BISHOP’S 2017 PROGRAMME

YEAR 2017	FIRST WEEK	SECOND WEEK	THIRD WEEK		FOURTH WEEK
JANUARY	In Cape Town	9 Diocesan office opens 11 Return to Tzaneen 13  Agenda for meeting of priests finalized	18 Consultors 21 Ordination of Deacon Matsobane at Holy  Rosary School Hall,Malamulele.		23 Blessed Daswa Novena begins 24-31: SACBC plenary meeting in Pretoria
FEBRUARY	1 Feast of Blessed Daswa Tshitanini 4 St Scholastica 5 Holy Childhood at St Scholastica 7-8 Priests Meet at AMPC 10 Teachers’ Day at  Doornspruit	15 Limpopo-Mpumalanga CBE Meeting –  at Subiaco (Catholic Board of Education) 10:30	19 Phalaborwa      Confirmations 25 – Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting at AMPC		28 Diocesan Catechetical Committee meeting
MARCH	1 Ash Wednesday 5-10 Retreat at AMPC	15 Deacons Council –Pretoria 17 St Patrick’s Day at Ave Maria Pastoral Centre	19-25 Tzaneen		26 -31 Tzaneen
APRIL	Pretoria 4  Seminaries Commission in Pretoria 9.00 5 Department for Clergy – Pretoria	9 Holy Week          begins 11 Mass of the Blessing of the Oils 13 Holy Thursday 14 Good Friday	16-22 Tzaneen 16 Easter Sunday 22 BOG - Makhado		23 – 30  Tzaneen 25 Consultors 29  Diocesan Finance Council Meet at AMPC 30 – Blessing of foundations of the Pilgrims Centre at Tshitanini –Dedicated to Our Lady Mother of Africa
MAY	1-6 Bishop begins his 2 month  mini-sabbatical	7-13 On sabbatical 9-10 Priests meeting at AMPC	14 – 20 On sabbatical		21 -31 On sabbatical
JUNE Youth of diocese celebrate this month	1-10 On sabbatical	11- 17 On sabbatical	18-24On sabbatical		25-30 On sabbatical
BISHOP’S 2017 PROGRAMME
YEAR 2017	FIRST WEEK	SECOND WEEK	THIRD WEEK	FOURTH WEEK
JULY	Cape Town	9 -15 in Tzaneen	16  St Scholastica          parish visit 18 Consultors	23 Dwars River       parish visit 25-26 Priests meeting at AMPC 30  Ofcolaco parish visit
AUGUST	1-8 SACBC plenary meeting at Mariannhill	13 Ngwabitsi          parish visit 19-20 Pilgrimage at  AMPC	21-26 in Tzaneen	27   Giyani Parish visit
SEPTEMBER	3 Tzaneen    Parish  visit	10 Makhado        Parish visit 16 Diocesan Pastoral Council at AMPC	17Modjadjiskloof       Parish visit 20 Deacons Council -Pretoria	24 Nzhelele      Parish visit
OCTOBER	1 Musina     Parish visit 3-4 Priests meeting at AMPC	8 Olifants River          Parish visit 11 October L-M Catholic Board of Education – Tzaneen 10:30 Cathedral?	15 Malamulele           Parish visit 17 Seminaries Commission – Pretoria 18 – Department for Clergy Pretoria 20 Ackerville church celebrates	22 Phalaborwa       Parish visit 24 Consultors 28 Catechists Conference 29 Sibasa       Parish visit
NOVEMBER R5 for R5 fundrasing campaign celebration on 5th Nov at Tshitanini	2 Holy Spirit School Board 5 All Saints – Tshitanini fundraising celebration 11 BOG Makhado	12-18 in Tzaneen 18 Diocesan Finance Council meeting at AMPC	19-25 in Tzaneen	26-30 in Tzaneen 26 Christ the King
DECEMBER	1-9 Advent begins 1-3 Mini World Youth Day in Durban 4 Holy Spirit School Board 7 Thanksgiving social at AMPC	10-16 in Tzaneen	17-23  in Tzaneen	25 Christmas Tzaneen