For leaders in Youth Ministry. For more information about the Empower Conference, and to register, please click on the image below.
Author Archive: Archdiocese of Cape Town
Caring in our Communities – Workshop
Many people in our parishes are hurting. They carry heavy burdens, worries, anxieties on their shoulders, and often very privately that you would scarcely know. As a community we need to care for each other.
You are invited to a Parish Alive Workshop in Parish Community Building
CARING IN OUR COMMUNITIES
on Saturday, 22 Feb @ 09:00 – 11:30 at Our Lady of Good Hope, 291 Beach Rd, Sea Point
This workshop will cover: What is ‘community’; Caring for the Bereaved; Listening as the cornerstone of Caring; Setting up a Care Group and a Grief Circle; with 3 experienced guest speakers.
Please register at https://bit.ly/ParishAlive-Caring
Parish Alive Summit 2025
Are you coming? Have you registered?
PLEASE MAKE A BOOKING BY CLICKING HERE
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parish-alive-summit-15-feb-2025-tickets-1151195971139?aff=oddtdtcreator
The Parish Alive Summit is happening on 15 February 2025, to which all Parish Priests and all PPC members are invited. Please see the poster below (and above) for further details.
Please book your slot (ticket) by using the link above. Each person should have a ‘ticket’. One person in the parish can book for the whole group or you can book individually.
IMPORTANT! If someone from your PPC cannot attend the SUMMIT, please invite another person who can be their representative. It will be wonderful to have as wide and full participation from all parishes as possible
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions about booking please contact karen.parkin@gmail.com or call 072 440 4532.
Please find a poster attached to distribute within your parish and to your PPC.
Wishing you abundant blessings
Your Parish Alive Team
Ministries Training
Just a reminder, please, to register for Sacristan training and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion training, both at Our Lady Help of Christians, Lansdowne – for next Saturday 22nd February. Please click on the relevant image(s) below to register.
Jubilee 2025 Website
A special website has been created for the Archdiocese of Cape Town for the celebration of Jubilee 2025, containing all that you need to know about this special Jubilee Year.
There is a Blog detailing all the events that take place, as well as an Events Calendar; there is a Gallery of pictures, as well as information pages on the Pilgrim Passport, the theme Pilgrims of Hope, a History of Jubilee, Jubilee Indulgences, Jubilee Themes and Constitutions of Vatican II.
And there are various Jubilee resources for parishes, available for download. And much, much more!
Visit, and Bookmark, the page at https://jubilee2025-capetown.com/
Apostolic Administrator Delegations
Please see attached below a letter from Bishop Sylvester David OMI, advising of delegations made by our Apostolic Administrator, Cardinal Stephen Brislin.
20250207 Apostolic Administrator Delegations
Appointment of Cardinal Brislin as Apostolic Adminstrator
Please see the communication from Bishop Sylvester David OMI, regarding the appointment of Cardinal Stephen Brislin as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Cape Town, until a new Archbishop is appointed.
Apostolic Administrator
Parish Alive Summit 2025
The Parish Alive Summit is happening on 15 February 2025, to which all Parish Priests and all PPC members are invited. Please see the poster below (and above) for further details, and the link in the text below for booking your spot.
THEME AND AGENDA
The theme of the Summit 2025 is
PILGRIMS OF HOPE: LEADING IN THE SPIRIT OF THE JUBILEE
The agenda topics address how we can boldly lead with courage and hope to secure the future of our parishes in the Church, looking at the role of laity and youth.
This is a special year for us in the Church – a Jubilee year. A Jubilee is a year of restoration, a time to make a fresh start, for renewal, transformation and for us to make all things right – with God, our neighbours and all of creation. We embrace hope – a hope that comes from our faith – to lead as missionary disciples and as Pilgrims of Hope. We are called to bring hope into a world where there are struggles, much suffering, war, violence, despair, and and lack of trust. We are called to bring light into the darkness.
We look forward to seeing you at the Summit, to sharing our spirit of the Jubilee with each other and to a special year in all the parishes of the Archdiocese of Cape Town as we continue to grow and become alive in our faith!
PLEASE MAKE A BOOKING
As we did last year, please book your slot (ticket) by using the link below. Each person should have a ‘ticket’. One person in the parish can book for the whole group or you can book individually.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parish-alive-summit-15-feb-2025-tickets-1151195971139?aff=oddtdtcreator
QUESTIONS: If you have any questions about booking please contact karen.parkin@gmail.com or call 072 440 4532.
Please find a poster attached to distribute within your parish and to your PPC.
Wishing you abundant blessings
Your Parish Alive Team
Laudato Si’ Village at Castel Gandolfo
Attached below please find information on the Laudato Si’ Village, a recommended site for pilgrims in 2025, as communicated through the SACBC Secretariat.
Letter diocese ENG Borgo LSi
Preparation for the Feast Day of St Josephine Bakhita
Attached below please see a reflection and a call from the Migrants, Refugees and Human Trafficking Department of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference, to celebrate and prepare for the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita.
Letter_Feast Day of Saint Josephine Bakhita 2025 Prayer of St Josephina Bakita