| YEAR 2017 | FIRST WEEK | SECOND WEEK | THIRD WEEK | FOURTH WEEK |
| JULY
J |
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
|
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Bishop’s 2017 Programme January to June
| 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
|
LETTER ABOUT THE FEAST OF BLESSED 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.
We are encouraging people throughout the SACBC Dioceses to pray for the favours and graces they need during the nine days prior to the Feast on 1 February. This novena will commence on 23 January and conclude on 31 January. We also invite people to make three acts of kindness each day of the Novena in remembrance of the three acts of charity which Blessed Benedict performed the day he was martyred.
The Daswa Novena Booklet can be used during these nine days, and is available for downloading in various languages from the official Benedict Daswa Website: www.benedictdaswa.org.za. It is also available in booklet form from the Daswa Office in the Diocese of Tzaneen, or from other SACBC Dioceses. Radio Veritas will also broadcast the Novena Prayer during the nine days commencing 23 January. Further details about the celebrations to be held in the Diocese of Tzaneen will be posted on the Benedict Daswa Website. Also available online or through SACBC Dioceses, are the official Prayer to Implore Favours and Prayer for Canonisation.