Please see below the funeral arrangements for Fr Brian Gelant, from the Archbishop’s office.

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Attached please find resources for Laudato Si’ week and the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, provided by the Departments for Christian Formation, Ecumenism, Inter-Faith and Religious Dialogue, as well as the Commission for Justice and Peace and Marfam (SACBC).

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For Ministers of Marriage and Family preparation, enrichment and reparation.

Find attached three posters providing information regarding vital marriage ministry programmes coming up.
Please promote these among parishioners, and friends.
Each of these are significant resources to remedy the crises of marriage and family in our society and in the church.

Fr Francois Dufour
Salesian of Don Bosco

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Please see the attached announcement from Bishop Sylvester David regarding the death of Fr Brian Gelant.

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Bishop Sylvester David OMI, on behalf of Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka and the Archdiocese of Cape Town made this public proclamation against corruption today at the end of Mass at Nazareth House, Cape Town to mark Freedom Day tomorrow, and initiating a public stand against all forms of corruption in South Africa.

Dishonesty, exploitation and corruption has led to a severe moral crisis in our society.

To address this, the Southern African Council of Churches (SACC), of which Archbishop Sithembele Sipuka is the current president, has called for all member churches to mark Freedom Day by making a unified public stand against all forms of corruption in South Africa.

Please watch the attached video clip of the Rev. Mzwandile Molo, General Secretary of the SACC, who elaborates upon this call. Please also see the notice from Bishop Sylvester David to all parishes and institutions in the Archdiocese of Cape Town on the Freedom Day Action against corruption.

On Monday 27th April (Freedom Day), Church leaders will sign a Church Leaders’ Covenant Against Corruption – to act and speak against corruption and to call for ethical leadership and transparency – at St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town.

Rev. Mzwandile Molo

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Group session at Xhosa Pastoral Region meeting. Photo sent by Bishop Sylvester David OMI, who attended the Pastoral Conference.

The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) reaffirmed its full communion and unity with the Holy Father following a joint statement by the Bishops in response to remarks made by Donald Trump concerning Pope Leo XIV. https://sacbc.org.za/we-support-him-a… Speaking on eNCA (DStv Channel 403), SACBC Secretary General, Fr Hugh O’Connor, unpacked the Bishops’ position and reflected on the importance of unity within the Church.

Listen to SACBC Secretary General Fr Hugh O’Connor on Channel Africa speaking about Pope Leo XIV’s first Apostolic Journey to Africa