🗳️ PPC Elections – Nominations Open
Parish Pastoral Council (PPC) Elections 2025 (Aug–Oct)
Nominations are now open until 12 September.
If you are confirmed and a member of the parish, you can nominate someone to serve on the PPC for the next 3 years. Simply fill out a nomination form and hand it in. Let the Holy Spirit guide you in this process.
📢 Parish Notices
- Second Collection: This weekend is for Planned Giving.
- Fundraising Committee: Cake sale after all Masses this weekend (6/7 September).
- Catechism Exam Break:
- Closing: Wednesday group – 10 September | Friday group – 12 September
- Reopens: Wednesday group – 15 October | Friday group – 17 October
🏛️ Maintenance Update
Dear parishioners, as we approach an important moment in the life of our parish with PPC elections and PFC appointments, we share an update on recent maintenance.
Repairs & replacements completed or underway:
- Major leaks fixed in cry chapel, side chapel, and near the statue of St. Francis (with insurance and contractor oversight).
- Motor on the entrance gate replaced after an attempted robbery; remotes and signals re-synchronised.
- Replacement of hall lights (after a safety incident) – in progress.
- Repair of underground water cistern and irrigation system – in progress.
- Planned upgrades: security and lighting around the church and house after recent shootings and incidents.
We thank the Parish Pastoral Council, Parish Finance Council, Maintenance Committee, and all involved in ensuring these vital works could be completed.
📅 Save the Date – Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Archdiocese Jubilee Mass
- Date: Sunday, 14 September
- Time: 2:00 pm
- Venue: Our Lady Help of Christians, Lansdowne
👉 All parishes are encouraged to attend (±10 per parish plus clergy and religious) to represent all of the Archdiocese.
👶 Next Baptisms
The next baptisms will take place on Saturday, 25 October.
- Interviews: Tuesday, 7 October at the Presbytery, 5–7pm.
- Instruction Sessions: Thursdays, 16 & 23 October.
(Both parents and godparents must attend both sessions.)
🍽️ International Food Fair Donation Drive
This week’s request: Non-perishable groceries such as Rice, Sugar, Cake Flour, Fish Oil, etc.
Help still needed:
- Volunteers to make Malasadas and fry Fish
- Fashion Designers and coordinators/helpers for the fashion show
Please support the weekly IFF Donation Drive.
🕯️ Mass Intentions
Please notify the office by latest before 10am on the Thursday before.
Mass stipends are R50.
