{"id":5938,"date":"2014-11-26T10:01:17","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T08:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/?p=5938"},"modified":"2014-11-26T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T08:01:17","slug":"newsletter-south-africa-no-45-november-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mafrsaprovince.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/26\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45-november-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter South Africa no 45 \u2013 November 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5940 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45-logo.png?resize=629%2C125\" alt=\"Newsletter South Africa no 45 logo\" width=\"629\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45-logo.png?w=771&amp;ssl=1 771w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45-logo.png?resize=300%2C60&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45-logo.png?resize=768%2C152&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em>Missionary Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5941 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/martin-somda-2014.jpg?w=130&#038;resize=130%2C150\" alt=\"Martin Somda 2014\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/martin-somda-2014.jpg?w=648&amp;ssl=1 648w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mafrsaprovince.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/martin-somda-2014.jpg?resize=260%2C300&amp;ssl=1 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a>By <strong>Martin Somda<\/strong>, Stagiaire in Henley Parish, South Africa<\/em><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em>Should it still be said today \u201cThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few\u201d, while thousands of thousands are getting baptised and confirmed every year? Yes, the sad reality is that the workers are still few. And here we see a contrast: While many receive Baptism and Confirmation, few are ready to be sent as workers in the harvest of the Lord. Why is it so? This is a question to everybody. Through the zeal of some missionaries, among whom our M.Afr. confr\u00e8res, the Archdiocese of Johannesburg thinks one of the reasons might be lack of awareness; to work in the harvest of the Lord, we are called to be sent and to take up our crosses and follow Jesus, the first missionary per excellence. To help its different parishes to come to a greater awareness of their missionary call as per their baptism, the Missionary Group of the archdiocese of Johannesburg organised a MISSIONARY CONGRESS with the theme: \u201cENLARGE THE SPACE OF YOUR TENT\u201d from the prophet Isaiah (54:2).<\/em><\/span><\/address>\n<address style=\"text-align:justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mafrsouthernafrica.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/11\/newsletter-south-africa-no-45.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><em>READ MORE<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/address>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Missionary Congress in Johannesburg, South Africa By Martin Somda, Stagiaire in Henley Parish, South Africa Should it still be said today \u201cThe harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few\u201d, while thousands of thousands are getting baptised and confirmed every year? Yes, the sad reality is that the workers are still few. 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