👋 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…

✨ …as ADVENT begins Jesus’ message in today’s Gospel — “stay awake” — comes to us with loving urgency, “because you do not know the day when your master is coming.” With this First Sunday of Advent we enter a new liturgical year. The Church invites us to focus on the end-times: the ultimate fulfilment…

👑 The Solemnity of Christ the King To mark this momentous occasion, we will be hosting the following extra observances: ✨ Solemn Conclusion of the Jubilee Year Eucharistic Procession UMNGECELELE WE VUKARISTI – EUCHARISTIESE PROSESSIE Sunday / Nge Cawe / Sondag – 28 December 2025 If enough people would like to attend, shared transport will…

✝️ The Solemnity of Christ the King The Holy Father has invited us to live this Jubilee as “Pilgrims of Hope”, praying that our faith and the grace of God may reawaken in us the blessed hope for the coming of the Kingdom. It is in this spirit of joyful expectation that we now look…

⛪ The Lateran Basilica Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome — the oldest and highest-ranking of the four major basilicas in the city. The Basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rome, the official ecclesiastical seat of the Holy Father, the…

✨ Feast of All Saints – 1 November The Feast of All Saints began in the early centuries as a way of remembering the martyrs whose names were not known and who therefore did not have their own feast days. It was introduced in Rome on May 13th, 610 AD as the “Feast of All…

🌍 Environmental Justice – Implicitly Proclaimed by the Prophets The prophet Isaiah tells us that the Spirit of God can make an arid and parched desert into a garden—a place of rest and serenity: “A spirit from on high will be poured out on us, and the wilderness will become a fruitful field, and the…