{"id":6187,"date":"2022-03-08T20:07:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T18:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/?page_id=6187"},"modified":"2025-12-16T12:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T10:05:24","slug":"advent-christmas","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/?page_id=6187","title":{"rendered":"ADVENT > CHRISTMAS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2025 ADVENT\/CHRISTMAS:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1st Sun of Advent<\/strong> \u2013 Sat 29 Nov 6.00pm &amp; Sun 30 Nov 2025, 7.30am, 9.30am &amp; 6.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2nd Sun of Advent <\/strong>\u2013 Sat 6 Dec 6.00pm &amp; Sun 7 Dec 2025, 7.30am, 9.30am &amp; 6.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>3rd Sun of Advent<\/strong> \u2013 Sat 13 Dec 6.00pm &amp; Sun 14 Dec 2025, 7.30am, 9.30am &amp; 6.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Penitential Service<\/strong> \u2013 Thu 18 Dec 2025, 7.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>4th Sun of Advent<\/strong> \u2013 Sat 20 Dec 6.00pm &amp; Sun 21 Dec 2025, 7.30am, 9.30am &amp; 6.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christmas Eve<\/strong> \u2013 Wed 24 Dec 2025:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>8.00am Normal Morning Mass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>6.00pm Family Christmas Mass<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>9.30pm Christmas Carols followed by Christmas Mass 10.00pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Christmas Day<\/strong> \u2013 Thu 25 Dec 2025, 7.30am &amp; 9.30am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Years Eve <\/strong>\u2013 Wed 31 Dec 2025, 8.30am &amp; 6.00pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>New Years Day<\/strong> \u2013 Thu 1 Jan 2026, 8.30am<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CHRISTMAS LETTER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christmas-Letter-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Christmas Letter 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-be14f559-496a-467f-a79d-9fe45645af79\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christmas-Letter-2025.pdf\">Christmas Letter 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Christmas-Letter-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-be14f559-496a-467f-a79d-9fe45645af79\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">ADVENT WREATH<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like your Advent wreath blessed, bring it to Mass over the weekend of 29 &amp; 30 Nov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CHRISTMAS HAMPER AUCTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Christmas Hamper tickets will be on sale after all Masses (weekends) and from the Parish Office (weekdays). Booklets are R50.00 for 5 tickets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">BAGS OF LOVE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bags of Love will be handed out at all masses over the weekend of 22\/23 November 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CHRISTMAS LUNCH <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>FOR LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN IN OUR COMMUNITY<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Howie &amp; Odile Davids are appealing for contributions towards the Christmas lunch for the needy and any monetary contributions will be dearly appreciated. Contact Odile on 072 743 8409.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REPOSITORY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Springs of Carmel Bible Diaries for 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Advent Wreath and Advent Candle options available for the month of November<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/what-is-advent-season-e1607639233895.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6756\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/what-is-advent-season-e1607639233895.png 799w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/what-is-advent-season-e1607639233895-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/what-is-advent-season-e1607639233895-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/what-is-advent-season-e1607639233895-90x60.png 90w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2025 ADVENT\/CHRISTMAS: CHRISTMAS LETTER ADVENT WREATH If you would like your Advent wreath blessed, bring it to Mass over the weekend of 29 &amp; 30 Nov. CHRISTMAS HAMPER AUCTION Christmas Hamper tickets will be on sale after all Masses (weekends) and from the Parish Office &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":18,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6187","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6187"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9084,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6187\/revisions\/9084"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holyredeemer.co.za\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}