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Catholic Church of the Resurrection

Inside this issue

Year of the Deacon ............ 3-4

Life Teen ………………………...8-10

Parish Pastoral

Council ………………………….12-13

Contact Details……………...17-18

Special points of interest

Social and Fundraising.

Melkbos Community

A Short History of the Permanent Diaconate in the Year of the Deacon

2013 - 2014.

THE EARLY CHURCH

Traditionally, the beginning of the order of deacons is traced back to the story

in Acts of the Apostles, Acts 6: 1-6. Whether this pertains to the history of the

ordained order of deacons as they developed in the early centuries of the

church is in dispute, but it is very much in the spirit in which the diaconate

was and has been understood ever since. Very early in the history of the

church, deacons were understood to hold a special place in the community,

along with bishops and presbyters. The role of all ordained ministries is to be

modelled on the life of Christ, and that of deacons especially was and still is,

that of Christ the servant. Perhaps the earliest reference to deacons in this

sense (ca. 53 A.D.?) occurs in St. Paul's letter to the Philippians in which he

addresses "all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops

and deacons".

The deacon became the eyes and ears of the bishop, his "right hand man".

The bishop's principal assistant became known as the "archdeacon", and

was often charged with heavy responsibilities, especially in the financial ad-

ministration of the local church, above all in distribution of funds and goods to

the poor. One measure of the importance of the deacon in the early church is

June/July 2014 , Issue 3

the number of deacons elected pope in the early Mid-

dle Ages. Of the thirty-seven men elected pope be-

tween 432 and 684 A.D., only three are known to have

been ordained to priest before their election to the

Chair of Peter. (Llewellyn)

MODERN RENEWAL

Beginning as early as the fifth century, there was a

gradual decline in the permanent diaconate in the Latin

Church, although it remained, right to the present, a

vital part of the Eastern churches, both Catholic and

Orthodox. One important factor was simply a failure on

the part of both priests and deacons to understand the

unique value of the diaconate as a distinct order in its

own right. By the early middle ages, the diaconate was

perceived largely as only an intermediate step toward

the reception of ordination to the priesthood. It was this

prevailing attitude of the "cursus honorum" that was

most responsible for the decline of the diaconate. The Second Vatican Council in 1963, called for restora-

tion of the diaconate as a permanent level of Holy Or-

ders (three orders). In June 1967 Pope Paul VI imple-

mented this decree of the Council when he published

the Apostolic letter Diaconatus Ordinem, in which

he re-established the permanent diaconate in the

Latin Church. The Council in its Dogmatic Consti-

tution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) returns to

the roots of the diaconate which go back to the

New Testament and the early church Fathers:

RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES.

It is the duty of the deacon to administer baptism sol-

emnly, to be custodian and dispenser of the Eucharist,

to assist at and bless marriages in the name of the

Church, to bring Viaticum to the dying, to read the Sa-

cred Scripture to the faithful, to instruct and exhort the

people, to preside over the worship and prayer of the

faithful, to administer sacramentals, to officiate at fu-

neral and burial services. Dedicated to duties of charity

and of administration, let deacons be mindful of the

admonition of Blessed Polycarp: "Be merciful, diligent,

walking according to the truth of the Lord, who became

the servant of all." (Lumen Gentium para. 29)

And so we have come full circle. The permanent diaco-

nate has proved to be a resounding success, growing

at an astounding rate throughout the world. The Archdi-

oceses of Cape Town has 55 deacons at present out of

a total of approximately 250 in Africa which is a re-

markable achievement for the leadership team of the

Cape Town Church. The deaconate was launched by

the late Archbishop Stephen Naidoo almost 30 years

ago under the meticulous formation of the late Fr Mi-

chael Hulgraine and enthusiastically continued under

Archbishops Henry and Brislin. All of the above Arch-

bishops are Christian Brother’s College past pupils.

The theology of the diaconate has yet to be fully ex-

ploited, but with the help of the Holy Spirit and collabo-

rative parish priests, it will mature as the fruits of Vati-

can II continued to unfold in a fast changing world. Be-

low are two photos of Holy Land pilgrim Deacon Gary

Lawrence proclaiming the Gospel at Capernaum on the

shore of the Sea of Galilee, and deaconizing at the

Eucharist celebration on Mount Tabor taken during his

visit recently.

Deacon Gary.

Bibliography:

1) http://

www.nadd.org/

publications.html .

2)http://www.deacons.net/Articles/

A_brief_history_of_the_permanent_Diaconate.htm .

3) For an excellent scholarly article dealing with the meaning of

"diakonia" see http://www.thepastoralreview.org/cgi-bin/

archive_db.cgi?priestsppl-00127.

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3.

Year of the Deacon

By Dcn Godfrey Solomon

4.

Year of the Deacon (continue)

By Dcn Godfrey Solomon

5.

Good Shepherd Catechism

By Karen Oliveira

All is well in the world of catechism for our

parish. Our Atriums are full of children en-

joying catechism and Catechists who love

teaching them!

Our first lesson after the break for Easter is

always the Empty Tomb, where we teach

the children about what it must have been

like for the apostles to find an empty tomb

and to be met by an angel – when they

were expecting to find Jesus’ body!

We also have a presentation called Liturgy

of Light which takes the children through the

Easter Vigil mass where we receive the new

Easter (Liturgical) candle. We also have a

procession and give each child a candle

and ask them to receive THE LIGHT OF

CHRIST! They absolutely love this and re-

ally do understand that Jesus is not longer

dead but alive!

This very dark photograph is of the children

with their candles and each one of them is

saying a prayer for Michaela – one of our

catechism children who is very sick.

God listens to the prayers of children and

we encourage them to keep Michaela in

their prayers.

We also had the feast of Pentecost this

term. Please see below a photograph of

the Grade 3 children during their presenta-

tion on Pentecost. We teach the children

about the Gifts of the Holy Spirit and then

they each get to chose a gift and we give

them a candle which represents the gift

they chose. The Gift of Wisdom was by

far the most popular Gift the children want-

ed to receive – how uplifting is that!

We also had a situation during one of our

lessons when we touched on the meaning

of a rainbow – a sign of God’s Covenant to

his people and his love for them. We also

spoke on how God speaks to us through

the Holy Spirit and right on cue one child

looked out of the window and the most

BEAUTIFUL rainbow was in the sky. It

was quite something for those children

and catechists – it was like God was

speaking directly to us – the Holy Spirit

was most definitely with us during that les-

son!

Catechism for Grades 5,6 and 7 has end-

ed due to exams. These children have

been following the Archdiocese Curriculum

and goes through the readings for the

mass for the following Sunday. It is excel-

lent for these children – as they know be-

forehand the lessons from these readings

which makes it more meaningful to them.

For the other grades the last Catechism

lesson will be on Monday 23 June starting

again on Monday 21 July. Wishing you all

a great holiday and for those going away –

travel safely!

God Bless!

6.

Social and Fundraising (by Colleen Eager)

On behalf of the Social and

Fundraising Committee we

would like to thank Patricia

Markey for all the years of

leadership as Chairperson

and for all she has done. She

is an inspiration to us all. She will still be a member

of the committee. We wish her well with good

health and many years of support.

We welcome Colleen Eager as our new Chairper-

son of the Social and Fundraising Committee.

Social and Fundraising have been

extremely busy. On Fathers Day in

June the fathers all received a prayer

card and a chocolate. Also in June an

Italian lunch was enjoyed by parish-

ioners who attended the event.

Thank you to all those who donated

delicious Italian dishes and puddings.

This was a very happy occasion and

it has been agreed by all that a Por-

tuguese Lunch should be arranged

with repeat lunches of both Nation-

alities.

Congratulations to our 50/50 Club

winners for the month of May—Tom

& Meg Collopy (ticket no 36) and

June—Ernie Sierra (ticket no 123).

Both winners won R410.00. Soon

renewal of 50/50 Club will be taking

place. The cost is R120.00 for the year. Get your

family and friends to join.

We have had successful Cake Sales over the last

few months. May we raised R2971, June R2832

and in July we raised R2937.00 We are still looking

for bakers. If you can make scones, cupcakes,

cakes or fudge please contact Mary d’Argent tel

no (021) 5542012 .

We invite you to our forthcoming events over the

next few months:

26 July 2014—Dine and Quiz

9 August 2014—Celebration of Women's Day

with a High Tea served by individual hostess-

es and Captain (“singing”) Dicks will entertain

the guests.

23 September 2014—Theatre outing at

Milnerton Playhouse for a Musical Revue of

songs from 14 Broadway show such as New

York, New York, Chicago, Cabaret, Funny Lady

etc. The event will include a Cheese and

Wine.

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Saint Vincent de Paul (by Poppie Pilcher)

Vredenburg

Langa

Gugulethu

Khayeltsha

Bonthewel

Maitland

Blankets Distributed to the

following Parishes.

Join our 50/50 Club where you will have the oppor-

tunity of winning. The more members that join the larg-

er the amount to win. So come and join today. The sub-

scription of R120.00 per annum covers the period from

September to August the following year.

Contact: Pat Wrensch on

tel no : 073 206 9649

50/50 Club

St Vincent de Paul Conference are still visiting

parishioners in hospital so if you have any

family and friends that are sick and want

someone to visit them please contact the

office and they will forward the names to

SvdP.

SvdP want to thank the Grade 12’s of CBC

who donated their dresses and suits that they

wore for their Matric Farewell. All the dresses,

suits and accessorises have been handed

over to a High School in Vredenburg.

A special thank you to Loretta Apostoli, one of

our parishioners. For her 88th birthday cele-

bration she asked her guests to each to give,

in lieu of a gift, a donation to the less fortu-

nate. What a special and inspiring lady.

The conference also continues to support

“Mothers Who Care” with a donation of

R750.00 that goes towards the sandwiches

they make for the school children. We have

also continued to support Three Wishes Foun-

dation in Chatsworth with R500.00 per month.

SvdP has a grant that they share with Durbanville

parish. The grant goes to Lamberts Bay parish. So

from January—June 2014 they received R500.00 per

month from the conference. The remainder of the

year July—December 2014, Lamberts Bay will re-

ceive a donation of R500.00 per month from Durban-

ville.

SvdP want to thank the parishioners for the contribu-

tion towards the Annual Winter Blanket Collection.

We received R18 200.00 and 400 blankets were

purchased and distributed to the following parishes

that each received 50 blankets:

We still distribute food parcels to those who are in

need. If you know of anybody that requires a food

parcel please contact the office and they will be in

contact with us.

If you wish to be part of St Vincent de Paul Society

please do not hesitate to join us or special to Poppy

Pilcher .

8.

Evangelisation is the Work of God

It is easy for us serving in parish youth minis-

try to start believing that we are the only ones

that can do this. We kid ourselves into think-

ing that if something happened to us the min-

istry would fall apart. The truth is that evange-

lisation is the work of God and if He is asking

for it, He will provide people to move His mis-

sion forward. It’s important for us to keep per-

spective and to not form a mentality that we

are some type of savior.

Pope Francis said in his Apostolic Exhorta-

tion Evangelii Gaudium, “Though it is true

that this mission demands great generosity

on our part, it would be wrong to see it as a

heroic individual undertaking, for it is first and

foremost the Lord’s work, surpassing any-

thing which we can see and understand. Je-

sus is ‘the first and greatest evangeliser’. In

every activity of evangelisation, the primacy

always belongs to God, who has called us to

cooperate with him and who leads us on by

the power of his Spirit. The real newness is

the newness which God himself mysteriously

brings about and inspires, provokes, guides

and accompanies in a thousand ways. The

life of the church should always reveal clearly

that God takes the initiative, that he has loved

us first (1 John 4:19) and that he alone ‘gives

the growth’ (1 Corinthians 3:7). This convic-

tion enables us to maintain a spirit of joy in

the midst of a task so demanding and chal-

lenging that it engages our entire life. God

asks everything of us, yet at the same time

he offers everything to us.” (12).

So we are called to joy and great generosity

on this mission, our daily “yes” to evangeliz-

ing teenagers requires us to often step

out of our areas of comfort and reach the

hardest to reach teens. We are called to

conviction in this mission no matter how

demanding or challenging it becomes.

We will often feel like we have failed by

not reaching any new teens. If we lose

perspective thinking that it is “our” mis-

sion and not God’s mission, we will inevi-

tably dry up and be tempted to give up

and leave. Keeping the perspective that

evangelisation is the work of God, we can

humbly approach each day in ministry

with a confidence that no matter how it

looks we are simply trying to respond to

having been loved by Him first.

May all our days in ministry be filled with

the knowledge of God’s love and all the

prayer, energy, inspiration, joy and death

to self that this worthwhile ministry re-

quires of all of us. Thanks for all you do

for teens! It’s Life Teen’s honor to support

you even in the smallest ways.

Peace

Dear Life Teen Family

9.

So what has Life Teen been up to since we got back in

the second term you may ask! Well, quite a lot has hap-

pened and if you haven’t been following us on Face-

book then this will be a great read for you.

We started the 2nd term with a night on scripture apolo-

getics on how to defend our faith through scripture and

defining the four ways in which we do so.

The next week we hosted a special Life Night for our

moms to cele-

brate Mothers Day. We decided to play a very fun and

interactive “Novelty Quest” game. Those who have

been on any MSC cruises would know what I’m talking

about. After which we unwrapped and shared of some

important female figures in the Bible. The night ended

with prayer over our mothers and teens.

We then continued on with our Vocations semester and

dived into topics such as “Persona Christi” – vocation to

the priesthood, “Kicking up dust” – vocation of the dea-

conate, “The bridegroom says come” – vocation of the

consecrated life and “Rosetta Stone” – call to Holiness

and your vocation. All these vocational nights were very

inspiriing and we all learnt a lot more about those

various vocations and which God is guiding us to.

As fathers are as equally important to us as mothers,

we hosted a Father’s Day special night where we

invited all the teens and their dads to celebrate a

night of fun and honouring of our dads. We com-

plied a stack of “minute it to win it” games and we

used that as the “competitive” components of the

night. After which, we shared a video called

“kickball” by Rob Bell. The night ended with a

blessing and a prayer of “Gods love story” for our

lives.

The next day was Youth Day and what better way

to start off this day than with Mass. Mass was

celebrated by Archbishop Steven Brislin at our

Lady help of Christians in Lansdowne in the

morning, this was followed by a bring and share

lunch in the hall as well as creating community

with fellow young Catholics in our Diocese. A few

of us from Table View joined in at the celebration,

which was well attended.

The Curriculum Term ended with an amazing

Social of “Lumo Dodge ball”. The teens and core

rocked up in luminous and neon col-

oured clothing and paints and enjoyed

a few games of dodge ball under some

Mothers Day Celebrations

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UV Lights in the hall. This was well attended by our

teens as well as a few friends from Durbanville Parish.

But we all know that that was not the end of the Life

Teen Activities. School broke up on the 27 June and on

that Day after months of hard work and planning, it was

time for our Life Teen Born to Thrive Camp, which was

held at Rocklands Centre in Simonstown.

Table View,

Bergvleit and

Paarl attended the camp and were a

total of 85 people. The weekend was

divided into some teaching and fun as

well as some spiritual growth time. The activities done

on the weekend were; four sessions focused around

the theme of “Thrive” and growing in our Faith, a music

video that was done on the Friday night “What makes

you happy”, a game called #selfie and an un-endless

time with God and friends not forgetting about the Lego

movie.

The Highlight of the camp was the Spiritual Activities

we did on the Saturday Night. Fr Charles led us in an

explanatory mass (he explained everything to us about

the mass) that led into Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-

ment. During that time we had two other priest who

assisted Fr Charles in doing confessions and If all that

was not enough, we also had a group of people who

were available for personal prayer. In another room we

had a group that was saying the rosary during that time.

The teens were allowed the freedom to partake in all

activities on offer.

Overall the Weekend was a huge success and that is

thanks to our teens that attended, our hard working

core, Sean Lategan (Youth office assistant) for assisting

us with quite a lot and Fr Charles (Youth Chaplin) for his

amazing grace. This weekend would not have been

possible without the prayers and support of our blessed

parishioners and priest.

For more pictures you can have a look on our facebook

page – lifeteentv

Even though we are not running any Life

Teen during the holidays, please keep the

core in your prayers as they have been plan-

ning and preparing for the 2nd Semester and

term 3 which kicks off on 27 July. This se-

mester we will be doing the curriculum on

“Life, Love and the Pursuit of Happiness”

which all revolves around the theology of the

body teachings.

Teens, enjoy the rest of your school holidays and we will

see you all back soon again for the start of Semester 2.

God Bless and stay forever awesome

Leo Sforza

Youth Minister

Life Teen—Table View, Bergvliet, Paarl

11.

“Lord we pray for the sick in our parish. We pray for healing and comfort. Lord send down your Holy Spirit.”

Deaths

Prayers for the Sick and Housebound parishioners in the Parish

We pray for the soul of :

Desmond (Leslie) Cordner

Leslie Duffett

Brian de Vogel

Manny da Silva

Mavis Baromen

Who passed away recently.

Adoration and

Benediction

Adoration of the Blessed Sacra-

ment takes place every Thursday,

from 8:30am until 5:45pm followed

by Benediction and Mass at 6pm.

Also the 1st Friday there is mass

at 8:30am and 6pm following Ex-

position and Benediction of the

Blessed Sacrament.

All Welcome

O Jesus, Good Shepherd, You heal

the sick and the needy. I give you all

those parts of my body which have

suffered from illness. You know

what it is like to endure pain. Look

kindly on me today and heal me.

Restore me to strength of soul and

body.

Give Your gift of wisdom to my phy-

sician that he may be guided by the

Holy Spirit in all he does. Bless my

nurses so that their hands will be-

come Your hands as they touch me.

Bless, too, my medication. O Jesus,

grant us all Your healing grace of

love and peace. Amen.

Brian Craigg

Agnes Pisoni

Penny Hynes

Andre Van Niekerk

David Lodge

Nives Licata

G D’Oliveira

Martha Franke

Paul Derbyshire

Ursula Ford

Eddie Cothil

Karina Alberto

Jimmy Ward

Rose Magill

Cathy Croxford

Flora Bunting

Louisa Rodriques

Julie Rodrigues

Conner Brown

Franciszek Gaweda

Norma Zawistowski

Marco Carretoni

Agnes Niehaus

Derrick Lazarus

Hettie Opperman

Michaela Wolff

Craig Doyle

Elizabeth Bischoff

Andre Matewang

Mavis Ward

Malcolm Day

Dave Walton

Marie Tillett

Lorraine Cabral

Gonelle Fernandes

Josie Coatsworth

Graham Grant

Hannie Basquez

Gloria Battiston

Cloe Cothill

Moira Heyne

Hilda Werth

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Parish Pastoral Council (By Craig Parsons)

The Parish Pastoral Council was elected the

last quarter of 2013 and has been up skilling

themselves regarding the role of the Parish

Pastoral Council and what is required from

them in their three year tenure.

The Parish Pastoral Council is the planning

body with short and long-term goals to foster

and enhance, in the light of the gospel mes-

sage, the quality of community life within the

parish. It’s representative nature, strongly

committed to a spirit of consultation and con-

sensus, ensures that every voice be heard.

With its members united around the Parish

Priest, the Parish Pastoral council provides an

effective way for the people of God to hear

God’s word spoken through fellow Christians.

In May 2014 the Parish Pastoral Council met

at Nazareth

House for a day

of strategic plan-

ning to create

and implement a

Pastoral Plan for

the Parish.

In the session we explored a few internal

questions about the Parish:

Who are we as a Parish?

What are we called to do?

How are we best going to do it?

Once this was plotted we got to work in cre-

ating a Mission Statement for our Parish.

The Mission Statement is founded on the

community’s past experience; it examines

the present faith life and the reasons

behind that life; it articulates a hopeful

future. All areas of Parish Life find their

direction in the Mission. The Mission

Statement is to be owned by the parish at

large.

The Parish Pastoral Council is busy identify-

ing key goals which will have objectives to

provide tangible results. These will be

shared with the Parish Members in future

communications.

Please feel free to contact the council

through the Parish Office.

God Bless

Craig Parsons

Chairperson

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14.

Welcome from the CWL morning group.

A huge thank you to all the parishioners who braved the

cold and supported our cheese and wine evening on

Saturday 10th May. It was great to be able to enjoy get-

ting to know our parish community over a glass of wine

and some nibbles and raise R1500 for “Mothers that

Care”. This should buy quite a few loaves of bread and

some nutritious fillings for those hungry little tummies

going to school without having eaten as there was no

breakfast to have.

At the end of April we attended a retreat for all the

regional CWL branches at Schoenstatt. It was a

wonderful opportunity for reflection and prayer with

Fr Alvin giving us plenty food for thought regarding the

CWL and how we see ourselves in relation to the pur-

pose of the League.

Our numbers are increasing and we welcomed two new

members and the evening group one new member who

were presented with their badges during Holy Mass on

Monday 9th June – Congratulations and welcome to Liz

Zera, Monica van der Berg and June Van Wouw.

You are very welcome to attend our meetings should you

be interested to find out what we are all about, they take

place on the second Monday of the Month at 9am after

the 8.30 Mass. God Bless Bernie.

Catholic Women’s League (By Bernie Marques & Sue van der Valk)

What is the Catholic Women’s League?

We are women who are motivated to promote love, and happi-

ness, to understand and uphold the sanctity of family life and

defend the dignity of women and Christian principles.

Is this you?

Our concern is to promote the enrichment of life through prayer

and service. In the Catholic Women’s League you will find oppor-

tunities to:

Defend the Christian family way of life

Assist those who are bereaved

Support seminarians

Help the homeless

Assist those who are less fortunate

Uphold morality in society

Visit the sick, the aged and the house confined

Assist with adoption programmes

Help people living with HIV/AIDS

Reaching out to other Christian denominations

Enjoy life

To find out more about the objectives of the league,

visit http://catholicwomensleague.co.za/

If you are looking to belong to a group:

Which has influence in the church and society

Which does real things in the world

Which is big enough to challenge governments

Which is small enough to provide a cup of tea when needed

Which believes it is better to light one candle than to sit and

curse the darkness

Which provides a forum for catholic women to discuss spir-

itual, cultural, social and education issues

Then the Catholic Women’s league is a place for you!

Should you be interested in finding out about the groups in our

parish, contact:

Bernie (morning group) 083 304 9601

Susan (evening group) 083 555 3099

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For those who are not yet familiar with our ministry – GAP which stands for Graduates and Professionals, is a rele-

vantly new ministry in the parish (not yet reaching our 1 year anniversary), but it certainly does not lack enthusiasm

or courage when it comes to the promotion of putting ones faith into practice . It is, as the name suggests, aimed at

the Young Adult demographic of our parish – whether single, married, married with kids, studying or working, taking

a ‘gap year’ - all are welcome as members.

And, you may ask, what does a membership get you? Well, it gets you a platform to share and grow in your faith,

to learn more about your Church and its teachings, to build positive and real faith-based relationships, and if that

doesn’t encourage you to sign up, then perhaps we can entice you with social responsibility initiatives, healthy de-

bate and good old fashioned company over a mug of steaming hot chocolate on a cold winter’s night.

We try to keep our weekly sessions interesting, relevant and Christ-centred. This past semester we tackled a four

part DVD and discussion series entitled Breathing Room, which focused on creating space in our lives (i.e. our

schedules, our finances and our relationships) for God to work in us and through us. We unpacked the connection

between our willingness to create margin, and our faith – touching on issues like trust, fear, tithing and gleaning.

We talked about standard of living vs quality of life, and ultimately we realized that it is in the ‘breathing room’ that

we find the capacity to serve and love other.

If you are between 18-35 why not pop in at the Parish hall on a Wednesday night at 7pm (just follow the music),

and let us help you Bridge the GAP to Christ (and His Church). Our next semester begins on 6 August and we

have another action-packed line up for our young adults! Keep an eye on the weekly liturgy sheets and the parish

notice board more details. Or contact Candace on clategan@ensafrica.com to sign up to our mailing list.

16.

As I was researching content for the ‘Dancing for God’ workshop I

looked through Pope Francis’s recent homilies for inspiration. In

the Pope’s homily of Jan 28, 2014 he spoke of the importance of

praising God in our prayer life. He warned against a judgmental

attitude of others who follow certain formalities in their prayer life.

He mentioned King David dancing with all his might before the

Lord in order to celebrate with the whole of Israel the return of the

Ark of the Covenant. The Pope went on to say that David whole-

heartedly danced as an act of justice because God is great! Da-

vid’s dance was a prayer of mind, body and soul. It made perfect

sense to me therefore, that God wishes to see us Joyful in prayer.

Thus the ‘Dancing for God’ workshop on Saturday 10th June was

born. In the first presentation we heard how God saved the Israel-

ites in their hour of need from slavery and took them dry shod

across the Red Sea. He did this by dividing the waters of the Red

Sea and provided a safe passage for His people. An interesting

biblical DVD documentary on the Rea Sea crossing demonstrated

the dramatic event and outlines of chariot wheels and debris still

scattered beneath the Red Sea today. An analogy was suggested

to our lives which are burdened with suffering and stress. We were

challenged to leave behind our worries and cares and follow the

Word of God as Moses and the Israelites had done

3200 years ago. It is our time to cross over the Red Sea to

rejoice in our Lord. A time for personal reflection on the

presentation and DVD was given.

Our guest speaker for the workshop was cancer survivor

Joy Whittaker. Joy, who recently experienced major trauma

and stress, spoke of her victorious recovery from cancer.

She shared her hope in God and encouraged us to contin-

ue with their prayers because God does answers prayers.

Joy’s testimony gave us food for thought and caused many

to think deeply about their personal situations. To demon-

strate the commitment to follow God’s Word the participants

were invited to cross a symbolic Red Sea placed on the

floor and lined with beach sand. The sand represented the

dry ground that God had provided for the Israelites to walk

on. On reaching the other side of the ‘Red Sea’ each partic-

ipant was give a victory sticker which said, ‘Trust, prayer

and obey.’

After lovely refreshments we participated in a lively liturgical

dance activity presented by Carolyn Prouse from the Bo-

thasig Parish. Carolyn who is a professional ballet teacher,

promotes liturgical dance as a form of worship and prayer.

We were taught how to praise God through dance and we

used the beautiful song called ‘The Prayer’ which was an

amazing experience. At the end of the workshop we all had

an understanding of what the Holy Father was talking about

in his homily on rejoicing in God without formalities. Alt-

hough we certainly didn’t dance as well as King David, we

all had a wonderful and spirit filled morning of prayerful joy.

Women of Light

By Ellie Lawrence

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LIBRARY Do you know about the church library?

It is open after Saturday evening mass

and situated in the Foyer of the Church.

The Library is also open on a Wednes-

day after mass.

Librarians are:

Marj Schurmann

Tracey le Roux

Marie Kershaw

We have various

Flower Group

What a way of helping our Flower Group of ladies who make

these wonderful display of flowers every week. We all have

gifts to serve and here is your opportunity for all our enthusias-

tic flower designers to come forward.

You have an opportunity to donate towards the flowers for an

anniversary, wedding, funeral.

Contact:

Bee Forsyth 072 864 5458

Congratulations to Fr Kevin Dadswell who celebrated his 15th Anniversary

in the Priesthood.

May God Bless him with many more.

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A library with interesting

material and books are availa-

ble. Emmy Nicol will be

available to assist before or

after mass.

Do you know of anybody

in Melkbos that is ill or

too frail to attend Mass

on a Sunday evening

and may need prayer or

Holy Communion? An

Extra Ordinary Minister

of Holy Communion will

be made available to

take communion to the

sick on a Sunday even-

ing. So contact the offic-

es of the church to in-

form us.

If you wish to have a Mass

Intention for Melkbos 5.30pm

Mass contact Fr Kevin on

(021) 556-4498 and book

a Mass.

The Folk Group in Melkbos are looking for those

who can play a musical instrument (From a drum,

guitar, keyboard) or if you just want to sing along,

please contact Janet Collard on tel (021) 553-2672

and join our music ministry.

The Rosary Group meet every Tues-

day morning at 10:30am in the Com-

munity Hall, Melkbosstrand. This

group has been in existence for over

20 years. If you wish to join our ladies,

please contact Mary Roberts on tel

no: (021) 553-2937

Melkbos Good Shepherd Catechesis has been established 5 years ago. Children from

Grade R-7. Our Grade 5,6,7 receive Catechism from Living the Word which is Liturgi-

cal Year based. To register your child for catechism contact Melanie Pisanello on

(021) 553-1793 (after 6pm)

Faithsharing Group meet on

Tuesday evening at 7:15pm for

an hour. Come and join us.

Melkbos Community invites you on Sunday

evenings at 5:30pm for Mass. Fr Kevin and a visit-

ing priest celebrate Mass on alternative Sunday’s.

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Catholic Church of the Ascension Community Centre, Melkbosstrand

We recently held a Country and Western evening celebrating 4th July 2014. In spite of the storm we

had on the Friday evening our guests still enjoyed the evening for those who attended. Fr Kevin joined

us. Thanks to “Captain Dicks” for the great music he entertained us with. We hope to have such an

event in the near future. Come and join us next time.

“Captain Dicks”

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Personalised Candles for Bap-

tisms, Weddings, 1st Commun-

ion, Confirmation or any special

Candles for All Occasions

Have you tried using the bus to

mass.

You can connect with MyCiti from:

— Atlantis — Sunningdale

— Melkbos — Paddocks

— West Beach to Table View, then to:

— Wood Drive OR — Melkbosstrand

respectively to your parish in Table View and

Melkbosstrand. Experience a bus trip from home to church.

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21.

Ministries in the Parish Contact Person Contact Num-

ber

Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy

Communion

Fr Kevin Dadswell 021 556-4498

Flowers Bee Forsyth 021 557-6349

Lifeteen Youth Ministry Leonardo Sforza 082 493 4582

Marriage Preparation Brenda & Clive Munro 084 680 0288

Monthly Cake Sales Mary d’Argent 021 554-2012

Music Co-ordinator Farayi Kambarami 076 266 0427

Parish Council Chairperson Craig Parsons 082 557 0060

Parish Finance Council Arthur Sierra 082 774 4331

Parish Website Colin Rudden 021 554-4084

RCIA (Right of Christian Initiation for

Adults)

Steve & Joan Armstrong 021 554-3137

Proclaimer of the Word Corina Pedder 021 557-8657

Sacristans Val van Ginkel 021 557-2417

Social & Fundraising Colleen Eagar 083 728 6684

St Vincent de Paul Poppie Pilcher 021 556-3352

Wardens/Ushers Craig Parsons 082 557 0060

Women of Light Ellie Lawrence 072 261 5777

Youth Band Jonathan Bandli 083 565 1375

Contact Details—Ministries

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Ministries in the Parish Contact Person Contact Number

Altar Servers Lloyd Langford 082 469 2716

Alpha Lola de Abreu 072 262 2767

Catechist Co-ordinator Karen Oliviera 072 387 5782

Catholic Counseling Corina Pedder 021 557-8657

Rosary Group – Melkbos Mary Roberts 021 553-2937

Rosary Group – Vue de Cap Solange Daniel

021 550-1685

Bible Study – Abil Group

Jean Farrell

Marie Kershaw

021 557-6716

021 557-5495 Legion of Mary Scholastica Misomali 079 570 7622

CWL—Morning Group Bernie Marques 0833049601

CWL—Evening Group Sue van der Valk 0835553099

Men’s Group Godfrey Solomon

Pino Pisanello

082 570 4968

083 659 8204

GAP (Graduates & Professionals Candice Lategan

Leonaro Sforza

082 335 1750

082 493 4582

Contact Details—Ministries

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Calendar

Activities and meetings taking place in the Parish. Please diarise the following:

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN

YOUR PARISH.

The following events will be taking place:

Women’s Day High Tea—9th August 2014

Musical Show at Milnertons Playhouse—23rd September 2014

Watch this space for more details.

We are appealing to Parishioners who can sponsor our

Newsletter with printing our IN TOUCH on a monthly basis.

We want to print about 500 copies a month.

So please contact Melanie at the office on (021) 557-6780

URGENT REQUEST

Reconciliation : (Confessions) Saturday 4:45pm—5:15pm

Wednesday’s 8:30am

First Friday’s 8:00am &

5:30pm

Sacrament of Holy Matrimony:

By appointment (6 months notice required)

Sacrament of Baptism by Appointment

Catholic Church and Presbytery:

43 Janssens Avenue, Table View, 7441

Website: www.resurrection.co.za

Catholic Church of the

Resurrection 43 Janssens Road

Table View

7441

Phone: (021) 557-6780

Fax: 086 520 9777

E-mail: office@resurrection.co.za

Mass Times:Mass Times:Mass Times:

Weekdays Masses: Monday, Tuesday & Friday 8:30am

Wednesdays 9:00am

Thursdays 6:00pm

Weekend Masses: Saturday (Vigil Mass) 5:30pm

Sunday 8:00, 10:00 & 5:30pm

Melkbos Sunday 5:30pm

Confessions: Saturdays 4:45pm-5:15pm

Wednesdays 8:30am

First Friday’s 8:00am & 5:30pm

First Friday Mass 8:30am & 6:00pm

Parish Priest:

Fr Kevin Dadswell

Tel (021) 556-4498

Fax No 086 520 9777

Parish Deacons:

Rev Godfrey Solomon

Tel: (021) 554-2409

Rev Gary Lawrence

Tel: (021) 556-5922

Rev Stephen Armstrong

Tel: (021) 554-3137

Youth Leader:

Leonardo Sforza

Cell: 0824934582

Office Administrator:

Melanie Pisanello

Tel: (021) 557-6780

Email: office@resurrection.co.za

Secretary:

Rosemarie Louw

Tel: (021) 557-6780

Parish Lay Counsellor:

Corina Pedder

Tel: (021) 557-8657