Bishop's Diary
DIOCESE OF PRETORIA |
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| 1 | (Circumcision of Christ) (Public Holiday – New Years Day) |
| 6 | (Epiphany of Our Lord) |
| 11 - 18 | Bishop Seoka - Leave |
| 13 | (Baptism of Christ) |
| 18 | (Confession of St Peter) |
| 20 | St Anndre's, Rustenburg - Confirmation |
| 21-26 | Reserved for Bishop's Conference |
| 23 | Diocesan Executive Comittee Meeting(16h00) |
| 25 | Conversion of t Paul |
| 27 | Christ The King, Mabopane - Installation |
| 28 - 31 | Reserved for Clergy Lent Retreat |
| 28 - 5 | Bishop Seoka to Dioceses of Lebombo - Visitation |
| 29 | St Alban's College for Boys Joint Trust and Council Meeting |
| February 2008 | |
| Dedicated to Tshwane Bokone Archdeaconry | |
| 1 - 5 | Bishop Seoka to Dioceses of Lebombos - Visitation |
| 2 | (Presentation of our Lord in the Temple) |
| 5 | (SACC NEC Meeting) |
| 6 | Church Investor's Group Meeting |
| 7 | CDT Foundation Meeting |
| 12 | BeFSA Executive Committee Meeting |
| 13 | (Amber Day) |
| 13 - 15 | Diocesan Administrators/Secretaries Conference |
| 14 - 15 | BeFSA Africa Round Table Meeting |
| 16 | (Social Development Meeting) Matola Raid Commemoration - Maputo* |
| 17 | (Ember Day) |
| 21 | Diocesan Trustees Board(13h00) Diocesan Finance Board(15h00) |
| 22 | Chapter Workshop(09h00) |
| 23 | Diocesan Standing Committee (08h30) |
| 24 | Reserved for Institution |
| 25 - 9 | Bishop Seoka - Mission to Louisiana* |
| 26 | (Mother's Union General Meeting) |
| 27 | (Irene Home Governing Body Meeting)* |
| March 2008 | |
| 1 | Churchwardens Conference |
| 1 - 9 | Bishop Seoka - Mission to Louisiana* |
| 4 | (Ember Day) |
| 7 | (Women's World Day Of Prayer) |
| 8 | Reserved for Fellowship of Vocation Meeting |
| 11 | St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls Walkabout & Governing Body Meeting |
| 13 | Bishop's Seminar - Cancelled * |
| 15 | Lay Ministers' Conference(Registration 08h30)* |
| 16 | (Palm Sunday) [D] St Lawrence , Sunday |
| 18 | Renewal of priestly vows(18h00) |
| 20 | Maundy Thursday |
| 21 | Good Friday (Public Holiday - Human Rights Day) |
| 22 | Holy Saturday Cathedral of St Alban the Matyr, Pretoria |
| 23 | Easter Day |
| 24 | (Public Holiday - Family Day)* |
| 26 | Diocesan Executive Comittee Meeting |
| 27 | Provincial Finance Board (Mothers' Union Lady Day ) 09h00 |
| 29 | (AWF Annual General Meeting) |
| 29 - 30 | Enthronement - Archbishop - Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| 31 | (Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| April 2008 | |
| Dedicated to Pretoria East Archdeaconry | |
| 1 - 4 | Synod of Bishops |
| 6 | St Francis, Mamelodi - Confirmation |
| 7 - 11 | Proposed Bishop's Mentoring Programme |
| 10 | Bishop's Seminar(09h30) - Cancelled* |
| 10 - 13 | Provincial AWF Conference |
| 13 | All Saint's, Mamelodi - Confirmation St Mary's, Pretoria North - Confirmation |
| 15 | BeFSA Board Meeting |
| 16 - 18 | (Reserved for archbishop Kolini)* |
| 19 - 27 | Bishop Seoka - Leave |
| 22 | (Clergy & Social Development Board) |
| 25 | (St Mark)* |
| 27 | (Public Holiday – Freedom Day)* |
| 28 | (Public Holiday)* |
| 28 - 30 | (Visit of Bishop of Reading to Diocese of Pretoria)* |
| 30 | Clergy Day Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting |
| May 2008 | |
| 1 | (Public Holiday – Workers Day) |
| (The Ascension) | |
| 1-11 | (Visit of Bishop of Reading to Diocese of Pretoria) - Dates ammended 23/4 - 30/04* |
| 3 | Children's Church Meeting - Incorporating Pretoria East, Hennop's River & Magaliesburg(09h00)* |
| 3 | (St Phillip's & St James) |
| 4 | St Michael & All Angels, Sunnyside – Confirmation |
| 7 | Church Inverstors Group Meeting |
| 8 | CDT Foundation Meeting - UCCSA, Brixton |
| 10 | Reserved for Discernment Conference * |
| Reserved for travel | |
| 11 | (Pentecost) |
| 12 | (Simon of Cyrene) |
| 12-13 | (AACC Finance & Personnel Meeting)* |
| 14 | (St Matthias) (Ember Day) |
| 15 | Bishop's Seminar(09h30) CPSA Development Network Meeting * |
| 16 | (Ember Day) |
| 17 | Social Development Board Meeting (09h00) |
| 18 | (Trinity Sunday Ember Day) Holy Cross Ekangala with St Peter's , Zithobeni - Confirmation |
| 21 | (Irene Homes Governing Body Meeting Ember Day) |
| 22 | (Corpus Christi) Diocesan Trustees Meeting(13h00) Diocesan Finance Board(15h00) Renewal of Deacon's Vows(18h00) |
| 23 | Chapter(09h00) |
| 24 | Diocesan Standing Committee(08h30) |
| 25 | St Martins-In-The-Fields, Irene - Confirmation |
| 26 | SACC NEC Meeting |
| 27 - 28 | SACC Central Committee Meeting |
| 31 | (Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| June 2008 | |
| YOUTH MONTH | |
| Dedicated to the Magaliesburg Archdeaconry | |
| 1 | (Special Day of Prayer - Orphans and Children at Risk) St Paul's Saulsville - Confirmation |
| 3 - 5 | BeFSA Conference - 2008 |
| 7 | Bousfield Lodge Annual General Meeting (10h00) |
| 8 | Reserved for Ordination |
| 11 | (St Barnabas) |
| 12 | Bishop's Seminar (09h30) |
| 14 | Choir Fellowship Conference |
| 15 | St Hilda's, Gezina - Confirmation |
| 16 | (Special Day of Prayer - Young People - South Africa) (Public Holiday - Youth Day) |
| 18 | Diocesan Executive Meeting(16h00) |
| 19 | Provincial Finance Meeting |
| 20 | (Special Day of Prayer – Refugees) St Alban's College for Boys - Confirmation (09h30) |
| 21 | Churchwardens Conference (09h00) |
| 22 | Bernard Mizeki Guild - Patronal Visitation |
| 24 | (Birth of St John the Baptist) St Alban's Joint Trust and Council Meeting |
| 25 | Clergy day - cancelled |
| 27 | St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls - Confirmation (09h30) |
| 30 | (St Peter and St Paul) |
| July 2008 | |
| (Note: Due to Lambeth taking place in July 2008 - Bishop Seoka will not attend meetings scheduled for July and the beginning of August and extends apologies in advance) |
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| 2 - 4 | USPG Council Meeting - United Kingdom |
| 3 | (St Thomas) |
| 8 | (BeFSA Executive Committe Meeting) |
| 9 | (Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting) |
| 12 | Lambeth Service - St Martins, United Kingdom |
| 13 | (Special Day of Prayer - Mission to Seafarers) |
| 14 | Reserved for Visitation to Tzaba, United Kingdom |
| 16 - 31 | Lambeth 2008 |
| 23 | (Irene Homes Governing Body Meeting) |
| 27 | (AWF Mary and Martha Service) |
| 29 | (St Mary's Diocesan school for Girls Budget Meeting) |
| 30 | (Church Investors Group Meeting) |
| 31 | (CDT Foudation Meeting - UCCSA, Brixton) |
| August 2008 | |
| MONTH OF COMPASSION | |
| Dedicated to Hennop’s River Archdeaconry | |
| 1-5 | Bishop Seoka - Lambeth 2008 |
| 5 | (SACC NEC Meeting) |
| 6 | (Transfiguration of our Lord) |
| 9 | (Public Holiday - Woman's day) Mother's Union Women's Day |
| 10 | St Peter's , GaRankuwa - Confirmation |
| 14 | Diocesan Trustees Board(13h00) Diocesan Finance Board(15h00) (CPSA Development Network Meeting)* |
| 15 | (St Mary the Virgin) Chapter (09h00) |
| 16 | Diocesan Standing Committee (08h30) |
| 17 | St Francis of Assisi, Waterkloof – Confirmation |
| Christ Church, Arcadia – Confirmation | |
| 24 | St Stephen 's Mogwase – Confirmation |
| 25 | (St Bartholomew) |
| 27 | Clergy Day (09h00) |
| 28 | Provincial Finance Board |
| September 2008 | |
| (RELIGIOUS LIFE MONTH) | |
| 3 | CAPA Primates Conference - Nairobi |
| 4 | CAPA Standing Committee Meeting - Nairobi |
| 7 | (Day of Prayer - Young People) Manche Masemola , Lethlabile - Confirmation |
| 8 | (Birth of Blessed Virgin Mary) |
| 10 | Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting (16h00) |
| 11 | Bishop's Seminar (09h30) |
| 13 | Irene Homes Thanksgiving Day(10h30) Irene Homes Annual General Meeting(13h00) |
| 14 | St Bede's, Soshanguve - Confirmation |
| 15 - 19 | Synod of Bishops |
| 19-23 | Provincial Standing Committee |
| 22 - 23 | (Reserved for Joint Insurance Fund Meeting) |
| 24 | (Ember Day) (Public Holiday – Heritage Day) |
| 26 - 28 | AWF Annual Conference |
| 26 - 28 | Mothers' Union Conference |
| 26 | Arrival of Archbishop of York |
| 27 | Mothers' Union Elections |
| 29 | (St Michael & All Angels) |
| October 2008 | |
| Dedicated to Rustenburg Archdeaconry | |
| 2 - 4 | 82nd Diocesan Synod |
| 5 | (Reserved for completion of Diocesan Synod if necessary)* [D] St Francis Vlakplaas - Archdeacon to conduct |
| 6 - 7 | (AACC Finance & Personnel Meeting) |
| 7 - 9 | USPG Residential Trustees Meeting |
| 10 | (USPG International Consultation) |
| 10 | Bishop's Charities Golf Day - Irene Country Club |
| 11 | Children's Church Meeting - Madibeng, Tshwane Bokone & Rustenburg Archdeaconries* |
| 12 | Good Shepherd Eersterus - Confirmation |
| 14 | BeFSA Executive Committee Meeting BeFSA Board Meeting |
| 15 | St Mary's Diocesan School for Girls – Senior Prizegiving |
| 16 | St Alban's College Speech Day and Prizegiving |
| 23 | Bishop's Seminar |
| 18 | (St Luke) |
| 19 | [C] St Stephen's, Lyttelton* |
| 22 | Clergy Day (Irene Homes Governing Body Meeting) |
| 23 | (St James Brother of The Lord) |
| 24 - 25 | Reserved for Discernment Conference |
| 26 | (AWF Quiet Day) Thanksgiving & 40th Anniversary - Bishop Mabuza |
| 28 | (St Simon & St Jude) |
| 29 | Church Investors Group Meeting Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting(16h00) |
| 30 | CDT Foundation Comittee Meeting - UCCSA, Brixton |
| November 20078 | |
| (HEALTH & WELLNESS MONTH) | |
| 1 | (All Saints) Rectors/Churchwardens Conference(09h00) |
| 2 | Mothers' Union Clergy Family Prayer Day (14h00) |
| 3 | (Commemoration of the Faithful Departed) |
| 4 | SACC NEC Meeting |
| 6 | Bishop’s Seminar (09h30) |
| 8 | Social Development Meeting (09h00) |
| 9 | (Day of Prayer – Remembrance Sunday) Christ the King, Phokeng Confirmation |
| 11 | St Mary’s Diocesan School for Girls Electoral & Governing Body Meeting |
| 13 | Diocesan Trustees Board (13h00) |
| Diocesan Finance Board (15h00) | |
| 14 | Chapter (09h00) |
| 15 | Diocesan Standing Committee (08h30) |
| 16 | Corpus Christi, Garsfontein incorporating Trinity, Lynwood - Confirmation |
| 18 | St Alban’s College for Boys Joint Trust & Council Meeting & Governors Dinner |
| 20 | Provincial Finance Board Meeting (10h00) |
| 23 | Christ the King, Mabopane - Confirmation & Patronal Festival |
| 24 - 28 | Reserved for Clergy Advent Retreat |
| 28 | St Mary ’s Diocesan School for Girls– Junior School Prizegiving |
| 28 - 30 | St Bernard Mizeki Guild Conference |
| 30 | (Advent) Social Development World Aids Day |
| December 2008 | |
| Dedicated to Madibeng Archdeaconry | |
| 1 | (Day of Prayer – World Aids Day) / (St Andrew) |
| 6 | Mothers' Union World Aids Day Service |
| 7 | (Day of Prayer – Bible Society) Reserved for Ordination |
| 7 - 12 | All Africa Conference of Churches - 9th General Assembly * |
| 9 | Chapter Strategic Planning Day |
| 10 | (Ember Day) Diocesan Executive Committee Meeting |
| 11 | Bishop's Seminar |
| 12 | (Ember Day) |
| 13 | Reserved for Thanksgiving - Laity |
| 16 | Reserved for Thanksgiving - Clergy (Public Holiday – Day of Reconciliation) |
| (Public Holiday – Day of Reconciliation) | |
| 17 | (Public Holiday) |
| Clergy Thanksgiving Celebration | |
| 24 | (Christmas Eve) |
| St Alban’s Cathedral – Carol Service (22h00) St Alban’s Cathedral – Christmas Service (22h30) |
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| 25 | Christmas Day |
| 26 | (St Stephen) |
| (Public Holiday – Day of Goodwill) | |
| 27 | (St John) |
| 29 | (The Holy Innocents) |
| *Denotes Changes/Amendments to the Bishop’s Diary | |
| Items in italics - for bishop's information | |
| Updated: 20 February 2008 | |
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NB: Dates are subject to change without prior notice |
