Catholic schools sing with one voice
Choirs from seven Catholic schools from the greater Durban area will sing at Emmanuel Cathedral in a fundraising concert.
SING with One Voice, a choral music and dance concert featuring seven Catholic schools from the greater Durban area, will perform at Emmanuel Cathedral on Thursday 25 August at 6pm.
Prior to the concert, there will be a free tour of the Denis Hurley Centre from 5pm.
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).
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. 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.
This concert is a fundraiser for the Denis Hurley Centre, which 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.
The Denis Hurley Centre is a legacy project honouring Archbishop Denis Hurley OMI who was bishop and archbishop of this city 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”
Entry to the concert is free and all are welcome. A collection will be taken for the Denis Hurley Centre.
Safe parking is provided at the Cathedral.
