📢 Parish Notices
- September BAPTISMS will take place on Saturday 19th September.
- CATECHISM WILL RESUME FOR TERM 4 as follows: Faith Levels 5, 6, 7 & Bridge ….. on Wednesday 7th October. Good Shepherd, Faith Levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 ….. on Friday 9th October.
🌱 Care of Creation
The prophetic call to “beat swords into plowshares” (Is 2:4) is therefore not only a vision for nations, but a call to each person. It invites us to transform harm into life. Yet this transformation cannot be achieved through external change alone. It requires, through cooperating with God’s grace, a deeper personal and collective conversion — a returning to God, who will reorder our desires, heal our wounds and help us grow in virtue.
Without this inner transformation, peace will remain fragile and short-lived. But where hearts are renewed, new possibilities begin to open. What has been used for destruction can be redirected toward life, toward the care of the poor, the nourishment of the hungry, and the safeguarding of creation. This is the path of authentic ecological conversion, where the effects of our encounter with Jesus Christ become evident in our relationship with the world around us (cf. Francis, Laudato Si’, 217). Peace, then, begins in the heart and flows outward to our relationships, communities and the broader world.
Although the challenges before us are enormous, God does not leave us without the means of healing and transformation. In place of the weapons of war, the God of peace grants us the strength to heal, to reconcile and to build a civilization of love. In this way, we are called to safeguard the many “ecosystems” entrusted to us: the ecosystems of creation, of human relationships and of the human heart itself.
[Pope Leo XIV: Message for the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, The Vatican, 15th August 2026]
🙏 Thank You
To our amazing volunteers: all our young people – including the Grade 11’s, the Men in Christ and other members of our parish who came out to cleanup our parish grounds last Saturday.
We extend our gratitude to those who donated trees, plants and flowers, those who donated the lunch for the volunteers and those who prepared it.
“May these roots find peace in the cleared earth, and may their branches reach toward the heavens in a perpetual prayer of praise.”
✝️ 800th Jubilee Year of St Francis 2026
In this 2026 Jubilee Year Pope Leo offers you a PLENARY INDULGENCE.
This means that ALL of your time in purgatory due to past (confessed) sins will be remitted (‘cancelled’).
Required is:
- a visit to a Franciscan place,
- Communion,
- Confession,
- reciting the Creed,
- Our Father,
- Hail Mary,
- and the Glory Be for the intentions of the Pope.
To help you gain this very special Plenary Indulgence, CONFESSIONS must be made within 7 days of the Franciscan experience.
[Note, this Plenary Indulgence can instead be applied to a deceased person in purgatory.]
☕ Attention Seniors
PLEASE note that the Xmas High Tea will be held on:
Saturday December 5th
Please book your table space at the office to avoid disappointment.
Limited seating – 021 591 1911
💃 Spring Dance 2026
An Evening of Music, Dance & Joy!
02nd October 2026
Venue: Immaculate Conception Parow (Parow, Cape Town)
Time: 19:30 (7:30 PM)
Entertainment: DJ
Ticket Price: R120.00 per person
Contact Person: Carmi
Phone: 083 232 8763
Note: Bring your own platter or pre-order boerewors rolls.
Celebrate Spring! • Dress to impress • Entertainment Provided • Bring your own Platter & XYZ
🕯️ Mass Intentions for the Week
Please notify the office by latest, before 10am on the Thursday before.
Mass Stipends are R50
