Amagqabantshintshi18

June 2009/ Volume 18

_{1. Provincial/ Aliwal North Community:

On
the
6th
of
April,
the
Provincial
Council
approved
all
communities'
budgets
for
the
year
2009/2010

On
the
25th
of
April,
two
of
our SCJ
Brothers,
Ntsikelelo Bambatha
and
Joshua Mpiti
were
ordained
deacons
in
the
Aliwal
Cathedral.
Congratulations
to
them!

In
the
beginning
of May,
Fr. Surdel,
SCJ
the
Provincial
went
for
the
General
Chapter
to
Rome.

On
the
28th
of
June,
Fr. Chwaja,
SCJ
went
for
his
overseas
holiday.

2. Pietermaritzburg
International Students House (Dehon House):

3. De Aar Community:

Brother
Montfort,
who
completed
his
seminary
formation
at
the
end
of
2008
and
took
additional
courses
in
2009,
joined
Fr. Strittmatter,
SCJ
in
Middelburg
after
Easter
2009.
Thus
Br. Montfort
began
his
pastoral
work
in
the
Diocese
of
De
Aar.

On
the
24th
of
May,
Fr.
Koscielny,
SCJ
went
for
his
overseas
holiday.

In
June,
Sr.
Sylvia
Van
Vuuren,
OP
joined
to
the
Diocese
of
De Aar.
She
came
from Gauteng
area
where
she
conducted
various
retreats
and
catechetical
courses,
mainly
with
children
and
young
people.
At
present Sr.
Sylvia
stays
in Middelburg
where
she
is
preparing
for
undertaking
similar
activities
in
the
Diocese.

At
the
end
of
June,
a
new
bishop
for
the
Diocese
was
announced,
this
is,

Fr.
Adam
Musialek,
SCJ.

His
ordination
will
take
place
in
De Aar,
on
the
24th
of
September
2009,
10
am,_{in
the
Town
Hall.}

4.
Hilton
Community:

On
the
7th
of
April,
Fr.
Maslowski,
SCJ
went
to
Middelburg
and
met
a
possible
candidate to
the
pre-novitiate
program.
While
being
there,
he
also
visited
the
SCJs
working
in
that
area.
On
the
Holy
Thursday,
he
joined
Bp.
Joseph
Potocnak,
SCJ
in
the
Last
Supper
celebration
in
De
Aar.
On
the
Good
Friday
(the
Lord's
Passion
and
veneration
of
the
Cross),
he
participated
in
the
ceremonies
together
with
Fr.
Koscielny,
SCJ
and
the
Easter
Vigil
he
spent
with
Fr. Chwaja
in
Aliwal
North.
On
the
Easter
Sunday,
he
went
to
the
Hilton
Parish
for
celebrating
the
Lord's
Resurrection.

On
the17th
of
April,
Fr.
Chris
Grzelak,
SCJ
graduated
from
the
University
of
KwaZulu-Natal
and
was
awarded
a
Doctorate
in
Theology
(PhD).
Fr.
Grzelak,
we
share
with
you
our
joy
and
wish
you
many
more
intellectual
and
spiritual
successes.
See
an
"abstract"
of
his
thesis
and
photos
from
the
event.
Many
people
have
congratulated
him
on
the
day
of
his
great
achievement!

On
the
18th
of
April,
Fr.
Maslowski,
SCJ
attended
the
second
meeting
of
the
Vocation
Team
hosted
by
the
Missionaries
of
Africa.

On
the
23rd
of
April,
Fr.
Maslowski,
SCJ
went
for
his
overseas
holiday.

At
the
beginning
of
May,
Fr.
Brown,
SCJ
after
completing
his
lectures
went
back
to
the
United
States.}