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Being media literate
In his message for World Communications Day this year, Pope Benedict calls on parents, schools and the Church to provide young people with a sound formation which will empower them to make informed choices about what media they consume, and to be conscious of the noxious effects of some of these. Read more…
The importance of the church bulletin
The other day I met Fr Edward Rakgokong. Ordained two years ago, he looks after five semi-rural Church communities. He has to travel long distances to reach his pastoral placements, and celebrates only two Masses for each of his communities in a given month. But every Sunday his communities have a parish bulletin. Through the bulletin, he is always present. Read more…
A body for the laity
Plans mooted in this issue by Archbishop Buti Tlhagale, president of the Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC), to establish a conference-wide organisation for the laity in South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland are timely. Read more…
An end to TV porn and swearing?
There are encouraging signs that South Africans are not only growing increasingly weary of the deluge of profanity, bad language and sex on television, the movies and other mass media, but that they’re prepared to finally cast aside their apathy and do something about it.
Only last month a crowd of disgruntled citizens marched on the offices of e.tv to protest against the channel’s late night pornography. Read more…
The role of the laity
Evangelisation begins at home, within the family and the parish community. While it is important to bring the Good News to people who have not yet absorbed its momentous consequence, it is crucial that we evangelise also within the Church, among our fellow Catholics — and even ourselves. Read more…
HIV/AIDS: A call to Action
HIV/Aids: A Call to Action — Responding as Christians, by Bishop Hugh Slattery. Paulines Publications Africa, Nairobi. 2007. 135pp.
Reviewed by Michail Rassool Read more…
Shawn McDonald – Scattered Pieces: Live
CD REVIEW
A smalltime drug-dealer before he found his faith, Shawn McDonald sings about the joys and pains of life and of God’s influence with an authenticity that is not always conveyed so purely in contemporary Christian music. Read more…
No Turning Back: Confessions Of A Catholic Priest
Reviewed by Michail Rassool
The road to priesthood for every young man who takes it has its own experience, its own integrity, unique challenges and processes of discernment. But few of these experiences, I’m sure, are quite as dramatic as that of Fr Donald Calloway. Read more…
New friendships
In the space of just over a decade, the definition of friendship has assumed new forms which are a boon to society, but also pose hazards. Read more…
Equal and fair
A headline I came across in a netsearch read: “AA: white women benefit most”. First I thought AA was Alcoholics Anonymous, or the Automobile Association. Only then I came to realise it really had to do with affirmative action.
So white women benefit most from affirmative action, obtain job promotions and salary adjustments, even though other reports tell us that in many fields they are still paid less than men. Read more…
