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Eastertide 2013

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0200

Since our last newsletter the new Mission of Our Father's House in the Paarl area has taken off, as has St Patrick's Mission, the new congregation in Botshabelo East. Our two Botshabelo congregations are being looked after by Deacon Pula Jeffrey Tsoeu, who was ordained at our last synod.On the 20th March Bishop George Salemane...

Eastertide 2013 Plus

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0200

On Easter Sunday at the Parish of The Holy Paraclete with St Mary & St Martha, Century Gate, Cape Town the bishop ordained Degefe Lagiso Baramo to the diaconate. Deacon Baramo is a former Roman Catholic and he holds a Diploma in Theology which he gained in Ethiopia before fleeing to South Africa as a...

Update on Diocesan news

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 08:00:00 +0200

Since our last newsletter much has happened in the MDSA which has not been reported. We held our annual synod at Schoenstatt Convent from the 5th to 7th November 2012, where apart from normal synod business two men were ordained to the diaconate. The Reverend Father Deacon Jeffrey Tsoeu was deployed to Botshabelo East, where...

A visit of the Greek Patriach of Alexandria

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0200

One of the highlights of 2012 thus far was an invitation from the Greek Orthodox Church in Cape Town to attend a celebration of the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Theodorus II Pope and Patriach of Alexandria in the Greek Cathedral of St George, Cape Town.During the service the Patriarch presented the bishop with a golden...

NEWS UPDATE

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 08:00:00 +0200

Baptisms & ConfirmationsOn Easter Sunday 8th April 2012 the bishop baptized 15 children at St Bernard Mizeki Parish in Langa, Cape Town. A very large congregation was in attendance. On Pentecost Sunday in the same parish ten candidates were confirmed and received their first communions. On 12th August Pinky Pauline Mayekiso and Sylvia Debra...

North West Province

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:00:00 +0200

Bishop Alan Kenyon-Hoare travelled to Klerksdorp in the North West Province to meet with various clergy who had applied to join the ACC MDSA.
On the 14th he had a meeting to tell the clergy all about the ACC and handed out a copy of the St Louis Affirmation. He conditionally ordained men to the...

What's in a name?

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:00:00 +0200

Have you noticed? Most of the commercials in our newspapers, T.V. ads, and junk mail no longer refer to the coming season as ’Christmas’ but rather as ‘the holidays?’ Of course, if the ads were an attempt not to offend anyone, there might be some merit in it. But the festivals of other faiths such...

IT'S A MIRACLE

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0200

Daily life for Julia Matokotsi of Harankopane in Qwa-Qwa near the Free State town of Harrismith has been a blurry battle for all of her 54 years. As a young girl it was impossible for her to run around and play with friends because she would have tripped over any rocks or stones at her...

BISHOP'S VISIT TO THE FREE STATE

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:00:00 +0200

Bishop Alan made his annual visit to the parishes and missions in the Free State from the 8th to the 12th September. Flying first to Bloemfontein he then drove to the township of Botshabelo, about 47 km from the airport, where he inspected the Church site on which had been erected a "shack church", built...

BAVUMELENI KHAYA FIRE

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:00:00 +0200

At 2am on the 18th July a fire started in a neighbour's house and spread to Bavumeleni Khaya. The building was completely gutted, together with furniture, appliances, bedding, personal possessions etc. Little Lisakhanya Jacob Bongco, who was only 20 months, old perished in the fire, although he was one of the first children taken to...