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  • Upcoming events at St Francis

    UPCOMING EVENTS 12th September PARKVIEWS 18h00Our September speaker is Dr Max Price, who was thrust into the limelight during his tenure as Vice-Chancellor of UCT (2008 – 2018), when the…

  • Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost – 8 September 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, Your Franciscan charism of Spirit-guided generosity-of-heart  continues to shine forth in many creative & discreet ways. Our  gratitude to Wendy Price who is offering her hairdressing skills…

  • Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost – 18 August 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans. “The hiddenness of God” is sometimes a phrase used by mystics when speaking about God at work “underground”, or in a way in which is “invisible” to…

  • Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost – 11 August 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans As we continue this Month of Compassion with a particular focus on women this Sunday because of National Women’s Day on Friday, I cannot but wonder what…

  • Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost – 4 August 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, Throughout August,  our liturgical theme is COMPASSION.  IliaDelio, O.S.F., in her book Compassion, writes: “Compassion is a thread which binds together the deepest centres of life beyond…

  • Ninth Sunday after Pentecost – 21 July 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, In our Collect for Sunday we read “…give us the stillness that restores our spirits…”. I suspect that most of us resonate with this yearning. Stillness presupposes…

  • Eighth Sunday after Pentecost – 14 July 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, It’s so sad when people get caught up in their own machinations like King Herod did, as per our Gospel for Sunday. He sacrificed his personal integrity…

  • Seventh Sunday after Pentecost – 7 July 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, With us and St Thomas’ Church ministering as a cluster, perhaps we’re more aware that this week was the Commemoration of the Apostle of St Thomas. St…

  • Fifth Sunday after Pentecost – 23 June 2024

    Dearly Beloved Franciscans, There is something viscerally moving about having children’s faith in our Lord Jesus prompting them to ask to be Baptized and to be admitted to Holy Communion.…

  • Upcoming events at St Francis

    13th June, 6:00 pm – ParkViews: Heritage architect Jonathan Stone who has overseen restoration projects on a number of our heritage buildings is our speaker. 22nd June, 3:00 pm – SittOpera presents…