December 2008

2nd Meeting of the SA Oblates in the Central Province.
In an attempt to challenge ourselves to take up the batton responsibly in the Central Province the SA Oblates met in Bloemfontein at the Oblate House (Sunday till Tuesday) Br Mike Atoro was the convenor and the organiser. It was a challenging programme!


Opening & Blessing of the new Church St Peter and Paul. On Sunday, the first day of Advent 2008 the anticipated opening of the new Parish in the F Section Botshabelo was enthusiastically marked with the celebration of Mass and a feast. This is a culmination of many years of work by volunteers in the community. They collected the funds and built it themselves. Congratulations on the achievement. Archbishop Jabulani Nxumalo OMI, in his address, made pointed mention of the success of the Parish of Emmaus in maturing as a selfsustainable Church. They have had a continuos building progamme in which a set of classrooms were built followed by a hall. Later they sponsored the new Hall and a Church in the F Section by their contributions and their labour. Fr Brian Ievers OMI is the parish priest of the two communities.