St George's Cathedral, Cape Town

Prayers for this week Merciful Lord you are the only giver of pardon and peace: cleanse us your faithful people from our sins that we may serve you with a quiet mind; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.         Third Sunday of the year Evensong at 19h00   Authority and Authenticity What the Fathers sought most of all was their own true self, in Christ. And in order to do this, they had to reject completely the false, formal self, fabricated under social compulsion in "the world". The simple men who lived their lives out to a good old age among the rocks and sands only did so because they had come into the desert to be themselves, their ordinary selves, and to forget a world that divided them from themselves. …We cannot do exactly what they did. But we must be as thorough and as ruthless in our determination to break all spiritual chains, and cast off the domination of alien compulsions, and to find our true selves, to discover and develop our inalienable spiritual liberty and use it to build, on earth, the Kingdom of God. (Thomas Merton 1915-1968 - The Wisdom of the Desert) An HIV-and-AIDS-free generation is possible - it begins with you. INTERCESSIONS FOR THE WEEK We pray for newly-inaugurated Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina, who has ordered the army to join the fight against drug cartels; the people of Burma, as pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi registers to run in a by-election for a parliamentary seat. We pray for those who have lost babies by preventable infection in Northern Ireland, Niger and other areas; for the families of those on the Costa Concordia, shipwrecked off Italy; those caught in bomb blasts in Kano, Nigeria; for those who, against the odds, survive, such as Mohammed Ali (world champion boxer), Stephen Hawking (physicist). Around the world there are many people who contend with all the human condition and celebrate. (World in Prayer is a ministry of the Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist Lodi, USA). The sick and housebound: Nancy Gordon, Rebecca Cowell, James Carstens, Hope Jenneker, Anna Spiro,Sandra McGregor, Cynthia Sicaba, David Russell, Gary Petersen, Angela Rackstraw, Rita Anderson, John van der Westhuizen and Zoey Maart. Those who have been ill for a long time:Doris Nuttall, Dorothy Brock, Karoline Wellman, Philip Russell and Gisela Becker. Year’s mind:Tom Bishop (31st), Adelaide Tambo (31st), Doreen Playne (31st), Prudence de Jong (1st), Gerald van Wiele (3rd). Repose of Soul: Direen Bacon, Mary Voutsas. Flowers:Given to the Glory of God in fond memory of Joan and Kim by William van Deventer; and in loving memory of Ayabonga Rapiya by his parents Nosipho and Marshall Rapiya. Security: Please keep your handbag and other possessions with you at all times. .The Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland, 25-29 January. It convenes under the theme, The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models, ‘whereby leaders return to their core purpose of defining what the future should look like, aligning stakeholders around that vision and inspiring their institutions to realize that vision.’ Archbishop Thabo Makgoba is a participant. NOTICES Additional services with effect from February: Morning Prayer: – Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 08h00 and Evening Prayer on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 17h00. Newspapers: We no longer collect newspapers owing to our limited capacity to store and deliver them to the appropriate agency.  Tea in The Link:  Do stay for a cuppa after the 09h30 Cathedral Eucharist. The Crypt Memory and Witness Centre: Open Monday to Friday: 07h30 to 16h30; Saturday: 09h00 to 14h00; Sunday: 10h00 to 14h00. Contact Ann Cox at 021- 424 7360 for more information. In the Month of February 2012 the Fundraising Committee will be updating the Congregation on the rapidly deteriorating roof. PLEASE DIARISE Siyahamba Labyrinth Ministry: Candlemas Thursday 2 February Eucharist at 17h30 followed by a Bring and Share Supper and Labyrinth Walk.Fr Rowan Smith will introduce the Candlelit Labyrinth walk which concludes the evening. Come and learn about this ancient spiritual practice. Saturday 11 February 09h00-11h30 CHATT -Cathedral HIV and AIDS Task Team – meets in the Conference Room. 11 February has special significance for many.It was on this day in 1966 that areas such as District Six... Sophiatown... Fietas...Protea Village...Cato Manor... were declared White Group Areas under the Group Areas Act of 1950. Hundreds of thousands of people were affected by this. Cathedral Retreat 17-19 February; all details on porch notice board. Interfaith dialogue on "Traditional African Religions in South African Law" Tuesday 21 February at 17h00 for 17h30 UCT Lesley Social Sciences Building. See notice board for details.

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