Father John in South Africa 2026

"Father John's final Mass in Stellenbosch. On the Feast of Our Lady of the Flight into Egypt (the patronal Feast of South Africa) the three parishes came together to celebrate a Unity Mass under the shade of the trees. The feast commemorates Mary's journey with Joseph and the infant Jesus to Egypt to escape King Herod's massacre, and remembers God's protection of the vulnerable and refugees. In South Africa, the day is used to pray for refugees, migrants, and those facing, or seeking to end, xenophobia."