region of Tyre, and went through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of the Decapolis. And they brought to him a man who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech; and they besought him to lay his hand upon him. And taking him aside from the multitude privately, he put his fingers into his ears, and he spat and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” And his ears were opened, his tongue was released, and he spoke plainly. And he charged them to tell no one; but the more he charged them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. And they were astonished beyond measure, saying, “He has done all things well; he even makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.”

FEAST OF EXALTATION OF THE CROSS – ADORATION

Next Saturday 14/09 after evening Mass for about 40 minutes.

SVDP DINNER & DANCE – HELP US HELP OTHERS

28/09/2024 @ 18:00 @ Limit Hill Community Hall. R150.00 per person. Cooler Box R50. Prizes to be won – lucky Draws. Tickets: Judy 0744498598 or Melissa @ 0766733642

SEMINARIANS’ FUND

Our next quarterly contribution of R2400 to seminarians is due on the 30th of September.

Disability 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

CATHOLIC YOUTH FOR CHRIST
DUNDEE DIOCESE

JOIN IN ON THE
RAFFLE CONTEST
R30 PER TICKET

1ST PRICE: Cash Price Of R 9000
2ND PRICE: Cash Price Of R 2000
3RD PRICE: Cash Price Of R 1000

Ruffle Draw Maria Ratschiz 15 September 2024

CYC Deanery which sells the most tickets also get a price of R500

Tickets sold by CYC Members at each Parish

Tickets from Lusanda St Jude & Asanda RPP.

NGOME PILGRIMAGE – 30/11/2024

One-day pilgrimage. If you are interested, please put your name on the list, only then can we arrange for transport and calculate the cost per person.

MARIA RATSCHTIZ PILGRIMAGE TRANSPORT

Transport on Sunday morning @ R100 pp from St Jude. Bookings: Marjorie 0744232686.

SEASON OF CREATION
1 SEPTEMBER – 4 OCTOBER

This annual celebration invites the world’s 2.6 billion Christians to prayer and action to protect Earth, our common home and to discern the guidance it offers us for bringing about the New Creation of which Jesus spoke. It is a liturgical season dedicated to prayer, reflection, and celebration of God as Creator.

UPCOMING EVENTS

17/09 Bereavement Group after Mass.
22/09 Heritage Celebrations, only one Mass that Sunday at RPP @ 9:00 am. Please bring your cultural food to share.

THANK YOU

A big thank you to everyone who assisted with Women’s Day Breakfast. Well-done fund-raising team!

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR SEPTEMBER

For the cry of the Earth

We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.

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, Pier Turconi, Khohli Kunene, Barbara Amod, Jackie Gilmore, Rita Patrucco, Michelle De Simone, Audrey Vries, Sebenzile Molefe, Joyce Chetty & Netta Liebenberg