Friday, December 16, 2016

CELEBRATIONS FOR THE FEAST OF BLESSED BENEDICT DASWA

The Feast of Blessed Benedict Daswa has been approved by Rome for 1 February. This feast can be celebrated in all SACBC Dioceses as a Memorial. The liturgical colour is Red as Blessed Benedict died a Martyr. The Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments have officially approved proper Liturgical texts for the Celebration of the Eucharist and for the Liturgy of the Hours. These texts have been sent to Mariannhill Mission Press for printing, and will also be available online on the Benedict Daswa Website.

THE 2017 CELEBRATIONS FOR THE FEAST OF BLESSED  BENEDICT DASWA TAKES PLACE IN THE PARISH OF THOHOYANDOU, DIOCESE OF TZANEEN, 
 LIMPOPO PROVINCE,SOUTH AFRICA

 ON TUESDAY 31 JANUARY and on WEDNESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2017

THEME:  As Friends of Blessed Benedict Daswa ,together, let us become Women and Men of Loving Kindness and Mercy.

 

EVE OF THE FEAST on TUESDAY 31 JANUARY 2017,
there will be worship in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption,at Nweli Village, from 15H00 to 18H00,where the tomb of Blessed Benedict Daswa is located.This day also marks the final day of the 9 days of prayer (Blessed Benedict Daswa Novena) which begins on Monday 23 January. The novena is directly related to the feast day because after 9 days of  prayerfully imploring the intercession of Blessed Benedict for special needs,we celebrate the graces and favours received and anticipated from God through his intercession on the day of his feast.


Blessed Benedict Daswa Website


 The programme of worship for Tuesday 31 January will be as follows:

1.At 15H00 all assemble outside the church at Nweli and receive  a message from Blessed Benedict Daswa.

2.All enter the church for Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and adoration;

3.Priests are also available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation  during this time.

4.Quiet time next to the tomb of Blessed Benedict Daswa in the presence of his mortal remains.

5.Exposition closes with the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Anyone wishing to remain in Nweli Church for quiet prayer after 6.00pm will be free to do so

THE FEAST DAY of BLESSED BENEDICT DASWA  takes place 

ON WEDNESDAY 01 FEBRUARY 2017 AT THE SITE OF THE BEATIFICATION IN TSHITANINI VILLAGE

On the actual day of the Feast of Blessed Benedict Daswa, 01 February, celebrations will be held at Tshitanini Village, where the Beatification took place on 13 September 2015, and where the future Shrine and Pilgrimage Centre will be situated.

The programme of worship will be as follows:

7.00am to 9.00am*   Veneration of the Relics of Bl Benedict Daswa


9.00am to 11.00am      Eucharistic Celebration of the Feast of Blessed                                        Benedict Daswa
11.00am to 12 noon    Veneration of the Relics of Bl Benedict Daswa     

*During the Veneration of Relics priests will be available for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.



AN EXPLANATION  of worship on the eve of the feast day.
From 3.00pm to 6.00pm on Tuesday 31 January, people are invited to spend a period of silent adoration, prayer and reflection in the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Nweli. This period of immediate preparation for the Feast on 1 February will be a time of grace, reconciliation and healing close to the place where the mortal remains of Blessed BenedictDaswa rest.
Before entering the Church, all will receive from Blessed Benedict Daswa a short, personal message inviting them to live more deeply the Gospel call of loving kindness and mercy.
On entering the Church,people will be encouraged to spend time in silent adoration and prayerful reflection before Exposition of the Most Blessed Sacrament. During this quiet time,they can read the message, ponder it in their hearts and ask Jesus how he wants them to live this message in their daily lives.This atmosphere of prayerful silence will offer all the opportunity of listening to Jesus speaking in their hearts,and of having a heart-to-heart chat with Him about their lives, hopes, fears,deep longings and needs.
Throughout this quiet time, priests will be available for those wishing to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This graced invitation is a precious opportunity to receive from Jesus’ Sacred Heart the forgiving and healing touch of His loving kindness and mercy.  Jesus’ Heart will be there longing to pour out on all who come to Him, the grace of passing on to others His gift of loving kindness and mercy.
After receiving this Sacrament of God’s loving kindness and mercy, all will be encouraged to spend some quiet time next to the tomb  of Blessed Benedict Daswa in the presence of his mortal remains, thanking him for the example of his holy life, and asking for his prayers and help in living more faithfully the gift of God’s loving kindness and mercy.
Exposition will close with Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
Anyone wishing to remain in Nweli Church for quiet prayer after 6.00pm will be free to do so.

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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