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Fr Noël Peters OMI
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ATHER Noël Peters OMI of Durban died on January 28 after a long illness at the age of 73 years. Born on March 22, 1938 in Durban to Francis and Laura Peters, he attended Sastri College and Little Flower High School in Ixopo. Fr Peters joined the Oblate Novitiate in 1956 and took his first vows in Germiston on April 5, 1957. He did part of his scholastic formation in Cedara and part in San Antonio, Texas, where he professed his final vows in 1960. In 1963 he returned to Durban where he was ordained on June 21 by Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI. Fr Peters served St John’s parish in Chatsworth and St Mary’s in Merebank, Durban, from 1964-72. From 1972-80 he was parish priest of St Joseph the Worker in Bosmont, Johannesburg. Fr Peters then continued his studies in the United States where he completed two masters
degrees, and in 1985 awarded a doctorate in clinical psychology by Berkeley University in California. During his time in the US, he worked as an assistant priest at St Mary’s in Oakland, California. From 1985-88 he was director of psychology at West Oakland Clinic and then from 1988-89 director of social service and pastoral care at St Agnes hospital in Fresno, California. Fr Peters had a flair for music and was professor for English and music at St Anthony’s Junior Seminary in San Antonio. From 1989-98 he was a professor and head of the department of CrossCultural Psychology at Alliant International University in Fresno. He then returned to South Africa in 1998 and served as parish priest of Our Lady of Lourdes in Westville, Durban till his retirement in 2008. Fr Peters continued to practise his psychological therapy in his consultation rooms. His health weakened in 2009
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and he was in and out of different hospitals after that. On January 28 he succumbed to his sickness, less than two months shy of his 74th birthday. Fr Peters was laid to rest on February 3, at Cedara cemetery after a Requiem Mass at St Anthony in Durban. He was a hard working Oblate and will be missed by many. Vusumuzi Mazibuko OMI
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BETHLEHEM: Shrine of Our Lady of Bethlehem at Tsheseng, Maluti mountains; Thursdays 09:30, Mass, then exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. 058 721 0532. CAPE TOWN: Day of Prayer held at Springfield Convent starting at 10:00 ending 15:30 last Saturday of every month—all welcome. For more information contact Jane Hulley 021 790 1668 or 082 783 0331. DURBAN: St Anthony’s, Durban Central: Tuesday 09:00 Mass with novena to St Anthony. First Friday
17:30 Mass. Mercy novena prayers. Tel: 031 309 3496. JOHANNESBURG: Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: first Friday of the month at 09:20 followed by Holy Mass at 10:30. Holy Hour: first Saturday of each month at 15:00. At Our Lady of the Angels, Little Eden, Edenvale. Tel: 011 609 7246. PRETORIA: First Saturday: Devotion to Divine Mercy. St Martin de Porres, Sunnyside, 16:30. Tel Shirley-Anne 012 361 4545.
EASTER RETREAT at TEMENOS McGregor Western Cape 5th – 8th April 2012 This year we are delighted to welcome Father Michael Fish to run our Easter Retreat. Father Fish is a hermit monk and a member of the New Camaldoli Monastery and Hermitage in Big Sur, California. Of the upcoming retreat he writes,
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Sunday, February 19, Seventh Sunday Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24-25, Psalm 41:2-5, 13-14, 2 Corinthians 1:18-22, Mark 2:1-12 Monday, February 20, feria James 3:13-18, Psalm 19:8-10, 15, Mark 9:14-29 Tuesday, February 21, feria James 4:1-10, Psalm 55:7-11, 23, Mark 9:30-37 Wednesday, February 22, Ash Wednesday Joel 2:12-18, Psalm 51:3-6, 12-14, 17, 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2, Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Thursday, February 23, feria Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Psalm 1:1-4, 6, Luke 9:22-25 Friday, February 24, feria Isaiah 58:1-9, Psalm 51:3-6:18-19, Matthew 9:14-15 Saturday, February 25, feria Isaiah 58:9-14, Psalm 86:1-6, Luke 5:27-32 Sunday, February 26, First Sunday of Lent Genesis 9:8-15, Psalm 25:4-9, 1 Peter 3:18-22, Mark 1:12-15
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