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Easter 2016 Issue 30
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The Editor
Fr Peter Cullen
Dundee Diocesan Indaba
Postnet Suite 95
Private Bag X6603
Newcastle 2940
Tel: 034 312 6591
Fax: 034 312 6592
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Dumisani Mbokazi
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Private Bag X 6603
Newcastle 2940
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Visit the Diocesan Website:
http://www.catholicdundee.org.za
Let us pray for ourpriests as they celebrate
their birthdays andanniversaries.
ANNIVERSARY OFORDINATION
March13.03.1965: Fr Gerry O'Reilly
14.03.1964: Fr Tony Hardiman
April06.04.2002: Fr Gaspart Anaba
06.04.1983: Fr Tom Tshabalala
06.04.1984: Fr Rodgers Sihlobo
May12.05.1988: Fr Solly Mokoena
20.05.1995: Fr Piotr Kalicinski
24.05.2003: Fr Tomasz Wargacki
BIRTHDAYS
April12.04.1983: Fr Ikemerika Azubuike
21.04.1973: Fr Andrew Moyo
May04.05.1986: Fr Shiju Poomaram
09.05.1975: Fr Mthetho Ndlovu
16.05.1978: Fr Anthony Ikeji
17.05.1970: Fr Piotr Kalicinski
21.05.1946: Fr Peter Cullen
28.05.1937: Fr Tony Hardiman
13th December 2015 after a gathering and service of prayer, reading
of Scripture, and blessing, Bishop Graham, on behalf of the Dundee Diocese
and united with the Universal Church, opened the doors of the Holy Rosary
Cathedral declaring them to be the Holy Doors of Mercy. Each Deanery has a
designated church whose doors will be "Holy Doors".
Pope Boniface VIII declared the first Holy Year in 1300 since when the Catholic Church has regularly celebrated the Holy
Years. The main aspect of the Holy Year has been to make a pilgrimage to Rome inorder to make reparation for sin and to
renew our lives. The important symbolic act perfomed by each pilgrim has been to pass through the Holy Door. Jesus said:
"Truly I am the door, if anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture. I came that they may
have life, and have it abundantly." John 10:10. To pass through the door from the outside of St Peter's into the Basilica is
to pass from this world into the presence of God. Traditionally the Holy Father strikes the door three times reminding us
that Moses struck the rock so that water poured out to quench the thirst of the people. God has struck our hearts opening
them to his graces. When the door opens, the obstacles of passage to our Lord are removed. During the Holy Year, we
hope and pray that the obstacles of personal weakness, temptation, and sin will be removed so that we may be united with
our Lord. During the year of mercy Pope Francis invites us to contemplate the notion of a Holy Door, "a Door of Mercy
through which anyone who enters will experience the love of God which consoles, pardons and instils hope." (Bull of
Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubillee of Mercy). The Pope has asked that doors of mercy should be opened in all dioceses
so that as many as possible may be able to make the pilgrimage, be converted and find the strenght to embrace God's
mercy and dedicate themselves to being merciful with others as the Father has been with us.
In our Diocese the following churches have Holy Doors of Mercy: The Cathedral church of the Holy Rosary in Dundee, the
church of Our Lady of Sorrows at Maria Ratschitz, the church of St Peter and Paul in Newcastle, the church of St Francis
of Assisi in Standerton, UMalusi oMuhle, Steadville and St Francis in Wesselton Ermelo.
Those who make a pilgrimage to, pass through, a Holy Door during the Year of Mercy are granted a plenary indulgence,
which gives full remission of the temporal punishment due to sin. "Every sin has consequences. It disrupts our communion
with God and the Church, weakens our ability to resist temptation, and hurts others. The necessity of healing these
consequences, once the sin itself has been forgiven, is called temporal punishment. "Hence, to live the indulgence of the
Holy Year means to approach the Father's mercy with the certainty that his forgiveness extends to the entire life of the
believer ... Let us live this Jubilee intensely, begging the Father to forgive our sin and to bathe us in merciful 'indulgence.'"
(Pope Francis, Bull of Indiction of the Extraordinary Jubille of Mercy).
To receive a Plenary Indulgence
Like previous jubilees, the Jubilee Year of Mercy (December 8 2015 November 20, 2016) features a plenary ndulgence,
or an indulgence which remits all temporal punishment due to sin. To obtain the plenary indulgence, one must make a
pilgrimage to and pass through the Holy Door of mercy, once one has crossed through the Holy Door or Door of Mercy, in
addition to the usual conditions (celebrate the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation and receive Holy Communion)
the faithful should stop in prayer to fulfill the final actions asked for, the profession of faith and prayer for the Holy Father
and his intentions.
Holy Doors of Mercy
Iminyango eNgcweleyesiHawuUPhapha uBoniface VIII wamisa
uMnyango oNgcwele wokuqala
ngonyaka ka 1300 kusukela laphoke
iBandla eliKhatholika ligubha
leminyaka. Okubaluleke kakhulu
ngoMnyango oCwebileyo
kwakungukwenza uHambo
oloNgcwele oluya eRome ukuze
kuhlawulelwe izono kanye
nokuvuselela izimpilo. UPhawu
olugqamile kuloyo nayiloyo okulolu
Hambo kwakungukudlula eMnyango
oNgcwele. UJesu wathi:
"ngokweqiniso ngingumnyango, loyo
odlula kimi, uzosindiswa, uyongena
aphume, athole amadlelo ahlaza.
Ngeza ukuba babe nokuphila, babe
nakho ngokuphelele." John 10:10.
Ukudlula emnyango wase St Peter
ungena eBasillica kusho ukudlula
kulomhlaba uya ebukhoneni
bukaNkulunkulu. Ngokuwusiko uBaba
oCwebileyo ushaya emnyango
kathathu esikhumbuza ukuthi uMose
washaya idwala kathathu ukuze
likhiphe amanzi aqeda ukoma
kubantu. UNkulunkulu uthintile
izinhliziyo zethu ngoba efuna
zivulekele amagrasiya akhe. Uma
ngabe iminyango ivuleka, izithiyo
ezisivimbayo ukuba siye eNkosini
ziyasuswa. NgoNyaka oCwebileyo,
siyathemba futhi siyakhuleka ukuthi
izithiyo zobuthakathaka, ukulingwa
kanye nesono kuzosuswa ukuze
sikwazi ukuba neNkosi yethu.
KuloNyaka wesiHawu uPhapha
uFrancis uyasimema ukuba
sicabangisise ngalombono
womnyango ongcwele, "uMnyango
oNgcwele lapho kuthi ongene kuwo
ethola uthando lukaNKulunkulu
olududuzayo, oluxolelayo futhi
oluqinisa ithemba. UPhapha ucele
ukuthi iminyango yesihawu ivulwe
kuzo zonke izifundaBhishobhi ukuze
bonke abantu bekwazi ukuba
yingxenye yoHambo oluNgcwele,
baguqulwe bathole namandla
okuthokozela isiHawu sikaNkulunkulu
nokuthi sizinikele ekubeni nesihawu
kwabanye njengoba uBaba enzile
kithi." KusifundaBhishobhi sethu
lamaSonto alandelayo amiselwe
ukuba abe nemiNyango yesiHawu:
Ikhathedrali iHoly Rosary eDundee,
Our Lady of Sorrows eMaria
Ratschitz, St Peter and Paul
eNewcastle, St Francis of Assisi
eStanderton. St Francis Wesselton,
Ermelo kanye nakwaMalusi oMuhle,
eSteadville...page 3.
Easter 2016 Dundee Diocesan Indaba
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Franciscans atMARIARATSCHITZAn addendum to the article on Maria
Ratschitz by Sister Kenelma.
While our now fully fledged Diocese
of Dundee was under Durban as the
Prefecture of Volksrust it was
entrusted for its development to the
custodianship of the Franciscans of
the English Province. One of the
areas that the Franciscans took over
as a mission was Maria Ratschitz.
Maria Ratschitz had, for a time before
this, been served by the OMI priests.
In this mission of Maria Ratschitz the
Franciscans served the people as
best they could and worked hard in
their vocation of evengelising. They
were involved in running the school,
orgainising farming, and introducing
cattle and pigs.
Some of the Franciscans, to mention
just four (do you the reader know of
any others?) were Fr. Michael
Paschal, later to become the first
Bishop of the Diocese of Dundee, Fr.
Cosmos, Fr. Eunan, and Brother
Eugene. Fr. Eunan was responsible
for the formation of the school which
catered for borders as far away as
Soweto. The demise of the school
enterprise came when the students
burned the place down! For some of
the time while Fr. Eunan had
responsibility of Maria Ratscitz he
was actually stationed at Madadeni,
and he relied on Brother Eugene who
was resident at the mission.
During the apartheid era when
communities were being resettled,
and most in the form of “forced
removal”, the Franciscans strongly
opposed the removal of the people
from Thelapi to Lime Hill. Because of
this removal the population in the
area diminished, but as a result of the
Franciscan opposition a large number
of people were permitted to remain.
This situation also affected the size of
the church congregation.
The Trappist monks had built the
church, and other buildings that
housed a school for girls, a refectory,
a convent, accommodation for the
monks, and workshops. They had
built them strongly, and beautifully.
However from the time that the
Trappists vacated Maria Ratschitz,
and it was cared for from Mariannhill,
it was difficult to maintain the
property and the many missionary
activities within the large community.
Over the years the buildings
gradually fell into disrepair, and some
were verging on ruins.
There came a rescue plan in the
early 90’s as an anonymous donor in
Germany gave money for the
restoration of the church, “Our Lady
of Sorrows”, and some other
buildings. Mr. Brucher, together with
a group of artists from Germany,
restored the beautiful paintings in the
church. The full restoration was
completed by the Jubilee year 2000
(see the commemorative plaque in
the church). An idea was floated to
create a centre for skill training, but
this was not successful due to the
remote location of the mission.
Before Bishop Michael Paschal would
release the donated money he had
received for the restoration, he
wanted to be sure that a community
of men or sisters would come and be
resident at the mission and help in
developing it. Many Religious Orders
were approached! The Franciscan
Nardini Sisters took up the challenge
(see history of the Nardini sisters)
and took up residence in 1998. The
first sisters being Sisters Irmingard,
Regilind, and Immaculate. From the
beginning the Sisters have been
exemplary in the way the mission has
been built up, opened to the public,
and well maintained. The Sisters
have a community at Maria Ratschitz
and they have also built their
Novitiate which at present is blessed
with many postulants and novices.
The Franciscan Nardini Sisters run a
Hospice, and they have outreach
programs to the poor and needy of
the parish and local community under
the Project of DUDUZA. They
welcome visitors/pilgrims, and host
the annual Diocesan Pilgrimage.
Fr. Tom Tshabalala OFM is the
present priestincharge of the
mission. Between Fr. Eunan OFM
(from the OMI priests) and Fr. Tom
OFM the mission was served by a
Passionist priest, Fr. Tomasz,
followed by a Consolata, Fr. Rocco,
and then Bishop Emeritus Gerard
Ndlovo. Due to the pioneering work of
the Franciscans in the Diocese, the
second patron of the Dundee Diocese
is St. Francis, the first being Our Lady
of the Rosary.
There is a time to be born,
a time to die, and a time for
rebirth. Pax Christi
Pastoral Centre has served
the Diocese since 1993,
welcoming thousands of
people for a great variety
of reasons – individuals for
a rest, groups for courses,
retreats, gatherings,
Conferences, and so on.
We THANK GOD for all
those who have served to
run the Centre, particularly
the Newcastle Dominican
Sisters, and in recent years
the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary,
together with the dedicated
and loyal staff. We THANK
GOD for all the graces that
have been given to all who
have come, for whatever
reason, to share the
facilities that the Centre
offered. We THANK GOD
for the initiative of Bishop
Michael our former Bishop,
who architecturally planned
and saw to its building.
With a vision of a new PAX
CHRISTI to be built at
“Rowland Park” (Hilldrop)
the present site has been
sold to St. Dominic’s
Academy.Please keep in
your prayers the envisaged
Diocesan developments at
“Rowland Park” which
includes the establishment
of the Tyburn Monastery
(see the last issue of the
Indaba), the Chancery, the
residence of the Bishop,
and Fr. Peter Cullen our
Vicar General and
Administrator (both have
now taken up residence
there), the convent for the
FMM sisters, and also a
number of other proposals,
including possibly a
Church. Temporally the
FMM sisters are living in
the Priests’ House of SS
Peter and Paul parish, until
Fr. Tomasz (presently at
Ermelo) arrives, we hope in
May. Fr. Tomasz will then
be priest in charge of the
parish. If events work out
as proposed the Sisters will
then move into the house
at Hilldrop. The repository
that was run at Pax Christi
will soon be opening from
St Peter and Paul Church.
On Thursday 28th January
there was a formal closing
of the present Pax Christi
when tribute was paid to
the Dominican sisters
Jordana, Rosaria, Flora,
Jemma and Finnbar who
helped run the centre as
well as the Franciscan
Missionaries of Mary, Lucy,
Ena, Mary, Lungile, Kathy
and Christine who took
over their work. A
presentation was made to
Theresa and Dinisa as well
as Jabu and Sonto for their
years of dedicated work
keeping the centre
spotless and the visitors
well fed.
Pax ChristiPastoral Centre
Journeys On
Lord Jesus Christ,
you have taught us to be merciful like
the heavenly Father, and have told us
that whoever sees you sees Him.
Show us your face and we will be
saved.
Your loving gaze freed Zacchaeus
and Matthew from being enslaved by
money; the adulteress and
Magdalene from seeking happiness
only in created things; made Peter
weep after his betrayal,
and assured Paradise to the
repentant thief.
Let us hear, as if addressed to each
one of us, the words that you spoke
to the Samaritan woman:
“If you knew the gift of God!”
You are the visible face of the
invisible Father, of the God who
manifests his power above all by
forgiveness and mercy:
let the Church be your visible face in
the world, its Lord risen and glorified.
You willed that your ministers would
also be clothed in weakness
in order that they may feel
compassion for those in ignorance
and error:
let everyone who approaches them
feel sought after, loved, and forgiven
by God.
Send your Spirit and consecrate
every one of us with its anointing,
so that the Jubilee of Mercy may be a
year of grace from the Lord, and your
Church, with renewed enthusiasm,
may bring good news to the poor,
proclaim liberty to captives and the
oppressed, and restore sight to the
blind.
We ask this of you, Lord Jesus,
through the intercession of Mary,
Mother of Mercy; you who live and
reign with the Father and the Holy
Spirit for ever and ever.
Amen.
PRAYER OF HIS HOLINESS POPEFRANCIS
FOR THE EXTRAORDINARY JUBILEE OFMERCY
Easter 2016 Dundee Diocesan Indaba
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St. Antonine’s is situated in the rural
area of Amakhasi, with a great variety
of residents, among whom there are
many that are very poor and needy.
Great love and care and the highest
respect is given to these people.
A proud LOTTO achievement to
benefit all!
The “Certificate of Achievement” was
presented to Sister Lucia on 26th
November 2015. To merit this
Certificate from the Lottery
Commission you need to survive a
deep scrutiny into the running and
management of the Home, the
fulfillment of your stated goals, and
even a separate audit. St. Antonine’s
Home passed with flying colors.
Since Sr. Lucia took responsibility for
the running and development of the
Home she has, by enlisting and
encouraging the help and cooperation
of many people individuals, groups,
Societies, Companies, expanded the
Home and has developed St.
Antonine’s into a place (a Home) of
excellence, making it a place that is a
real home for the residents, and
providing a stimulating atmosphere.
The most recent addition is a “farm”,
with some cattle, sheep, pigs,
chickens. The presence of and
contact with animals is very calming
and therapeutic, and a new
dimension for many of the male
residents in particular, who come
from a rural area and miss this
contact.
Sister Lucia is quick to point out the
Team effort of this achievement.
CONGRATULATIONS, Sr. Lucia to
you and to all who have played their
part in making this Award possible.
Be correctly proud, and may God
bless you and help you all to continue
and further the great work. This
Certificate from the Lottery Fund also
reflects on how very well other
funding (which is still essential to
continue to maintain this Home) is
scrupulously managed. THANK YOU
TO ALL THE FRIENDS AND
DONORS OF ST. ANTONINE’S.
Please continue your support for this
outreach to provide a family of care
for those elderly and less able who
need it, and showing God’s merciful
love to them.
Sister Lucia: [email protected]
St. Antonine’s Home for the Aged (Amakhasi KZN)
The attraction of being loved, fed, and clothed…then much more follows! Ending 2015 and
launching into 2016 with a party gathering for the over 50 children and families that receive care from the ten fantastic
volunteer women of the Mduduzi Project, and the Ithemba NeNjalo Project youth (Bishop Graham’s Challenge Project from
the 2015 Diocesan Youth Day) – with the use of the hardworking MCARE project Bantam. We pray for all the Projects
throughout the Diocese who give love and help and hope to so many orphans, childheaded families, and poor struggling
families, and the elderly, and the sick. May this Holy Year of Mercy increase our love, and our pursuit of justice, peace, and
an end to corruption.
...isuka ekhasini lokuqala..
labo abenza uHambo oluNgcwele
labo abadlula eMnyango oNgcwele,
banikwa ukuxolelwa okubizwa nge
plenary indulgence, lokhu ukususwa
kwesono ngokugcwele emva
kokuvuma kodwa umuntu ebekade
esaphila nemithelela yesono. "sonke
isono sinomphumela. Siphazamisa
ubunye bethu noNkulunkulu kanye
neBandla, senza sibe buthaka lapho
sibhekene nokulingwa, futhi siphatha
kabi abanye. Isidingo sokulapha
lemiphumela, uma ngabe isono
sesithethelelwe sibizwa ngokuthi
ukuhlawuliswa ngokwesikhashana.
Umkhuleko, ukuzila kanye nokupha
abampofu kungasusa ingxenye
yalenhlawulo noma isuswe yonke.
Ngoba ukuphelela kokuxolelwa
kutholakala ngoKristo, ngakhoke
iBandla liyaye libeke imikhuleko ethile
yokucela uxolo. UKristo ngeBandla
uletha ukulashwa kwemiphumela
yesono uma ngabe othile esho
lomkhuleko." "Ngakhoke ukuphila
ngokuxolelwa noma ngokusulwa
kwayo yonke inhlawulo eNyakeni
oNgcwele kusho isihawu sikaBaba
ngokuqonda ukuthi sithethelela izono
empilweni yonke yekholwa. Make
siphile lempilo ngokuphelele,
sincenge uBaba ukuba asixolele
izono zethu nanokuthi asigeze
ngalokhu kusulwa kwenhlawulo
yezono kanye 'nangesihawu sakhe'"
Ukwamukela ukusulwa kwesono
ngokuphelele
Njengeminye imigubho yonyaka,
umgubho woNyaka wesiHawu (oqale
mhlaka 08 December kuyoze kube
umhlaka 20 November 2016) khona
ukususwa kwenhlawulo yesikhashana
yesono. UKuthola lokhuke umuntu
kumele athathe uHambo oluNgcwele
ayodlula eMnyango oNgcwele eSt
Peter basillica, noma kwenye nje
yamaBasillica eRome. Noma kunoma
yiliphi iSonto lapho uMnyango
oNgcwele uvuliwe khona, noma
wesiHawu weKhathedral ovulwe
ngumBhishobhi wendawo. Lokhu
kwenziwa ngaphezu kwezidingo
ezintathu okungukwamukela
isakramente lokuvuma,
elokubuyisana kanye nokwamukela
isakramente elingcwele cwe
laseLathini, ikholwa kumele likhuleke
ukuze lifeze izidingo eziceliwe:
ukuvuma ukholo, nokukhulekela
uBaba oCwebileyo kanye nezicelo
zakhe. Uma singaqhuba ngokomoya
waloNyaka oNgcwele, umkhuleko
kaPhapha uFrancis walonyaka
ulunge kakhulu, ngoba uma
usuphetha ufaka uJesu iNkosi
enesiHawu, isibonelo, "Nhliziyo
eNgcwele kaJesu, ngibeka lonke
ithemba lami kuwe."
Nkosi Jesu kristo,
usifundisile ukuba sibe nesihawu
njengoBaba wasezulwini,
futhi wasitshela ukuthi loyo obona
wena ubona Yena.
Sikhombise ubuso bakho khona
sizosindiswa.
Ukubheka kwakho ngokuthanda
kwakhulula uZacchaeus kanye
noMathewu ekubeni bangabi yizigqila
zemali; kwakhulula owesifazane
ongaziphethe kahle kanye
noMagdalene ekutheni bangafuni
injabulo ezintweni ezidaliwe;
Wenza uPeter wakhala emva
kokukuphika kwakhe,
futhi waqinisekisa isela ukuthi
liyokuba nawe empharadisweni.
Make sizwe, kube sengathi
kubhekiswe kithi amagama
owawakhuluma nowesimame
woMsamariya: “ukuba nje waze isipho
sikaNkulunkulu!”
Wena ungubuso obubonakalayo
bukaBaba ongabonakaliyo,
uNkulunkulu osebenzisa amandla
akhe ngaphezu kwakho konke
ngokuxolela kanye nesihawu:
yenza iBandla lakho libe ubuso
obubonakalayo emhlabeni, iNkosi
yalo evukile futhi edunyiswayo.
Wafisa ukuba izisebenzi zakho
zingembatha ubuthakathaka ukuze
zizwe uzwelo kulabo abanokungazi
kanye namaphutha:
Yenza ukuthi labo abahlangana nabo
bezizwe befunwa, bethandwa futhi
bexolelwe uNkulunkulu.
Thumela uMoya wakho bese
usibusisa sonke ngomgcobo wawo,
ukuze kuthi loMgubho waloNyaka
wesiHawu kuzoba wunyaka
wegrasiya ovela eNkosini,
kanye naseBandleni, ngomfutho
omusha, kuze kulethwe izindaba
ezintsha kwabampofu,
kuzwakalise ukukhululeka
kwababanjiwe kanye nabacindezelwe,
kanye nokubona kuzimpumputhe.
Sicela konke lokhu kuwe, Nkosi Jesu,
ngokunxuselwa uMaria, uMame
wesiHawu; wena ophila ubusa ukanye
noBaba noMoya oCwebileyo kuze
kube phakade. Amen.
UmkhulekokaPhapha Francis
woNyaka wesiHawu
Easter 2016Dundee Diocesan Indaba
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This number is dedicated only for prayer. We have a wonderful group of people (praise God for each one)who commit themselves to pray for the requests. Each request is sent to all the members. This line has been
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Bishop's Calender
March03 Durban KZN Caritas AGM
05 Vryheid Nardini Final Profession
06 Embalenhle Confirmation
08 Maria Ratschitz Nardini Superiors
10 Pretoria Ecumenism Department
Meeting
15 Newcastle Consultors
19 Dundee/Sibongile St Joseph's
Solidality
23 Dundee Chrism Mass
25 Blaauwbosch Tyburn Nuns (The
Lord's Passion)
April
03 Newcastle Deanery Mass and
Ordination of Mandla Makhanya to the
deaconate
05 06 Durban Glenmore Centre
Metropolitan Joint Witness
0811 Holiday with Family
13 Cedara Anglican RC IARCCUM
17 Madadeni Regina Coeli Handover
19 Johannesburg St Augustine
Meeting
The Catechetical Workshop took
place in Secunda Parish on Saturday
the 13th of February. Sr Thuli, who is
a Newcastle Dominican Sister and
the Catechetical Coordinator for the
Dundee Diocese, facilitated the
Workshop. Eight catechism teachers
attended and were eagerly ready and
waiting by 9am.
The Workshop opened with a prayer
reflecting on the Gospel passage
about Jesus sending “the Twelve”
(disciples), on a mission. He sent
them in pairs so that each individual
would have support. Jesus gave them
some practical instructions,
commissioned them with His authority
to preach and teach, and gave them
power to carry out their work which in
the case of these Disciples was also
to heal those who were sick, and cast
out “Demons” (Mk 6:713).
We began our first session by
attempting to respond to the
question,” What is Catechesis?”
There was sharing attempting to
answer this queston. Sr. Thuli then
said, in summary, that Catechesis
involves prayer formation, faith
formation, moral formation, and
liturgical formation. Also as far as
possible good grounding in the
Teaching of the Church, and the
knowledge of the Scriptures. She also
explained the Document issued by
the Southern African Catholic
Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) that
concerns the Teachings of the
Church, and poses some searching
questions such as, why are many
people leaving our Church and going
to join other churches? Are the
catechists really doing their work
properly? Are our Catholic people
receiving the Teaching and also
putting into practise whatever is
taught, so that it becomes their life?
Sr. Thuli concluded her session by
showing to us some books that can
be used as a basis for conducting
catechism classes for different
grades, ages, or different stages of
development and receiving of the
sacraments.
Everyone present shared some of the
challenges that we face in our
communities, and encouraged each
other that by God’s grace we will
keep persevering in our mission as
catechists.
The workshop as a whole was
inspiring because it was like a
refresher course, and gave us all a
renewed spirit to carry on and to trust
in the Godgiven commissioning, and
the power guaranteed to us for the
job. It was a lovely and worthwhile
day indeed. On the following day, the
First Sunday of Lent, the 9am Mass
i
n Holy Family Church was celebrated
by Fr. Emmanuel, a Spiritan priest
supplying for Fr. Marcel, our Parish
Priest. Fr. Emmanuel commissioned
eleven as Catechism Teachers from
our three communities of Christ the
King, Evander, Holy Family Secunda,
and Holy Trinity Kinross. In the
Commissioning we resolved to follow
the Teachings of the Church, and to
teach others about our faith, the
Scriptures, and what we believe.
Since we have been enlightened by
God’s Word and the Teaching of the
Church, we as catechists are charged
to impart to others an initiation or a
deeper formation in those realities
that we have learned as Truths. Our
first teaching is the witness of our
own lives as we try to follow what we
believe and teach in truly living it, and
celebrating it in the liturgy. JIMMY
During the Year of Mercy Pope
Francis hopes that the mercy of
God will be experienced by
everyone. Every person yearns
to, and needs to experience love,
tenderness, compassion and
forgiveness. May this year be a
source of healing and blessing
for you and your family.
God’s mercy “...is not an abstract
idea, but a concrete reality with
which he reveals his love as that
of a father or a mother, moved to
the very depths out of love for
their child ...It gushes forth from
the depths naturally, full of
tenderness and compassion,
indulgence and mercy.” Pope
Francis, Bull of Indiction 6
“Jesus, You have given me to
know and understand in what a
soul’s greatness consists: not in
great deeds but in great love.” St
Faustina, Diary 889
Simukela uSr Dominic
Khethiwe Shezi OP:
"Ngazalwa mhlaka 6 June 1978,
endaweni yaseElandskop
ePietermaritzburg. Ngenza
amabanga aphansi emaSwazini
Combined School, ngabe
sengiqhubekela eKuhlekonke High
School. Ngonyaka ka1997 ngangena
esigodlweni samaDomonicans
esiseMontebello ngaba iPostulant.
Kwathi ngo 1998 99 ngabizwa
ngoSr Dominic ngonyaka ka 2000
ngenza amatemporary vows,
ngonyaka ka 2001 ngasebenza
eMontebello Chapel, ngonyaka ka
2002 kuya ku 2005 ngasebenza
kwaMaphumulo Parish. Ngonyaka ka
2006 ngabuyela eMontebello
ngiyolungiselela ukwenza izifungo
zaphakade, ngo 2007 ngenza
izifungo zaphakade. Ngawo u 2007
ngaba uNovice Mistress Assistant.
Ngo 2008 January April ngaba
uPrenovice Mistress ngifundisa
nasesikoleni kwathi ngo May 2008
ngasebenza eMater Viate Crisis
Home for Ladies, eThekwini. Ngo
2009 2010 Ngathunyelwa
eBergiville Parish. Kwath ngo 2010
2015 ngenza imanagement Ekuphila
Retreat Centre eDurban, kwathi
ngomhlaka 26 February 2016
ngathunywa eMhlumayo eSt Marks
Parish, kanjalo nokubheka ikhaya
lamakhosazane njengesikhonzi eSt
Theresa, nokutadisha. Ngibekwe
ngokusemthethweni ngomhlaka 29
February 2016".