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As the Archbishop of the Mother City of South Africa, of the first ecclesiastical territory to be established in Southern Africa (1818), I welcome you to this website.
  It is my hope that it will inform you and provide you with any information you may require regarding this segment of the Catholic Church.
  We also provide links with other websites which might interest you. If you require any information not included here, email us and we will do what we can to help.
  If you have discovered this page by accident, you are especially welcome and I hope you will find it of some value and maybe help you to understand how the Catholic Church in Cape Town is trying to serve the community and so bring it closer to the Lord.
  With my very sincere and best wishes
+Stephen Brislin
ARCHBISHOP OF CAPE TOWN

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New: (2 May  2012)

ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
In our 2nd edition of 2012:
Redemptorist Centenary celebrations; Vocations Festival; Bibliolog training in Archdiocese; Mater Domini Home; Youth Unlimited closes its doors; International Nurses Day; Edmund Rice Camps; Youth news; CPLO discussions; a tribute to Sr Sheila Bell; I survived the Titanic; Dcn Croucher RIP; CPD training courses; Ecclesia reports; CWD news

CLERGY CHANGES 
Fr Noel Rucastle is appointed parish priest of Hout Bay
Fr Rohan Smuts is appointed Administrator of the Cathedral
Fr Charles Prince
is appointed parish priest of Langa; 
The Carmelite Fathers will be taking over the parish of Lavistown; (dates of above changes to be announced).
Fr Smuts' replacement in Lentegeur will be announced soon;
Fr Jan van Belkum has retired and moved to De Aar Diocese;
Fr Matsepane Morare SJ (Nyanga) will be leaving the Archdiocese at the end of June. The Jesuits have agreed to send a replacement;
Fr Jan Kavelaars O Praem (Kommetjie) is battling ill health and has returned to the Abbey of Grimbergen in Belgium.

May Diary 2012

The Redemptorists celebrated 100 years of life and ministry in South Africa at Holy Redeemer Church, Bergvliet on 15 April 2012. Mass was celebrated by Bishop Kevin Dowling of Rustenburg Diocese, himself a Redemptorist, while former Redemptorist Superior General, Archbishop Joseph Tobin, preached. Archbishop Stephen Brislin, Archbishop Lawrence Henry (Emeritus of Cape Town), and Bishop Cawcutt were guests of honour and concelebrated the Mass. Archbishop Brislin thanked the Redemptorists for their valuable contribution to the building up of the Church in Southern Africa, and in particular for their work in the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cape Town. He also paid tribute to former Archbishop of Cape Town, Stephen Naidoo CSsR, for the public stand he took in fighting for social justice in South Africa.


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Captions, L-R:
Fr Tony Pathe CSsR & Fr Sean Lunney CSsR seen with Archbishops Lawrence Henry and Stephen Brislin; the Redemptorist Centenary cake; a gathering of some of the concelebrants in the sacristy before Mass; Archbishop Tobin preaching; Fr Larry Kaufmann, the Redemptorist Provincial, introduces the guests of honour; Archbishops Henry & Tobin, Bishop Dowling, Archbishop Brislin and Bishop Cawcutt concelebrating Mass; Brothers Gavin Stokoe and Richard Maidwell holding a picture of St Alphonsus, the Redemptorist founder; Archbishop Brislin greeting the congregation.


Recently added to the website: 1. Parish Pastoral Council Statutes & Second Collections schedule for the Archdiocese - under Parishes tab; 2. Youth Chaplaincy page - under Ministries tab; 3. Google maps for churches - in Parish section.

Cape Town's Archdiocesan Directory for 2012-13 (see picture in right hand column) is now on sale at the Catholic Bookshop (021 465 5904) and the Salesian Repository (021 419 9980) at R65 a copy. Order your copy today.


ABOVE: Pictures from the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday, contributed by Sydney Duval. Click on image to enlarge.

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