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Nuns had a holy cross to bear
Recently I received a most delightful letter from Vincent Rayne, chairman of the parish council of St Thomas’ church in Mossel Bay, explaining just why the Holy Cross Sisters earned their name.
Newman’s brand of liberalism
I was reading the review of Cardinal John Henry Newman’s new biography, Newman’s Unquiet Grave: The Reluctant Saint by John Cornwell, in the London Book Review. The reviewer, Professor Terry Eagleton, one of my favourite contemporary thinkers, says: “Newman was aware that he was regarded in some circles as a saint, but thought he was quite unworthy of the honour.”
Who do we thank for SA’s blessings?
From MA Gila
1994 – The end of apartheid. The eyes of the world were focussed on South Africa. For years we had all been warned to anticipate a bloodbath when the apartheid regime came to its knees. We were faced with a change to democracy. The African National Congress came to power and South Africa was blessed with the head of state of all time…Nelson Mandela.
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25 August to 31 August, 2010
Headlines
» Cardinal backs campaign for SA leaders
» The cutting edge of AIDS fight
» Abortion in SA: Action louder than words
» Moerdyk: A holy cross to bear
» Parish of the Month
This Week’s Editorial
Giving a real choice
Giving a real choice
The Catholic Church’s opposition to abortion is immutable, but it also finds expression in different, complementary ways.
This week’s first feature article in a series of four on Catholic response to abortion in South Africa includes the views of people at the coalface of the Church’s activities in providing alternatives to mothers considering aborting their unborn child. Other articles in the series will look at organisations that provide services to such women, the experience of adoption as well as public protest. Read more…
Women’s spirituality in the 21st century
BY COLLEEN CONSTABLE
In the modern world women have to advance and adapt prayer techniques. What worked once may need adaptation now. We need to be open to such changes according to our own personal circumstances.
Sometimes a “one size fits all” approach to prayer may not be appropriate. There are different variations to our prayer life: in posture, formula and format, according to our preferences. All this finds its way into our personal, intercessory and community prayer lives. Read more…
Proclaim the faith!
I am delighted to see that in spite of the best efforts of sports administrators to put a halt to the practice, more and more Catholics are unashamedly acknowledging their faith publicly.
The recent World Cup in South Africa saw dozens of Catholic football stars blessing themselves as they ran onto the pitch and after scoring goals. The same thing is happening in rugby and many other sports. Read more…
Africa’s prophetic mission today
Over a century ago, missionaries arrived in different parts of Africa. They found no hospitals or schools as they had known them in their own countries. In some places such facilities existed, but not for all – they were for foreign colonial masters, not for the native people.
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Liturgical errors have a long history
From Attie Schlebusch, Camperdown, KZN:
In his letter “How Mass language changed” (June 30), John Lee is correct in stating that the early liturgy was celebrated quite freely by the presider.
But author Mike Aqualina in The Mass of the Early Christians writes that prudence however led to increasing regulation of the Mass as time went on and while Hippolytus encouraged a bishop to pray “in his own words”, he immediately added that his words should, if possible, “be grand and elevated”, and in any event “orthodox”. Read more…
18 August to 24 August, 2010
Headlines
» New survey: Catholic numbers drop
» Pray for tax drivers
» Mother Teresa at 100
» Modern women and their spirituality
» How to understand Jesus
