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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…
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Third Sunday of Easter: 4 May 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Then we’ll be a choir – not our voices only, but our very lives singing in harmony in a stunning anthem to the God and Father of our…
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A Season of Easter: The Franciscan: May 2025
Welcome to the Easter Edition of the Franciscan In this edition:
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Easter Sunday: 20 April 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Every Sunday is an invitation to celebrate Easter: the potential for new life and constant emergence of fresh beginnings. The Great Feast of EASTER DAY grants us a…
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Palm Sunday: The Sunday of the Passion – 13 April 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,As we celebrate the joy of Palm Sunday this weekend we also hold the tension of the Passion of our Lord Jesus as our main reading for Sunday.…
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Fourth Sunday in lent, 30 March 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,Sunday’s Gospel reading is the story known to us as “The Prodigal Son”. The brief meaning of “prodigal” is “wasteful, extravagant”.In this parable, the chosen lifestyle of the…
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Transfiguration Sunday, 2 March 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,On Sunday, after our Service, we shall be holding our annual Family Meeting, which we more formally call our “Vestry”. This is a special opportunity to reflect on…
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Seventh Sunday after the Epiphany, 23 February 2025
Dearly Beloved Franciscans,How have you been coping with the rain? I confess that the beauty of a greening JHB nourishes my soul as the gentle wetness mutes the brash noise…