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Debbie Anderson, Manrico Barbieri, Robyn Borrageiro,

Lynda Brown, Matteo Buccimazza, Domenico

Buccimazza, Fiona Campbell, Frances Carr, Anne Casey,

Nontu Chapanduka, Nicole Ching, Gabriela Cipriano,

John Connolly, Hannah Coombe, Kaydee Corbella,

Karin Corbella, Carla Corielle, Porky Cunha, Blake

Davidson, Ainslie De Stoppelaar, Wendy Denyssen, Les

Diffenthal, Barbara Dowds, Anthony Dowds, Genevieve

Dupont, Marlene Ferreira, Carlos Ferreira, Robyn

Forbay, Inge Gilbert, Laurie Hall, Luke Hart, Jill Hockey,

Trevor Hodgson, Tamsyn Howard, Samuel Hughes,

Martin Hughes, Elaine Hutt, Kyra Jones, Caitlin

Kavanagh, Rachel Kerdachi, Carmen Kloppers, Cael

Knight, Giselle Koenig, Janet Kohler, Daniel Krauspe,

Cavan Kriek, Angela Kuster, Victoria Lelong, Monique

Lim, Allison Loubser-Goldblatt, Marie Manegold,

Rosemarie Marston, Darren Marx, Jennifer Meilhon,

Nhlanhla Mfeka, Laraine Millar, Kate Miller, Elaine

Miller, Ruben Mitchell, Michela Moretti, Phanile

Mpepeto, Somikazi Msomi, Chantal Murran, Paula

Mutanga, Kevin Nel, Byron Nel, Laurence O Donoghue,

Natasha Oldridge, Charlotte Patterson, Jenna-Wayde

Poilly, Stephen Poole, Luke Ramlakan, Yulanta Reddy,

Joshua Redman, Isabella Redman, Deverell Rider,

Rebecca Rogers, Fred Rogers, Barbara Roy, Maja

Rutkiewicz, Clare Rutkiewicz, Margaret Saunders, Emma

Schwikkard, James Schwikkard, Mlungisi Shangase,

Sandy Sims, Jacqueline Snook, Mychelle Taylor, Carey

Thambiran, James Thomson, Genevieve Van Heerden,

Anthony Willows, Margaret-Anne Wright.

And celebrating their milestone birthdays are: 50

th: Gary Galway, Ian Oliver and Craig McKenzie

60th

: Marlene Bent

70th

: Jennifer Snook and Sandra Van Heerden

80th

: Pat Rowe

To the following new parishioners: Lara & Kyra

Jones, Barry & Carolyn Meier and family, Rosanna

Lott, Brian & Mildred Hines and Kirsten & Garry

Bell and family. We hope you will enjoy being part

of the St Dom’s family.

To the Spiritual Life Committee and all those who

made our first Men’s Day such a success.

To Doreen Butt for making the beautiful yellow

overlays for the tables at the St. John Vianney

celebration dinner, and also to all those who

cooked, arranged flowers and helped to make the

evening so enjoyable for the visiting priests.

To Sherill Larson for her donation of a new mixer

for the Meeting Place.

To Sue Cameron for her extremely interesting

presentation on the ‘Tentmakers of Cairo’ at our

most recent Tuesday Forum.

A note from Nicky Mortier:

“I would like to say a special thank you to all

the people who prayed for me during my

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recent illness. Your prayers helped to aid in my

recovery and I thank you for your kind words

and thoughts. I would also like to give a big

thank you to Marge and Jane who came over

to my home so I could receive Holy

Communion. This was really appreciated.

Thank you again for all your prayers and

support which helped me get back to health.”

Members of the SSVP St Dom’s Parish Hillcrest

wish to record a word of thanks to those

parishioners, adults and youth, who assisted in

last month’s packing. Quite a few of our members

who normally would help were unavailable due to

various reasons. The support was outstanding and

a significant number of our youth turned up and

their enthusiasm was wonderful to witness. These

parcels are distributed to different stations in the

Valley for distribution to the poor and needy.

They also receive parcels of clothing which are

sorted and packed each month from the kind

donations of our parishioners. Once again a big

thank you from SSVP of St Dom’s.

SSVP pack 143 double parcels every month – one parcel has tinned food, tea, etc. and the other contains mealie meal, soup mix and rice.

Special thanks to the youth and adults who stepped in to assist the SSVP last month.

To Samantha Anderson who married Sheldon Blom

last weekend, and to Samantha’s parents, Dennis and

Anne Anderson.

To Travis Roper, Dylan Bissett, Caitlyn Oliver, Evie

Bisset and Jessica Campbell who were selected for

the KZN boys and girls touch rugby teams

respectively, and who will participate at the inter-

provincial tournament later this year.

Joshua de Almeida, who was selected to play for

Highways soccer sides that took part in an inter-

district tournament.

To the following children from the First

Reconciliation class, who will be doing their first

confession on 28 August. Parishioners are asked

to please keep these children in their prayers.

Dario Giai-Minietti, Luke Hart, Kyra Jones, Mizpah

Kelly, Olivia Milburn, Claire Miller, Ella-Rose

Naude, Luke Ramlakan, Charlotte Richard-

Coombes, Rhys Swart, Benjamin Turner, Samuel

Wheatley, Lindy Young Meier.

To the winners of August’s SVDP 100 Club Draw:

1st prize: Marie-Olga Martin; 2

nd prize: Hennelize

Munro; 3rd

prize: Kevin Edwards.

To Elaine Cheesman, whose husband Clem,

passed away recently.

To Liz Fenner, on the passing of her husband, Bob.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful

departed, through the mercy of God, rest in

peace.

Reminder! Our very popular Car Rally takes

place this Sunday, 26 August. Please meet in the

church car park at 10am sharp. Bring along your

picnic baskets and braai facilities will also be

available. Entry per vehicle is R20.

Preparation for our 2018/2019 Dizimo

Stewardship campaign starts this week with

letters and dedication forms being handed out to



parishioners. Please collect your envelope from

the table outside the church this weekend and

next weekend (1 & 2 September).

The Ladies’ Guild are now appealing for

lollipops/suckers for the KwaThintwa

Christmas party. Small juice boxes are still

needed. Please drop them off at the church office,

marked for the attention of Lynette Kuster.

Pilgrimage to Ngome Marian Shrine

The Spiritual Life Committee are organising a pilgrimage to Ngome Marian Shrine on the weekend of 23 November 2018.

The cost of the accommodation from Friday evening to Sunday morning, including meals, is R1200,00 per person.

Kindly contact Linda at the parish office or Marcia de Klerk on 083 775 1581 to secure your place as space is limited.

About Ngome Marian Shrine

Ngome Marian Shrine, which is dedicated to 'Our Lady, the Tabernacle of the Most High', is situated in KwaZulu-Natal, just 326 kilometres north of the city of Durban and 85 kilometres east of Vryheid.

A place of regular, if not near constant, pilgrimage, Ngome is one of many Marian apparition sites around the world.

In one of the early apparitions, received by Sister Reinolda, Our Lady said to her:

“I wish that a shrine be erected for me in the

place where seven springs come together. There I let my graces flow in abundance. Many people shall

turn to God.”

Ngome was originally a 338 hectare farm bought by the Benedictines, a Catholic monastic order (Order of Saint Benedict (O.S.B.)) in 1944, and was mainly used for cattle ranching as a source of income for the mission station at Nongoma, the closest town, some 46 kilometres away.

A small school, known as the Mayime School, was erected on the farm to enable the children in the area to get a basic education. The classroom was used as a chapel where the Catholics came together on Sundays to celebrate Holy Mass or to participate in a service conducted by a catechist.

In 1966 the building of a small chapel was completed and blessed on the Ngome farm in the area where the seven springs were situated.

In 1984 a bigger chapel was built in a hexagonal shape, on a solid rock about one hundred metres away from the small chapel erected in 1966.

Sister Reinolda May

Sister Reinolda, who was born in 1901 in south-west Germany, entered the convent of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters at Tutzing in 1922 and after receiving the missionary cross, left for South Africa on 21 June 21 1925.

In 1936 Rome allowed the Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing to assist women in childbirth, with Sister Reinolda becoming the first sister in Zululand to take a course in midwifery.

In 1938, the Benedictine Mission Hospital opened in Nongoma and the newly qualified Sister Reinolda was put in charge of the maternity department.

She won the hearts of the Zulu people by her kindness and generous readiness to help and her expertise as a midwife attracted expectant mothers from afar.

The pastor of Nongoma described Sister Reinolda as a very solid missionary sister in the truest sense of the word and of inestimable help.

It was in 1955 that Sister Reinolda had her first apparition and encounter with the Blessed Virgin Mary, who said to her:

"Call me Tabernacle of the Most High. You too

are such a tabernacle, believe it! I wish to be called upon by this title for the glory

of my Son. I wish that more such tabernacles be prepared. I wish that the altars be surrounded by praying

people more frequently. Don’t be afraid, make it known.”

Over the following years, she had ten encounters with Our Lady; the last being in 1971.

These apparitions, coupled with Sister Reinolda's and others dedication to the cause, resulted in Ngome Marian Shrine being what it is today, a place of prayer and grace where 'we thank our Lord and Saviour and His Mother Mary, Tabernacle of the Most High, for the many graces pilgrims receive'.

(Source: http://www.ngome.co.za/about)

You can read more about the history of Ngome and Sister Reinolda by logging onto the website at

www.ngome.co.za/history



Sue Cameron on the

“Tentmakers of Cairo” Written by Jenny Meilhon

Master Quilter, Sue Cameron of our St Dom’s parish

presented a fascinating insight into “The Tentmakers of

Cairo” at our recent Tuesday Forum on 7 August.

Tentmaking is an ancient craft and one that was

practised by St Paul, as mentioned in The Acts of the

Apostles (18: 2-3).

The Tentmakers of Cairo sustain a spectacular

aspect of Egypt's living heritage. Their ancestors made

the majestic travelling tents of the Ottoman Empire,

and today they produce intricate textile artworks that

are unique to Egypt. The tentmakers are known as

Khayamiya and the tents they make are called khayma.

Using only a needle, thimble, and large pair of

tailor’s scissors, these skilled artisans flip, fold and

stitch fabric with virtuoso precision. Although master

craftsmen, they are undervalued in their country and

remain very poor as an order for a large ornate tent

could take a year or more to complete for which

payment is only made on completion.

The craft is handed down from father to son and

after school the children are taught the way to sit and

apply the age-old craft. Sadly the tourist companies

refuse to take visitors to the street where the

tentmakers have their small shops, using the excuse

that it is too dangerous for tourists – the real reason

being that the tentmakers are unable to provide

“baksheesh”, or payment.

To help provide exposure of this ancient craft, the

SA Quilters Guild invited two tentmakers to

demonstrate and exhibit their work at the National

Quilt Festival in Port Elizabeth, which is where Sue

became acquainted with them and was enthralled with

their work.

In addition to her presentation, Sue was persuaded

to bring some of her own work to the Forum for

participants to view. On display, among her other

prize-winning quilts, was her “Tree Spirit” which won

the “Best of Country” Award at the 2016 World Quilt

Competition.

An example of a large tent used for special celebrations

One of the Tentmakers at work

Sue Cameron with her quilt entitled “Celebrating my family”.

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