PENTECOST SUNDAY

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