(Some of the previous
participants of the “Sing with One Voice” Concert, with a portrait of the late
Archbishop Hurley)
Sing with One Voice is a choral music and dance
concert featuring seven Catholic schools from the greater Durban area, as a
fundraiser for the Denis Hurley Centre taking place at Emmanuel Cathedral on August
25.
Seven
Durban Catholic schools are uniting to show their support for the now completed
Denis Hurley Centre by presenting an evening of choral music at the Emmanuel
Cathedral. The participating schools are: St Benedicts Pinetown, St
Francis Mariannhill, Holy Family Glenwood, St Henry's Marist, Our Lady of
Fatima Durban North, Maris Stella and Kwa Thintwa School for the Deaf (which
was founded by Archbishop Hurley) who will present a special concert of much-loved sacred choral music.
In 2012,
a group of Grade 11 girls from Maris Stella visited the projects at the
Cathedral, and were so impressed by the work with refugees, homeless and
unemployed people, as well as those with HIV/AIDS, that they decided to do
something to help. So they approached other Catholic schools in the greater
Durban area to join them in a concert of sacred music. The music will be
complemented by learners from KwaThintwa who will perform a programme of
exciting dances.
The Denis
Hurley Centre is now complete. It has proven to become an enabling environment
for care, education and community building in one of the most diverse and
challenging neighbourhoods of downtown Durban, close to the busiest road and
rail transport hub in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
The Denis
Hurley Centre is a legacy project honouring Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI who was
bishop and archbishop of Durban from 1947 to 1992. He played a significant role
in opposing apartheid and promoting the vision of just a society. In serving
the poorest and most marginalised citizens of Durban the Denis Hurley Centre
will live out Archbishop Hurley's dream that the Church would be a
"community serving humanity"
Volunteers from the Cathedral have tirelessly campaigned for
years to get sufficient funds to build such an ambitious building as the DHC –
a huge ask in the current financial climate. Now that the building is complete,
fundraising continues in earnest to equip, furnish and keep the centre staffed
and open.
The
concert takes place on August 25 at 18h00 at Emmanuel Cathedral, Entry is free
and all are welcome. A collection will be taken for the Denis Hurley Centre.
Safe parking is provided at the Cathedral.
Prior to
the concert, there will be a free tour of the Denis Hurley Centre available
from 17h00.
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