📢 Parish Notices ✝️ Approaching Liturgical Dates 🌿 Rise from the Ashes… We once again begin our Lenten journey with the beautiful tradition of Ash Wednesday and the receiving of the ashes on our foreheads. A non-biblical legend from ancient Egypt and Greece tells us of the phoenix that rises from the ashes to something…

📢 Parish Notices 🌍 World Day of the Sick – 11 February 2026 The theme chosen by Pope Leo XIV is: “The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another’s pain.” To celebrate our love for neighbour and care for the sick, parishioners are encouraged to bring those in need to Mass on the weekend…

📢 Parish Notices 🌍 Pontifical Mission Society – Holy Childhood The Pontifical Mission Society of the Holy Childhood is the only association of its kind in the world based on the principle of “Children Helping Children.” The Society invites children in parishes and local schools to participate in the mission of the Church by supporting…

📢 Parish Notices 🙏 To the Catechists – From Our Parish Community As we celebrate Catechetical Sunday, we take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering commitment. Your dedication to sharing the teachings of our faith is truly admirable, especially in an environment that is secular, highly individualistic, and materially minded. You…

📢 Parish Notices 🙏 Prayer and Life Workshop Exciting News!A Prayer and Life Workshop is coming to Immaculate Conception Parish in January 2026. We begin with an Introductory Session in the church hall on:Tuesday, 27 January at 7:00 pm Come and revitalise your life through prayer and experience the renewed joy of living in God’s…

 📢 Parish Notices CAPE TOWN HAS A NEW ARCHBISHOP!! “After more than a year of Cape Town being sede vacante, today (09th January 2026) at noon in Rome it was announced that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has appointed Most Reverend Sithembela Sipuka as Archbishop of Cape Town. We welcome the Archbishop-elect and congratulate him…

👋 Farewell to Fr Adrian On 12 December 2025, we welcomed Fr Adrian Curran OFM Cap to South Africa, to Cape Town, and to our parish. Fr Adrian left Ireland to come and minister here in our country. Having visited South Africa many times before, it was his wish to one day come and work…

✨ …as ADVENT continues The fourth candle of Advent represents Love — the ultimate love of God in sending His only Son for us. Known as the Angel’s Candle, the fourth Advent candle is lit on the Sunday before Christmas. Its purple colour leads us to eagerly await the coming of the new Kingdom of…

🌸 …as ADVENT continues (Gaudete Sunday) One of the candles surrounding the Christ Candle in the Advent wreath is rose-coloured for Gaudete Sunday, the beginning of the third week of Advent. The day takes its name from the Latin word Gaudete (“Rejoice”), the first word of the Introit of today’s Mass: “Gaudete in Domino semper:…

✨ …as ADVENT continues This week we light Bethlehem’s Candle, the Candle of Faith.Micah foretold that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem, so this candle focuses our attention on the journey of Mary and Joseph as they travelled in faith toward the birth of Christ. Many people today live as if “this is all…