Sept ­ Oct 2016 Issue 32

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Let us pray for ourpriests as they celebrate

their birthdays andanniversaries.

ANNIVERSARY OFORDINATION

September13.09.2014: Fr Kidane Ashuro IMC

21.09.1991: Fr Anthony Kazibwe IMC

October22.10.1994: Fr Muzi Mbingo

Novemberr26.11.2005: Fr Musa Mncwango

28.11.1998: Fr Andrew Moyo

BIRTHDAYS

September03.09.1968: Fr Zakhele Ziqubu

19.09.1972: Fr Ferdinand Mukumu

October06.10.1971: Fr Bongani Dladla

18.10.1971: Fr Robert Sinama SAC

29.10.1971: Fr Angelicus Mchunu

TOR

November19.11.1967: Fr Muzi Mbingo

Fata Nhlanhla T. Mchunu wazalwa

ngowe 1973 May 14 endaweni

yaseSimozomeni e Richmond. Uzalwa

ngo Mnz Michael Mfungelwa Mchunu

beno Nkosikazi Maria Funani

uMaPhoswa. Uzalwa nezinsizwa

ezine kanye nodadewabo abahlanu.

Waqeda ibanga leshumi (grade 12)

ngowe 1991, e St. Mary's Minor

Seminary Exobho.

Waqala ukufundela ubuPriste ngowe

1993 e St. Francis Xavier Seminary e

Cape Town. Wadlulela e St. Peter's

Seminary ngo 1994­1995 enza

izifundo ze Philosophy. Kusukela ngo

1996­May 2000 ufunde e St. John

Vianney Seminary enza i Theology.

Ugcotshelwe ubuPriste mhla zingama

23 December 2000, egcotshwa

nguMhlekazi ongasekho u Paul

Themba Mngoma.

Usebenze e St Francis Xavier Parish

(2001­June 2004) njengoMpriste

ophetheyo. Waphinda wasebenza e St

Joseph's Cathedral (July 2004­June

2010) njengo Administrator. Ube

eseyofunda e Italy, Rome (2010­

2013). KwisifundaBhishobhi sakhe

eMariannhill usebenze njenge lungu le

Diocesan Finance Committe,

Consultor, Diocesan Vocation Team,

Tribunal Judge kwi Inter­diocesan

tribunal, Co­ordinator of REAP (Rural

Education Access Programme),

Deputy Secretary of the Diocesan

Clergy. UFata Nhlanhla Mchunu

ubefundisa e Seminary elikhulu St

John Vianney Seminary, e Pitoli.

Simukela uFather Nhlanhla MchunueMaria Consolata Parish eNewcastle!

Amoris Laetitia is the result of the two

Synods in 2014 and 2015 on the

pastoral challenges of the family.

Pope Francis asked the synod

fathers to speak from the heart and

called for a worldwide consultation

with the faithful. The Pope has not

changed Church teaching but gives a

vision of the family inspired by the

Gospel as well as an encouragement

for those who are not yet there.

The heart of the document is in

chapter 4 where Francis gives his

own meditation on the famous hymn

to love found in 1Corinthians 13.

Those preparing for marriage might

well find this chapter inspiring.

Pope Francis does not give us a new

set of rules but rather asks us to

discern each individual situation.

Discernment is central to Ignatian

spirituality encouraging us to look at

the signs, to listen to what is

happening and to feel for people all

done in the presence of the Lord.

A new set of canonical, universal

laws, cannot substitute ‘responsible

personal and pastoral discernment of

particular cases’.(16) ‘I would make it

clear that not all discussions of

doctrinal, moral or pastoral issues

need to be settled by interventions of

the magisterium.’(17) ‘We have been

called to form consciences, not to

replace them.’(18) Moral

development is a step­by­step

process that may not happen all at

once. So Francis introduces us to the

principle of gradualness in which we

do not merely proclaim eternal truths,

but through which we accompany a

person meeting each where they are

now and encouraging them to take

one small step and then another.

Through conscientious discernment

we can see what God is asking for

now.(23) Gradualness is an attitude

that sees both the shadows and the

lights of morally messy situations.

The Holy Father says: ‘I sincerely

believe that Jesus wants a Church

attentive to the goodness which the

Holy Spirit sows in the midst of

human weakness’.(26) Pope Francis

does not call for a rigid legalism nor a

lax permissiveness but for a

principled sensitivity to the particular.

Finally Pope Francis calls for mercy

which is ‘the willingness to enter into

the chaos of another, to answer them

in their need.’(28) He hopes for a

Church that is ‘a sign of mercy and

closeness wherever family life

remains imperfect or lacks peace and

joy.’(34) Pope Francis does not

change the content of Church

teaching on marriage and family life,

he does not abandon the rules of the

Church, but he asks us to imitate

Jesus Christ in his humility,

gentleness, joy and love. He asks us

to respect, encourage and

accompany one another on our

journey of love.

Fr Peter Cullen, VG

"WORLD YOUTH DAY" in POLAND. Our Diocese is proud that Fr .

Anthony Kazibwe (Osizweni Parish) and two youth of our Diocese

were part of the Youth contigent that shared in the WORLD YOUTH

DAY IN POLAND. It was truly wonderful experience, and a powerful

witness to the world. There will be a full report in the next issue of the

Diocesan Indaba with pictures.

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Fr Thomas Van der Kunnel

(Right) is a Francelian Priest

belonging to the Southern African

region of the missionaries of St.

Francis De Sales (MSFS). I am 15

years a priest worked in India,

Namibia and South Africa. Before

coming to Dundee Diocese I worked

7 years in the Archdiocese of Cape

Town. Now I am working in Sacred

Heart Parish Ermelo.

Fr Mark Jande (left) is an

Augustinian priest. He was born on

16th June 1987, Nigeria. He was

ordained priest on 19th July 2014.

He's worked in different parishes in

his home country, he cane to South

Africa on 21st March 2016. He's the

assistant parish priest to Fr Ikemerika

Azubuike, in Pomeroy.

I­Amoris Laetitia ungumphumela

wamaSinodi amabili ka 2014 kanye

2015 ayekhuluma ngezinseleleo

zokwalusa ezibhekene nemindeni.

UPhapha uFrancis wawacela ukuba

obaba ababehlangene

kulomhlangano bakhulume okusuka

ezinhliziyweni zabo, wabe

esememezela ukuba kube khona

ukubeka imibono okusuka kuzo

zonke izingxenye zomhlaba,

emakholweni wonke. UPhapha

akazange ashintshe izimfundiso

zeBandla kodwa unika umbono

ngomndeni lokhu ukususela

eVangelini futhi ugqugquzela nalabo

abangakafiki lapho. Umongo

walombhalo usesahlukweni sesine

lapho uFrancis esinika umzindlo

wakhe ngehubo elidumile elitholakala

kwabaseKorinte bokuqala isahluko

13. Labo abalungiselela umshado

bangasithola lesahluko sibavuselela.

UPhapha uFrancis akasiniki imithetho

emisha kodwa ufuna ukuba

sicabange ngezimo esibhekana nazo.

Ukucabanga ngokujula kungumongo

womoya osigqugquzela ukuba

sibheke izimpawu, silalele

okwenzekalayo, futhi sizwele bonke

abantu ebukhoneni beNkosi.

Imithetho emisha yeBandla, kanye

nomithetho nje angeke ishintshe

‘ukuba sikwazi ukubhekana nezimo

ezithile ezisuke zisibhekile ngaleso

sikhathi’. (16) ‘Ngizothanda ukubeka

ngokusobala ukuthi akusikho konke

okuyizinkinga zokwalusa ekumele

zixazululwe yisigungu esiphezulu

seBandla.’ (17) ‘sibiziwe ukuba sibe

nonembeza, singabashintshi.’ (18)

Ukukhula ngokuziphatha kuyinto

eyenza kancane kancane, ayenzeki

ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ngakhoke

uFrancis usithula emthethweni

wokwenza izinto kancane kancane

kodwa sibe sifakazela amaqiniso

aphakade, kodwa lapho

siphelekezela umuntu osuke

eselapho futhi sibagquqquzela ukuba

bathathe izinyathelo kancane

kancane. Uma sizindla ngokujulile

siyabona ukuthi uNkulunkulu ufuna

senzeni manje. (23) Ukwenza izinto

kancane kancane kusibonisa isithunzi

kanye nokukhanya ezimweni ezimbi.

UBaba ocwebileyo uthi: ‘ngiyakholwa

ukuthi uJesu ufuna ukuba iBandla

libe nobuhle lobo uMoya oCwebileyo

okutshala maphakathi

bobuthakathaka besintu’. (26)

UPhapha uFrancis akasho ukuthi

akube nemithetho eqinile kodwa futhi

akafuni zonke izinto zuvunyelwe

kalula.Uma sesiphetha uPhapha

uFrancis uyasimema ukuba sibe

nesihawu okusho ‘ukuthi kumele

sizimisele ukungena eziphithiphithini

zabanye, ukuze sibaphendule

ebunzimeni.’ (28) Uthemba ukuba

kube nebandla ‘elinguphawu

lesihawu kanye nokubumbana lapho

impilo yomndeni ingapheleli noma

ishoda ngoxolo kanye nenjabulo.’

(34)UPhapha uFrancis akashintshi

izimfundiso zeBandla emshadweni

kanye nasemndenini, akayizibi

imithetho yeBandla, kodwa ucela

ukuba silingise uJesu Krsito

ngokuzehlisa, ukuzithoba,

ngokujabula kanye nangothando.

Ucela ukuba sihloniphe,

sigqugquzele futhi sihambisane

kulendlela yethu yothando.

INjabulo YoThando (Amoris Laetitia) umbhalo osigqugquzelayo kaPhapha uFrancis

VISITORS from the TWIN PARISH

OF HOLY CROSS HARLOW, in the

Brentwood Diocese, to MADADENI

PARISH – Regina Coeli, St. Paul, and

St. George. Fr. Bernard Soley the

Parish Priest of Holy Cross parish,

Harlow, in Essex, together with Sue

McGuiggan the Principle of the local

Catholic Primary School, Dave

Summerville the twin coordinator, and

Declan Hyde one of the Youth

Leaders in the parish, made a two

week visit to South Africa with the

prime aim of visiting and sharing in

the Twin Parish of Madadeni. These

four had visited our Diocese on other

occasions. They all had a truly

wonderful and informative time and

carry very good news back to their

parish community and the Brentwood

Diocese. The photo is the group

visiting Fr. Gerald for lunch and a

‘tour’ of Rowland Park (Hilldrop) and

to hear of the Diocesan vision for

development at the site.

When a manmarries a woman,they become one.The trouble startswhen they try todecide which one.

Book now for marriage encounter

weekend and you will avoid the

trouble. Date 21 to 23 October at

Besters Parish.

If you are interested in knowing

marriage encounter sodality, also

know as "me" in the Catholic Church,

you are kindly requested to contact

the following persons.

In Newcastle and surrounding areas

please contact: Nokuthula or Mandla

Madlala on 083 726 1955 / 083 419

0584, or else email:

noksmad@gmail.com.

In Volksrust and surrounding areas

please contact Nomvula or Doctor

Hlatshwayo on 083 997 2470 / 073

369 1881, or else email:

hlatshwayobd@gmail.com.

In Ladysmith and surrounding areas

please contact Mrs Nomusa Mbatha

on 073 210 1897.

Thank you. Yours in Christ, M.G.N.

Madlala

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Photo of the group outside Ladysmith church

A DAY OF ANGLICAN/CATHOLIC DIALOGUE in Ladysmith on Wednesday 24th August 2016

The gathering held at Maria Ratschitz

of some of the Social Projects in our

Diocese. The meeting was an

information one to hear from Jenny

Boyce, about “CARITAS KZN”. Jenny

Boyce has the coordinating role of

the seven KZN Dioceses. It was a

good time to meet one another, to

share and encourage the good work,

and come up with practical ideas to

follow through. It is proposed to have

a Workshop on Fundraising, the

writing of and presenting Proposals,

and possibly offer a Workship on

Social Projects for the priests (and

sisters) of the Diocese.

Those represented were:

Maria Ratschitz Duduza Care Centre

and Hospice, and HBC;

Blaauwbosch Rosary Crèche;

Driefontein Cheche; Mhlumayo

Crèche; St. Anthony’s Home;

Amakhazi Old Age Home; uMusa

woMsinga Projects, Pomeroy (Bishop

Graham shared); Mpuluzi Crèches;

M­CARE; Yakhumndeni AIDS

Project, and OVC.

If there are PROJECTS that have

somehow been inadvertently missed

(with apology), and did not receive

information and would like to, please

sms or email Fr. Gerald Gostling so

that you may be added to the

Diocesan list, and also your contact

then passed to Zandile and Jenny.

You can then be sent the full notes of

the meeting that took place. Email Fr

Gerald Gostling via the Diocesan

Office: dundeediocese@gmail.com

or SMS: 0761223234.

“CARITAS MEETING” ­August

5th/6th 2016.

Bishop Graham writes in the letter of

invitation to the priests of our

Diocese: “Through the

Anglican/Catholic dialogue, a small

group of Catholic priests (including

myself and Fr. Peter) have been in

contact with the Anglican Bishop,

Nkosinathi Ndwandwe and his team

of priests. Over the last 2­3 years we

have had two meetings a year and I

am very happy to say, a really joyful

spirit and camaraderie has grown

between us....”The meeting in

Ladysmith was attended by some 30

priests, roughly half and half Catholic

and Anglican. Fr. Nhlanhle Mchunu

presented an excellent paper on

Amoris Laetitia, and the ‘mind of

Pope Francis’. This provocked lively

discussion, followed by another

presentation by an Anglican on

Receptive Ecumenism, based on the

theology of the Catholic Theologian

Paul Murray, of Durham University in

the UK.

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We have a group of people who have committed themselves to pray for requests. This dedication to be ofservice to people by way of the Prayer Line is renewed annually.

The Prayer Line has been operating for nearly six years, and is able to cope with most African Languages.Each week we include the priest to be prayed for on the Diocesan Prayer List.

Jimmy Mutevera is the coordinator, and Fr. Gerald Gostling the Chaplain. Mass is celebrated each week forall requests, and for the Bishop, Priests, Sisters, Brothers, and people of our Dundee Diocese. God bless

you. JIMMY

Bishop's Calender

September

01 Durban ­ Joint Witness

05 Joburg ­ Italian Embassy

06 Amsterdam ­ Damesfontein Project

11 Evander ­ Golden Jubilee

12 Pretoria ­ Medical Checkup

17 Pomeroy ­ UMusa woMsinga

18 Maria Ratschitz ­ Pilgrimage

24­25 Ermelo ­ Confirmations

28 ­ Newcastle ­ Consultors Meeting

28 ­ Johannesburg ­ to Uk and Rome

October

15 Newcastle ­ Fundraising Workshop

16 Piet Retief ­ Confirmations

22 Estcourt ­ Augustians' celebration

23 Standerton ­ Deanery Mass

25 Johannesburg ­ St Augustine

30 Maria Consolata ­ Confirmations

By now most people are well aware

that Pax Christi Pastoral Centre is

temporarily closed until its relocation

is completed. What seems to be less

well known is that the Pax Christi

repository is not closed. The

repository, which serves the Diocese,

is now situated very close to the

Chancery. A room, near to the

Chancery, has been made available

at Sts Peter and Paul parish. With

the skills of a parishioner, a

carpenter, the room has been

converted into a beautiful new

repository with shelves to display

books and other stock. Miguel

Nunes, assisted by his family, has

created a lovely setting in which it is

a pleasure to browse the shelves.

Thanks. This has been an

encouragement to increase the

variety of books on display. Whether

that continues will, of course, depend

on if there is a demand for them.

That also goes for anything that is

stocked in the repository, if an item is

needed and affordable so people buy

it, it will hopefully be possible to stock

it. So feedback from individuals and

parishes will be appreciated and will

help to assure that the repository is

serving the needs of people,

parishes, and groups.

To date, the repository has been

open twice a week as well as on

Sundays after Mass at Sts Peter and

Paul parish. Tuesdays from 8.30am

until 2pm has not been frequented,

so perhaps that day will fall away.

Thursdays from 12 noon until 4pm

seems to be a more popular time,

and so will probably continue.

However, do give your feedback. Do

these times suit you? Do you have

suggestions concerning the

day/times the repository should be

open or what you would buy if it was

stocked. At present, any responses

may be addressed to

dundeediocese@gmail.com.

Pax ChristiRepository

082 081 1456 (sms only)You are welcome to smsyour requests for prayer.

"EVANDER PRAYER LINE"

Fr. Gerald Gostling and

Jimmy Mutevera attending

the annual WINTER LIVING

THEOLOGY, a photo with Fr.

John Baldovin SJ: this year

the input was

entitled "Worship and Social

Justice". The Lecturer was Fr.

John Baldovin SJfrom the United States. The

Winter Theology is always a

few day of very good

quality and is open to anyone

who would like to learn more,

and to share, on

the Topics offered. If you

want to receive regular

information on what the

Jesuits offer, then get on their

mailing list by emailing:

library@jesuitinstitute.org.za