4th Sunday of Easter
Year B
Vocations Sunday
WEEKDAY MASSES:
Mon-Thu at 8.00 am, Fri 7.40am and Saturday 8.00am
Weekday Public Holidays at 9.00am
WEEKEND MASSES:
Saturday 5.30pm and Sunday 7.30am, 10.00am and 3.00pm
CONFESSIONS: Saturday: 8.30–9.00am, 4.30pm-5.15pm, & on request.
READINGS:
4th Sunday of Easter – Vocations Sunday: pg.497 in the daily Missal and pg. 497 in the Sunday Missal
The Rosary is prayed every day after the morning Mass. All are welcome and encouraged to participate.
MARRIAGES: 6 months’ notice is required. The marriage preparation course is available both in person or online. Couples must make an appointment to see Fr Joe.
BAPTISMS: Parents and Godparents are required to attend the online preparation before the Sacrament is administered. Please contact the Parish Office to book.
Parish Diary
Wednesday 24 April
8.00am Mass followed by Holy Hour with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, prayers and meditation.
Saturday 27 April
8.00am Mass
CONGRATULATIONS TO: Grace, daughter of Chatanetsa & Rufaro Muhwati; Aphelele, daughter of Luthando & Pontsho Maduna; Tobias & Emmanuella, son & daughter of Emmanual & Gloria Pahwaringira who were recently Baptised.
Annual blanket appeal
We will be having a second collection next weekend 27/28 April for our blanket appeal. New blankets or good used blankets can also be dropped off at the Parish office.
Parish Poverty Relief collection next weekend: The Parish Poverty Relief Project collection will take place next weekend 27/28 April. Please bring to Mass non- perishable foods or cash for the Holy Rosary Parish in Ivory Park. Thank you for your valued support.
SSVP Sale of crocheted items by our Diepsloot ladies after Masses on weekend 27/28 April. Please support these wonderful ladies to uplift their families.
Justice and Peace invites you to a workshop on “Preparing for Elections 2024” presented by Fr Peter Knox SJ on Monday 6 May from 18:30 to 20:00 in the hall.
For more info contact Judy Stockill, 083-267-7070 or Mary-Ann Alho, maryann.alho@gmail.com
The CWL will be hosting their annual Ladies High Tea on 08 June 2024. This provides a wonderful opportunity to network and engage with other ladies in our parish. To book your seat please see the CWL ladies after all Masses or contact Gugu: 082 4530434
Vocations Sunday – 2024
In Pope Francis’ message for Vocations Sunday, he focuses on the theme: “Called to sow seeds of hope and to build peace”.
Though the global situation risks plunging people into pessimism, Christians are called to pursue their vocation of becoming ‘men and women of hope’. ‘As individuals and as communities, amid the variety of charisms and ministries, all of us are called to embody and communicate the Gospel message of hope in a world marked by epochal challenges.’
The Pope encouraged Christians to ‘cultivate a gaze full of hope and work fruitfully in response to the vocation we have received, in service to God’s kingdom of love, justice and peace’.
To be ‘pilgrims of hope and builders of peace’ means ‘to base our lives on the rock of Christ’s resurrection, knowing that every effort made in the vocation that we have embraced and seek to live out will never be in vain’.
Read the full message at:
https://www.vatican.va
VOCATION REFLECTION:
On this Good Shepherd Sunday we celebrate World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Pray for an increase in vocations to priesthood, diaconate, and religious life. May God raise up good shepherds in our midst. (1 John 15:1-8).
Prayer for Vocations
Almighty God,
You have given me the gift of life,
and the gift of your Holy Spirit.
For these incredible gifts, I thank you. Help me to use them well.
Deepen within me a desire to do your will. Help me to hear and answer your call to serve you.
Guide me to the vocation you have chosen for me, as a loving spouse and parent in the Sacrament of Marriage, as a single person living a life of generous service, or through a special call to serve you in Religious Life or the Priesthood.
May your Holy Spirit keep me always close to your Son Jesus, and help me to say yes to Him with the gift of my life.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen
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