HOLY REDEEMER PARISHHOLY REDEEMER PARISHHOLY REDEEMER PARISH

8th/9th December 20122nd Sunday of Advent—Year CNew Missal : p. 779

BERGVLIET ROAD, BERGVLIET, 7945 • TEL NO: 021 7122210/7121181 •

FAX: 021 7124271 • EMAIL: parish@holyredeemer.co.za • WEBSITE: www.holyredeemer.co.za

WEEKLY DIARY MASS INTENTIONS

Dec. 10 Mon. Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am 6:15 am Mortuary List 8:30 am Joao & Maria Augusta RIP

Dec. 11 Tues. Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am SVP meet at 6.45pm in Room 2

6:15 am Private Intention 8:30 am Ann Dennis RIP

Dec. 12 Wed. Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am Rosary after 8:30 am Mass Choir practice at 6:30pm

6:15 am Living CSSR 8:30 am Derrick Hufkie- Birthday

Dec. 13 Thurs. Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am Novena at 7.30pm in the Church Badminton in hall after Novena

6:15 am Private Intention 8:30 am Collin Watson - Birthday

Dec. 14 Fri. Morning Prayer in the Church at 8am 6:15 am Private Intention 8:30 am Rita Rogers RIP

Dec. 15 Sat. Morning Mass - 8:30am Legion of Mary meet in parlour at 9am

8:30 am David & Fernando Farelo- Birthday 6:00 pm Kevin Kenny RIP

Dec. 16 Sun. 3RD SUNDAY OF ADVENT

7:00 am Tamay Peters- Graduation 9:00 am Robert Back RIP 11:00am Sean Terry & those who died at

sea RIP 6:00 pm Parishioners

Need somewhere to talk that issafe, where there is total confi-dentiality and where you willnot be judged?Contact one of our trainedcounsellors

Annette Milner: 021 7158177Cynthia Wiese: 021 7941601

WEEKEND MASS TIMES :SAT: 6:00pmSUN: 7:00am, 9:00am, 11:00am & 6:00pmDAILY MASS TIMES:MON - FRI: 6:15am & 8:30am. Sat (only8.30am)CONFESSION TIMES:THURS: 7:00 - 7:30pmSAT: 9:00 - 10:00am & 5:00 - 5:55pmADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT:MON - FRI: 9:00am - l0:00pmNOVENA & BENEDICTION :Thursday: -7:30pmFRENCH MASS: SUNDAYS - 3:00pm

Parish Priest: Fr Sean Wales C.Ss.R Email: parishpriest@holyredeemer.co.zaAssistants: Fr Tyrone Sam C.Ss.R

Rev. Alan Morris

ANNOUNCEMENTS

COLLECTION. The second col-lection today is for the AdventAppeal

BAPTISM INSTRUCTION.Please note that Baptism in-structions will resume in Febru-ary, 2013

SVP have a LG flatron for sale atR400.Contact Marlene on 021 7126664.

BAGS OF LOVE. Please collectyour lists from the parish office

ST GERARD’S WA: Thanks forclothing donations received to-wards the rummage sale. R2400was raised. R2000 donated toReds Student Fund & balance toWYD. Balance of rummage wasdonated to the poor.

FR SEAN will be away inKenya /South Sudan for the nexttwo weeks

ADORATION CHAPEL willclose at 10pm on Fri. 14 Dec.and re-open on Mon. 7 Jan.2013

NOVENA TO OUR MOTHER OFPERPETUAL HELP

Come and ask her Motherly help, everyThursday evening at 7.30pm

Place your special Prayer Intentions & Thanksgiv-ings in the box at the back of the Church. Also

online at www.holyredeemer.co.za

PRAY FOR OUR SICK

Leonard Craig, Mrs Boyles, George Visser,Lisa Marie Moses, Matthew & Janine Beukes,Zima Lovric, Erin Daames, Dawn Forsdike,Edith Klein, Alfie Harris, Bernadette Brindley,Lorraine O’Brien, Sadie Jenkins, Rosetta Or-gill, Charles Roberts, Christine Van Schalk-wyk, Russell & Dawn Heynes, Mr Eckles, TonyChanquin, Ma Fouten, Doris Fernandez, LouisCatin, Alan Rodgers, Brenda Saunders, MaryJones, Douglas Coutriers, Sylvia Peters,William O’ Riley, Mrs S Fortuin, Mr H Herman,Christine Jegels, Edwin Rosslind, SharonErwin, Mrs Willemse, Ernest Peskin, MichaelMaggott, Clement Nicolls, Yvonne Hendry,James King, Gabriel Naidoo, Mary McAdam,Angeline Jenkins, Lindsy Pietersen, GeorgeAbrahams, Marlene Jacobs, Stephane Ste-vens, Peter Soares, Catherine Jansen, MickFreeman, Sheila de la Cruz, Gerard Jegels,Cathline Parreira, Blanche Zil, MarthaEhrhardt, Keith Gomez, Claudelle De Vos,Mary Giddey, Nicolette Bergstedt, RitaHendricks, Lizzie Scott, Monty Pasquallie,Jackie Cross, Lee Hall

HOLY REDEEMER PARISH WEBSITE

Keep up to date with all that is going on in our Par-ish through our website www.holyredeemer.co.za.Place it in your Favourites.

Do we have your email address?If not, drop us a mail with yourname & address to par-ish@holyredeemer.co.za

WYD PILGRIMAGE

SAA Airmiles needed. One way to help ourWYD pilgrims to travel to Brasil in July 2013would be to donate SAA airmile rewards to theirtravel. With enough airmiles (around 120 000 each)the costs will be dramatically reduced. Any parish-ioner who feel they would like to help using theirsurplus airmiles should please contact Wanika on021-761 4256. So far we have enough for 2 of the 8pilgrims to travel.

Just a Thought…

ADVENT HOPE

Some people have told me recently that they have given up watchingthe news. It’s all too gloomy, it should be called “The Bad News”.Watching the ‘Bad News’ every day can generate despair and depres-sion. This sense of misery is heightened at this time of year when toall the bad world news is added the carnage on our roads during thefestive season. Let’s watch sport instead –even though sports news isunfortunately not exempt from its share of grief.

Christian hope stands firmly against the tide of despair. Rooted infaith and informed by love, Christian hope looks steadily at a greaterhorizon, a horizon whose name is God. Christian hope anticipates thefull future of God’s final kingdom and the liberating resurrection of allcreation. Christian hope believes that everyone and everything can beredeemed –in Jesus the Messiah.

Christian hope takes on a special tone in Advent. In Advent the Chris-tian looks more specifically at the coming of Christ in glory. Oftenreferred to as the “Second Coming”, Christians in Advent make readyto present to the Lord of Glory a world of justice, love and peace.Hence Advent hope is not an escape from daily dullness, but a powerfulincentive to prepare a world where truth and beauty and grace aremore pervasive than their opposites.

Perhaps this Advent we can hope for those who have no hope, forthose whose hope is wavering and for those who are trying to sharetheir hope.Our Advent hope can bring light and joy to those who ‘labour and areheavily burdened’. The grace of Advent is available to those who wantit. If we watch the News with Advent hope, we will begin to discernrays of hope in many dismal stories.

Fr Sean Wales, C.Ss.R.

CHINESE AUCTION HAMPER PRIZE WINNERS1 GAMES & ACCESSORIES Matthew Louw

2 GROCERY HAMPER Helmut Rubler3 PICNIC BASKET M Cole4 PICNIC HAMPER M Paddick5 BOYS HAMPER Bryle September6 SCRAPBOOKING HAMPER Nicholls

7 STATIONERY HAMPER Kerene Milner

8 PRE-PRIM STATIONERY G Whitwan

9 CHRISTMAS TREATS Arendse10 LUXURY TREATS HAMPER Matthew Louw

11 “HOLY TREATS” HAMPER De Roos

12 GOEDGEDACHT OLIVES Carling

13 PAMPER HAMPER Andrew Nicholls

14 TEEN HAMPER Helmut Rubler

15 SMIRNOFF HAMPER Carmen Louw

16 COKE HAMPER (1) P Cecchini

17 COKE HAMPER (2) Nicholls

Thank you to everyone who supported this final fundraiser of the year.I have so enjoyed watching the excitement mount over the past fewweeks as, with fingers crossed, tickets were dropped into the variousboxes! Congratulations to the lucky Hamper winners and a BIGTHANK YOU to the parish groups who so kindly donated them. Godbless you all.Natalie Frieslaar (Fundraising Co-ordinator)

Prayer for Ecclesia

Father, continue to pour out yourSpirit on our Archdioceseduring this time of Ecclesia.Grant us a new vision of yourglory,a new experience of your power,a new faithfulness to your Word,a new consecration to your service,so that your love may grow amongus and your kingdom come.Bless our commitmentto realising our Pastoral Planto deepening our Communionto fruitful mission.Through Christ our Lord.Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt,pray for us. Amen

“Who is Alpha for?”Alpha is for anyone...anyone who wants to explore

the meaning of life.

People attend from all backgrounds, religions, and viewpoints. They come to investigatequestions about the existence of God, the purpose of life, the afterlife, the claims of Je-sus and more. Some people want to get beyond religion and find a relationship with Godthat really changes their lives. Others come for the close, long-lasting friendships thatare built during the Alpha course.

Many guests have never been to church, others may have attended church occasionallybut feel they have never really understood the basics of the Christian faith. Everyone iswelcome.”

For more info check out the parish website.

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