Idayosisi Yase Oudtshoorn
Bisdom NuusbriefDiocesan News Letter
Vandag onthou ons
Today we remember
03 July
Feast: St. Thomas, Apostle
Patronal Feast, St. Thomas Catholic Church, Mossel Bay
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In ooreenstemming met die Universele Kerkwet het Biskop Adams met sy 75ste verjaarsdag, sy bedanking as Biskop van Oudtshoorn aan die Pous Benedictus XVI aangebied. Sy bedanking is ondertussen nunc pro tunc (nou vir later) aanvaar en Biskop sal in sy pos aanbly totdat 'n geskikte plaasvervanger gevind word.
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Published Jun 15, 2009 - 11:02 AM
’n Oudleerling van die Hoërskool Die Wilgers in Pretoria is sover bekend die eerste Suid-Afrikaner wat die titel van ab, met dieselfde status as biskop, in die Rooms-Katolieke Kerk het.
Ab Anselm (of HT, soos sy vriende en familie hom ken) van der Linde is nou aan die hoof van 20 kloosters wêreldwyd. Op 38-jarige ouderdom is hy ook die jongste ab ter wêreld.
Van der Linde vertel van sy roeping om priester in dié kerk te word. “Ek het as uitruilstudent op hoërskool ’n pelgrimsreis na Rome onderneem waar ek pous Johannes Paulus II persoonlik ontmoet het. Hy het my omhels en gesê die kerk verwelkom my. Toe besef ek dat ek vir hierdie lewe beskore is.”
Hy vergelyk sy verhouding met die kerk met ’n liefdesverhouding. “Mens kan nie verduidelik hoekom jy op ’n persoon verlief raak nie. Dis soos die noodlot.”
Van der Linde het politieke wetenskap aan die Universiteit van Pretoria gestudeer en aanvanklik by die departement van buitelandse sake gewerk.“Toe besluit ek om nie meer ’n diplomaat te wees nie,” skerts hy. “Ek was gefassineer met die lewe van ’n monnik – die Gregoriaanse dreungesang.”
Hy is 15 jaar gelede Oostenryk toe om monnik te word. Hy het hom by die Wettingen-Mehrerau-klooster aangesluit.
Hy het teologie en kerkreg in Rome bestudeer en vyf jaar later priester geword. Pous Benedictus XVI het hom vroeër vanjaar as ab van dié klooster benoem nadat hy verkies is.“Dit is ’n ongelooflike verantwoordelikheid en ’n groot uitdaging.”
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Published Jun 15, 2009 - 10:48 AM
 Vr. Enrico Valentino Parry, ‘n boorling van Oudtshoorn en priester van die Katolieke Bisdom Oudtshoorn is so pas aangestel in die sleutelpos van rektor van St. Jean Vianney, die Nasionale Katolieke Seminarie in Waterkloof, Pretoria.
Vr. Parry is in 1968 in Oudtshoorn gebore. Hy woon Sacred Heart Kleuterskool en Primêre Skool en Bridgton Hoërskool by. In 1987 begin hy sy priesteropleiding by die destydse St. Paulus Seminarie in Hammanskraal, waarvandaan hy sy studies voortsit by St. Petrus Seminarie in Garsfontein en uiteindelik sy graad in Teologie aan St. Jean Vianney Seminarie behaal. Hy behaal ook ‘n BA-graad in Sosiologie en Opvoeding van die Universiteit van Suid-Afrika.
Hy word in 1995 in Oudtshoorn tot priester gewy en sy eerste aanstelling was as hulppriester by St. Blaize op Mosselbaai. Ná ‘n aantal jare van bediening in die Mosselbaai area is hy na Swellendam verskuif. Daarna gaan hy vir verdere studies na Rome waar hy sy Lisensiaat in Teologie aan die Pontifikale Urbaniana Universiteit behaal. Hy word in 2000 aangestel as dosent by die St. Jean Vianney Nasionale Seminarie, waar hy onder meer betrokke was by die formasie van die studente en ‘n ruk lank dekaan van die studente was. Vr. Enrico beskou homself nog steeds as ‘n egte seun van die Klein-Karoo en het verklaar dat dit sy begeerte is om eendag finaal in Oudtshoorn te kom rus.
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Published Mar 19, 2009 - 08:48 PM
Care, concern, and challenge for Catholic Education
25 January 2009
To the Catholic Community, Catholic Schools, Educators, Learners, Supporter and Beneficiaries of Catholic Education.
We, the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa, want to express our deep appreciation for the work people are doing in Catholic schools. As Bishops we give our unequivocal commitment to Catholic schools that are gospel-based, centred on Christ, and which strive to be communities of care, selflessness and sharing.
Schooling has been, and remains, an important part of the mission of the Church. Our schools strive to help everyone, rich and poor, to grow in faith and to integrate faith with experience. Inspired by the gospel, Catholic schools respect the freedom and dignity of every human being and develop the qualities of personal integrity, moral courage and social responsibility that are marks of authentic Christian personality.
Religious Education programmes in Catholic schools set them apart from other schools. Our programmes are based on the gospel and on sound educational principles. We need to ensure that prayer and liturgy remain central in the life of our schools.
Teachers in Catholic schools are called by God to participate in the teaching ministry of Jesus. Their vocation involves vision, conscientious work, professionalism and care for the children entrusted to them. Teachers in our schools witness to the mission of Christ in bringing about a society based on the principles of love, peace, truth and justice. More than this, teachers are called to prepare their learners to be active and responsible members of society who have purpose and meaning in life and who are capable of being agents of social change.
In the past, we have depended on religious congregations and overseas sources to finance our schools. This is no longer the case. South Africa and its neighbours have grown beyond the stage of being missionary countries, and the time has come for us to take on the responsibilities of an established and self-reliant church. Catholic schools should now be able to rely on the lay faithful to rise to this challenge.
We call on all members of the Catholic community to value our schools, and encourage Catholic parents to send their children to Catholic schools. We urge parents to be actively involved in school life, particularly in governing bodies. Parents play a central role in supporting and promoting the vision of education on which our schools are founded. Parishes are natural homes for Catholic schools and we need to re-establish closer links between priests and school communities where the links have been lost.
We are mindful that most Catholic children are not in Catholic schools, and we encourage both teachers and pupils to witness to the values of our faith in the public school system. We need to explore new ways of establishing schools in the future to meet the educational needs of Catholics. Our vision must embrace not only the maintenance and strengthening of the schools we have, but also the establishment of new ones. We invite those Catholics who have chosen the teaching profession to consider seriously the option of working in Catholic schools.
At the start of this school year, we invite Catholics across the region to join us in praying for all those involved in our schools. May this be a good year for pupils, staff, parents and governing body members, as well as the communities in which the schools are located. May God bless our schools so that they may be places of hope.
In Christ,
Archbishop Buti Tlhagale OMI
Archbishop of Johannesburg.
President of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference
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Published Feb 18, 2009 - 08:15 AM
Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference's Pastoral Letter on the upcoming Elections
The following Pastoral Letter on the upcoming Elections in South Africa has been issued by the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference.
This link for a pdf format of the Pastoral Letter in English
This link for a pdf format Justice and Peace Small Group Reflection Questions based on the Pastoral Letter in English
This link for a pdf format of the Pastoral Letter in Afrikaans
This link for a pdf format Justice and Peace Small Group Reflection Questions based on the Pastoral Letter in Afrikaans
This link for a pdf format of the Pastoral Letter in Xhosa
This link for a pdf format Justice and Peace Small Group Reflection Questions based on the Pastoral Letter in Xhosa
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Published Feb 17, 2009 - 07:39 PM
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