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Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost: 7 September 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,We are so blessed that our patron saint, St Francis of Assisi, holds such a deep and abiding place within eco-spirituality. On Sunday, we begin our Liturgical Season…
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Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost: 31 August 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Diocesan and Archdeaconry occasions can bring their own fascination & challenge. On Saturday, 30 August, Diocesan Council is having a strategic planning meeting along with the Diocesan Trustees…
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Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost: 24 August 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,“Nothing we do will make God love us less, and nothing we do will make God love us more” [Margaret Silf]. God already and for ever loves us…
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Tenth Sunday after Pentecost: 17 August 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,On Saturday (16 August @ 11am), it is our honour to host THE ORDER OF ST JOHN INVESTITURE SERVICE. This Order has been in South Africa since 1883…
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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost: 6 July 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,It is with a deep sense of appreciation and awe that we embark on a month of faith-sharing from the lived experience of being in professional work contexts.…
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Third Sunday after Pentecost: 29 June 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,“Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value” (Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu). As we bid Bishop…
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Trinity Sunday: 15 June 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, 3-in-1 and 1-in-3 is the inadequate “nonsensical” equation often associated with the doctrine of The Holy Trinity, which is what we celebrate liturgically on Sunday. Too often…
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The Day of Pentecost: 8 June 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,“The reason two antelope walk together is so that they can blow the dust out of the eyes of the other.” [African Proverb]This feels like an aspect of…
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Seventh Sunday after Easter. 1 June 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans, We celebrated such a joyous Ascension Day Eucharist on Thursday, 29 May 2025.The transcendent and cosmic feel of this Feast Day always needs to be held in…