PRESENTATION OF THE FRENCH COMMUNITY
OF THE CATHEDRAL OF THE SACRED HEART OF PRETORIA
The French community of the Cathedral Sacred Heart, in the archdiocese of Pretoria, is a chaplaincy formed of catholic faithful from different French speaking countries. The life of the community is sustained by groups and commissions, which are devoted to Sacred Heart of Jesus and gather regularly, each Sunday for the holy Eucharist at 17:30 in French. The community is structured of the chairperson and his deputy, the secretary, the financial, with groups and commissions.
The groups
The choir is one of the two groups in the community. It is a liturgical group singing all the masses in and for the community. By its singing while leading the mass, prayer par excellence, the choir support the faith of its members and by diverse social and spiritual activities, it stimulates the spirit of brotherhood, friendship and charity and catholicity among the members. The choir has two main days of practices: Saturday at 14:00 and Sunday at 16:30 at the cathedral. The core membership of the choir is constituted of young adults, students and young parents.
For details: contact the chairperson and choir master of the choir: Christian Tshimbanlanga ( Ckimbo2002@yahoo.fr, 082 229 8594) or the secretary Ulrich Mwimbi (kulrich7@hotmail.com, or 084 286 2237)
The second group is the youth. The youth aims to help young boy and girls to be better Disciples of Christ through social, cultural and spiritual activities. The motto of the group is extracted from Acts of apostles 2, 42 (They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of the bread and to the prayers). The youth group meets each Sunday at 15h00 in the cathedral.
For further details, please contact Patrick Bagula, vice president at bagulapatrick@yahoo.fr or cell phone number 071 141 3101.
The readers and altar servants.
This group is under restructuration and improvement. Up to date, it is constituted of university’s and high school’s students. The group is in charge of the liturgy and protocol in the community. Its activity is based on bible sharing and social events.
For further information, contact Natalie nath_kala@yahoo.fr or 076 135 4591
Christian family community, Pretoria-branch
It is group promotes prayer and the sanctification of couples and families. its motto is “ the Love of Christ, The Peace of Christ and Joy of Christ.”.
The meetings are every Friday, at the cathedral from 19:30 – 21:30.
For further information, please contact Papa Lubuma 082 908 3393
