Amagqabantshintshi12

December 2007/ Volume 12

_{_{1. Provincial:

Priests of the
Sacred Heart
together with the
diocesan Priests (De
Aar and Aliwal
North) had an annual
retreat at Assisi
Retreat Centre. The
event took place
during the last week
of October.

2. Pietermaritzburg
International
Students House (Dehon
House):

On
the 30th of
September two of our
brothers, Carlito
and Boniface
professed their
final vows.
Congratulation and
God's many
blessings!

Brother Ntsikelelo
Bambatha completed
his study: two years
of philosophy and
four years of
theology. After the
final exam he went
home to spend
Christmas time with
parents, brothers
and sisters,
relatives.
Congratulation and
God's guides in your
future ministry!

Students form the
Republic of Congo,
brothers: Mandey
Michael and Buyidi
Gauthier after
completing their
studying of theology
when back to their
country of the
origin. The same did
brothers: Momo
Lekane Gilo and
Tahboula Rigobert,
both from Cameroon.
All the best in your
future ministry.

3. De Aar Community:

Mgrs
Alcaster:
on 6
November
2007
suffered
a
stroke.
He
was
briefly
hospitalised
and
is
now
recuperating
in
De
Aar.
Although
the
stroke
was
rather
mild
it
is
still
very
uncertain
whether
in
the
time
to
come
he
will
be
able
to
render
any
services
to
the
Church
of
De
Aar.
For
the
time
being
bishop
Potocnak
took
over
the
pastoral
responsibilities
of
Mgrs
Alcaster.

Bishop
Potocnak
attacked
again:
at
the
beginning
of
December
2007
he
was
again
hurt
by
robbers.
It
happened
when
he
was
collecting
mail
at
the
post
box
room
in
De
Aar.
In
broad
daylight
bishop
was
hit
in
head,
fell
on
his
face
and
for
some
time
was
unconscious.
Bishop
received
8
stitches
and
was
examined
by
two
doctors.
Although
visibly
injured
he
decided
to
conduct
confirmation
in
Colesberg
just
5
days
later.
Exactly
a
year
ago
(Jan
2007)
bishop
was
attacked
and
mildly
stabbed
a
few
times
in
his
house
in
De
Aar.

Br.
Montford,
candidate
for
priesthood
of
the
Diocese
of
De
Aar,
is
spending
his
whole
academic
holiday
with
the
bishop
in
De
Aar.
Br.
Montford
should
complete
his
studies
at
the
St
John’s
Vianney
Seminary
in
Pretoria
by
the
end
of
2008.
Brother
comes
originally
from
Malawi.

Two
other
seminarians,
this
time
from
Cedara,
Natal
–
Joseph
and
Michele
–
have
joined
bishop
Potocnak,
Fr.
Marek
SCJ
and
Br.
Montford
in
De
Aar
for
the
whole
of
December.
These
two
brothers
are
the
members
of
the
Cameroon
Province
of
the
Priests
of
the
sacred
Heart
(SCJ)
who
came
to
South
Africa
to
study
philosophy.
When
in
Natal
they
are
part
of
the
SCJ
International
Formation
Community
in
Pietermaritzburg.

"Education
for
Life"
workshop
with
17
youth
from
the
De
Aar
Diocese
was
conducted
in
De
Aar
at
the
Veritas
H.
School,
form
8 to
11
December.
The
workshop
that
aimed
at
helping
young
Christians
to
change
and
sustain
their
behaviour
in
the
time
of
AIDS
was
facilitated
by
Fr.
Maslowski
SCJ,
Sr.
Odey
MSSH
and
Mrs.
Frieda
…. .
Brothers
Montford,
Joseph
and
Michele
also
participated.

_{_{4.

Hilton
Farm
Community:}}

During
the
first
week
of
November,
Fr.
Chris
came
back
to
South
Africa
and
continues
his
PhD
studies.

The
end
of
November
was
linked
with
finishing
a
two-month
works
of reconstructing
the
Hilton
Community
house.
Right
now
it
is
more
suitable
for
the
purpose
of
communal
life.

Fr.
Adam
helped
the
Diocese
of
De
Aar
by
organizing
a
workshop
on
"Education
for
Life,"
and
had
a
chance
to
meet
some
of
his
former
parishioners.

New
students from
Cameroon: Fr. Joseph
Mukuna and Br. Jean
Pierre Mokonzi,
together
with
Fathers:
Alessandro
and
Innocent
visited
our
Hilton
Community
and
socialized
with
us.

The Christmas
event and
the New Year
were
celebrated
in
the
Community.}}