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Debbie Anderson, Manrico Barbieri, Marlene Bent,

Robyn Borrageiro, Lynda Brown, Matteo Buccimazza,

Domenico Buccimazza, Fiona Campbell, Anne Casey,

Nicole Ching, Gabriela Cipriano, Hannah Coombe,

Kaydee Corbella, Karin Corbella, Carla Corielle, Louise

Cruickshank, Blake Davidson, Ainslie De Stoppelaar,

Wendy Denyssen, Les Diffenthal, Barbara Dowds,

Anthony Dowds, Genevieve Dupont, Marlene Ferreira,

Carlos Ferreira, Gary Galway, Inge Gilbert, Laurie Hall,

Luke Hart, Jill Hockey, Trevor Hodgson, Tamsyn

Howard, Samuel Hughes, Martin Hughes, Elaine Hutt,

Kyra Jones, Rachel Kerdachi, Carmen Kloppers, Cael

Knight, Giselle Koenig, Janet Kohler, Daniel Krauspe,

Angela Kuster, Monique Lim, Marie Manegold, Alex

Marais, Rosemarie Marston, Darren Marx, Craig

McKenzie, Jennifer Meilhon, Nhlanhla Mfeka, Laraine

Millar, Kate Miller, Elaine Miller, Ruben Mitchell, Michela

Moretti, Phanile Mpepeto, Somikazi Msomi, Chantal

Murran, Paula Mutanga, Thembeka Ndlela, Byron Nel,

Laurence O Donoghue, Ian Oliver, Charlotte Patterson,

Luke Ramlakan, Joshua Redman, Isabella Redman,

Deverell Rider, Rebecca Rogers, Fred Rogers, Pat Rowe,

Barbara Roy, Margaret Saunders, Emma Schwikkard,

James Schwikkard, Sandy Sims, Jennifer Snook,

Mychelle Taylor, Carey Thambiran, James Thomson,

Genevieve Van Heerden, Sandra Van Heerden, Anthony

Willows, Margaret-Anne Wright,

And celebrating their milestone birthdays are: 21

st: Caitlin Kavanagh and Yulanta Reddy

40th

: Nontu Chapanduka and Jacqueline Snook

50th

: Victoria Lelong

60th

: Sylviane Lawrence and Siphiwe Mkhize

To Peter Jones & Kelliane Smith and family, and

Greg and Pam Setzkorn, who recently joined our

parish. We hope you will enjoy being part of the

St Dom’s family!

To our previous PPC members for their many

years of dedicated service to our parish. And a

special thank you to Ashley Cameron, who

headed it up so faithfully. Enjoy your well-

deserved rest!

To the Simpson family for sponsoring the

freshening up of the church foyer and altar:

without the design talents of Kathryn Couzens &

Les Scott-Martin, the willing assistance and

guidance of Ian Matthews, the efficient painting

by King Painters and the beautiful reupholstering

of the altar kneelers & seat cushions by Lyles, Fr

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John’s eagerness for change, Musa’s help with the

exterior spring clean & Linda’s help with

coordinating the timing of the project, this update

would not have been such a smooth one with

such a fresh, welcoming outcome. Sincere thanks

to you all! Mychelle Taylor & Maureen Simpson.

A message to past catechism children from

Mychelle Taylor It always warms my heart when I see the children (some now young adults!) whom I had the privilege of sharing our Catholic Faith with through catechism, serving our parish on the altar, ushering, standing for election onto the PPC or coming up to receive communion. Some now engaged, others married & still others about to bear their own children. These are fine young parishioners, living out their faith. Not only do I applaud them but their parents too for the continued commitment to honour the promises they have each made to God on receiving the sacraments. May God bless you abundantly and thank you for sharing your special talents with and being an active part of the St Dom’s community. You make me so proud! Mychelle Taylor x

To our brand new PPC, whose members were

elected last month. The new members are:

Chairperson: Pauline Rosseau

Vice-Chair: Errol Forbay

Secretary: Luke Davis

Members: Fr John Dalais, Deacon Martin Hughes,

Kevin Collett, Sandy Kavanagh Mbali Makhaya, Ian

Matthews, Mike Ronald, Siphiwe Mkhize, Janet

Turner and Zoe Wheatley. Wishing you all the

Holy Spirit’s guidance over the next three years

while leading our parish. Thank you all for

accepting this important role.

To August’s winners of the SSVP 100 Club draw.

1st prize: Hennelize Munro, 2nd prize: Rolf Kuster,

3rd prize: Sharon Jones.

To Leon Raymakers, whose father passed away

recently.

We were also saddened to hear of the passing of

Melville Horsely, whose wife Barbara passed away

just last month. Melville and Barbara… you are

together once again.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of

God, rest in peace.

NB: New email addresses

Please take note of our new email addresses at

the parish office.

Office [email protected]

Children’s Catechism, Edge, LifeTeen

[email protected]

DON’T MISS THIS SHOWSTOPPER!

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RCIA Programme – September 2019

5 September: How do Catholics interpret the Bible?

12 September: The Saints and Mary

19 September: Places in the Catholic Church | Who’s

who in the church?

RCIA takes place every Thursday at 6pm in The

Meeting Place. Confirmed Catholics are more than

welcome to attend a particular session if the topic

interests them.

Faith Alive

“The Wild Goose – discovering a deeper relationship

with the Holy Spirit” is a new series which will run for 7

weeks starting Tuesday 3 September.

There will be a morning group at 10am (with light

refreshments) and an evening group at 6.30pm (in the

form of a bring and share supper).

All are most welcome to attend.

AN UNFORGETTABLE PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND

By Jenny Meilhon

A group of St Dominic’s Saturday walkers recently

returned from a pilgrimage to Poland led by Fr Pawel

Kaczmarek of Centocow Mission and Fr Brian

Southward. There are no words to describe this truly

amazing, uplifting and spiritual experience, where we

were privileged to visit places, which the ordinary

tourist would never gain access to. We stayed in

convents and monasteries throughout the trip,

attending mass each day in private chapels. Deeply

moving were our visits to Niepokalanow Monastery,

the home of St Maximilian Kolbe; the room in which St

John Paul II stayed in the Ursuline Convent in

Zakopane, and Auschwitz/Birkenau where St

Maximilian Kolbe gave his life for that of another man.

We saw the hometown of St John Paull II at Wadowice,

the convent and church of St Faustina of Divine Mercy

at Lagiewniki and stayed in a lodge in the Gorce

Mountains which had been visited by St John Paul II.

We also had fun – rafting on the Dunajec River,

riding the cable car up the Kasprowsy Mountain, on

the top of which is the border between Poland and

Slovakia, plus a visit to the Hot Springs at Bukowina

Tatrazanska.

Two of the highlights of our trip were attending

the Pilgrims’ mass at St Anna’s in Warsaw, and joining

the pilgrims on the last two days of their walk to reach

Czestochowa on 15 August, the Feast of the

Assumption of Our Blessed Lady. A total of

approximately 380,000 people walk from all over

Poland each year. The Warsaw Group that we joined

walked 280kms in nine days to reach Czestochowa and

the chapel of the Black Madonna in the Jasna Gora

Monastery where many masses are celebrated. Young

and old, including children in pushchairs, go on this

pilgrimage, each group praying and singing along the

way and accompanied by many priests.

It was a truly moving experience to witness the faith

and joy with which the Polish people make this

pilgrimage. We were privileged to join them for about

16kms along the way.

This unforgettable journey will live in our hearts

forever. Thank you Fr Pawel and Fr Brian!

Another pilgrimage to Poland is on the cards for

2020. If you are interested, please contact Fr Brian

Southward on 082 210 9742.

In Wadowice, hometown of St John Paul II.

A group of pilgrims arriving at Jasna Gora.



The Community Services Committee had a pretty busy

month. These are some of their activities for August:

Mike Ronald and his family donated their jungle

gym to Community Services, which we donated to

Genesis Crèche in Molweni. Morrell, with the help

of John and Peter very kindly agreed to

deconstruct and reconstruct it. A huge thank you

to you all. The children love the gym.

Francis, Hazel and Pauline visited Itemba Elisha

and blessed them with comforters donated by

Theresa and her family of Our Lady of Mercy

parish in Kloof. Itemba Elisha is a home for the

aged, sickly and homeless children. Thank you

Theresa.

Sabrina accompanied the children of Winston

Park Primary School to Genesis Crèche where they

blessed the crèche with more than 150 tins of

foods, as well as clothing for the children. The

school children spent time playing with the crèche

children.

Anne, Lisa, Josh, Laraine and Sabrina took the pre-

schoolers from Siyathandwe Community Centre to

Ushaka. Thank you must go to Sr Urlich and the

Precious Blood Sisters for their donations which

covered the entry fee. Thank you ladies for

providing the picnic lunch and the transport for

the children. The children were amazed by all the

fish and thrilled by the dolphin show.

Francis, Hazel and Pauline travelled to the

KwaNyuswa DIC each Tuesday afternoon to help

the children who attend this centre improve their

English, grow their general knowledge and

introduce them to various life skills. This week

Hazel prepared an exciting cup-cake icing

exercise for all the children.

Francis, Rosanna and Sabrina go to the Bethlehem

DIC each Wednesday afternoon to help the

children who attend the centre improve their

English, general knowledge and life skills. Francis

involved her children with singing and playing a

matching game, which they all enjoyed.

Thank you to John Snook who responded to our

appeal for a sewing machine for an orphaned

young male in the Embo area. Watch this space

for a pic when we hand it over to him. Bless you.



Donations appeal

Community Services is appealing for toothbrushes

and toothpaste for the month of September. These

will go into the Christmas gift boxes which are made

up for under-privileged children in the Valley.

There will be a box at the entrance of the church

marked Community Service for you to pop them

into. Thank you in advance for your support.

A REASON TO ADORE JESUS

“Eucharistic adoration is not simply for the person

praying in adoration, it is for the entire Church, and for

the entire world.

What happens in adoration may be likened to what

happens when someone receives a transfusion.

It is as if God places a very tiny needle into the soul

of the adorer, and by means of an attached tube,

transfers his very life into the soul of the adorer.

As in a hospital, the tube brings medicine and

liquid and helps to heal whatever disease the person is

suffering from.

This is happening on the spiritual level, bringing

spiritual healing.

But it is not just the soul of the single adorer that is

affected. Through the mystical communion of all

believers, that transfiguring and healing divine energy

is passed through the single adorer into the entire

mystical body of the Church, purifying the Church.

When we go into adoration, we are disposing

ourselves to become nodes, conduits, for the

purification of the entire Church, and through the

Church, of the entire world.

So it is not a meaningless action, or even an action

aimed at one's own personal purification.

It is the essential action to bring Christ's Eucharistic

purification into the entire body of the Church, to do

reparation for all sins and abuses, and to begin to heal

them.” (By the author of “In Sinu Jesu” (a monk in a Benedictine monastery in Ireland)

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The Last Laugh

What time of day was Adam created? Just a little before Eve.

Why are atoms Catholic? Because they have mass.

Why didn’t Noah ever go fishing? He only had two worms.

Did Eve ever have a date with Adam? Nope — just an apple.

What’s so funny about forbidden fruits? They create many jams.

Why couldn’t Jonah trust the ocean? He just knew there was something fishy about it.

What kind of man was Boaz before he married Ruth?

Absolutely ruthless

Who was the greatest moneyman in the Bible?

Noah. He was floating his stock while everyone else was in liquidation.



RCIA

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6pm

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All are welcome

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