Joomla! site syndication http://www.pccic.co.za 2010-09-06T07:09:16+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png text/html 2009-09-02T02:03:06+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=2 Fete 2009 Raffle - Keith and Carol Demmer, winners of the 1st Prize, enjoy a wonderful weekend away at the Zimbali Lodge. text/html 2009-07-20T12:27:32+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=27 LifeTeen began an outreach project for the parish community in March this year, called the LifeTeen Vegetable Garden Project. It is based on the Food Gardens Foundation organic vegetable garden plan and we aim to help our community as well as give back to the environment by creating our own compost and growing our own plants to sustain a specific outreach of our choice. LifeTeen has also encouraged the teens to create their own compost heaps at home in order to re-use their organic waste material.The teens have been involved in the project from day one; preparing the small 1mx2m garden patch (which will soon be extended), planting spinach, carrot and cauliflower seeds in small seedling trays and monitoring, watering and weeding the plants as they grow. The Junior Youth are also involved in the monitoring process and help to water the vegetable plants. There are no vegetables sprouting just yet, but watch this space and you will be informed on the progress!There are plans to support the Emolweni Community (that Br David has been helping) with our vegetable produce, but no final plan has been made, so watch this space too!There are some updated photos of how the seedlings are doing - photos have been taken when the seedlings were transferred from the trays to the small garden patch (and we have to barricade the area as Fr Justin's dogs can be adventurous!), as well as how the plants have grown over 6 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks respectively.Even though the garden patch is rather small, the aim was to get the project started and we can only grow from here!Many thanks to the kind parishioners who have donated the necessary equipment to get our project up and running...its great community sharing! Lets hope that Lifeteen's garden project can really help make a difference in the lives of those who most need our help. text/html 2009-06-01T09:49:51+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=2 Saturday 30 May 2009 - Marilyn Thurley's brainchild finally came about on a glorious autumn day. Marilyn, Fr Brian and their team were rewarded with a huge turnout of buyers and browsers that filtered through the grounds until late in the afternoon. The stalls were laid out very well which allowed a steady flow of people without realising any congestion. People remarked that the prices were reasonable which resulted in a few of the stalls already sold out by mid morning. Although, I have uploeaded many photos; they are only a glimpse of the colour and activities that happened on the day. text/html 2009-03-25T11:23:48+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=27 21 February 2009 - It was a very productive day at which the Altar servers did some training, learnt about the colours of the Liturgical Calendar and some of their responsibilities as servers. They also got an opportunity to go on a tour of the church to learn a little about the history of the Marianhill Monastary and its structures. text/html 2009-03-25T10:44:04+01:00 http://www.pccic.co.za http://www.pccic.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=27 The Teens are busy creating a garden in the church grounds that will grow vegetables for the needy. The garden will be totally environment friendly and organically done, using only organic waste (provided by the teens)as compost. The objective of the garden is to learn how to grow vegetables successfully in a natural environment, so that we can be equipped to teach others to become self sufficient. The vegetables that we grow will be given to a charity in need. Although the garden is only 2m x 1m, we intend to enlarge it as we go along. The project is headed up by Michela De Dominicis and we are presently asking for seeds so that we can start the planting process.