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Welcome...
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
About
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New:
(2 May 2012)
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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
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| 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.
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| May Diary 2012
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| 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.
   
   
(click on image to enlarge)
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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| ABOVE: Pictures from the Chrism Mass on Holy Thursday,
contributed by Sydney Duval. Click on image to enlarge.
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