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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...

TRAGEDY AT LITTLE CHILDREN OF MARY MISSION

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0200

I have very sad news to impart - we had a phone call in the early hours of this morning from Miriam Toni to say that the orphanage, Bavumeleni Khaya, had burnt down and that one child, Jacob Toni, had died in the blaze. The fire had apparently spread from a neighbouring house, everything was destroyed in...

IS THERE REALLY A PLACE CALLED HELL?

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 08:00:00 +0200

A well-known evangelical preacher in the USA has put forward the idea that a loving God would never condemn anyone to eternal torture or punishment in hell. He says that the forces of good would therefore suffer loss if sinners were condemned to everlasting punishment. A hot debate has erupted, following the publication of Pastor...

EASTER 2011 NEWSLETTER

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0200

Christ is risen, alleluia, alleluia! He is risen indeed.

This has been a particularly blessed holy season, with all the events of Holy Week celebrated in full. Beginning with Palm Sunday and the procession of palms, Maundy Thursday with the blessing of the holy oils at the Chrism Mass in the morning followed by...

Ash Wednesday

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 08:00:00 +0200

The Imposition of Ashes followed by Mass will be celebrated at
Holy Paraclete Parish: 7pm 19 Mostert St. Monte Vista, Cape Town;
Our Lady of Walsingham: 6.30pm 16 Searle St, Rondebosch East, Cape Town.
Please direct any enquiries to 021-5587446.

Christmas comes early to Bavulemeni Khaya

South African Anglican Catholic Church — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:00:00 +0200

On the 15th December Bishop Alan Kenyon-Hoare, Canon Michael Williams and members of the Ethiopian community visited 'Bavulemeni Khaya' (the Mission of the Little Children of Mary) in Paarl, to take large amounts of clothing, toys and food for the children. There was great jubilation as the children received the toys among them large teddy...