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The challenges of being a priest
BY SAMUEL FRANCIS IMC
Priests are always subject to judgment by parishioners, and sometimes they just can’t win. Samuel Francis IMC, a theology student at St Joseph’s Theological Institute in Cedara, explains.
Is religious life still relevant today?
BY NYAMADZAWO SIBANDA
Looking around and experiencing the good work the Church is doing through different religious congregations and orders, it seems superfluous to ask whether religious life is still relevant.
Use the gifts God gave you
What is a saint? There are many ways in which we can describe a saint. A saint is someone who knows they are a sinner. A saint is someone who follows Christ and always lives according to his teaching. A saint is a holy person, and so on.
Tribute to a shepherd of Bethlehem
THE SHEPHERD OF BETHLEHEM, by Fr Dikotsi William Mofokeng (ed). Mariannhill Press, 2011. 138pp.
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
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Muhammad uncensored
From Fr Christopher Clohessy, Cape Town
I am sorry that JH Goossens (October 5) thinks my article on Muhammad a politically correct avoidance of a fatwa. I have no interest in Muhammad aside from an academic one, thus negating any need to whitewash him (plenty have done that already) or, for that matter, to denigrate him (again, no shortage of texts).
Call to holiness
At the funeral for Pope John Paul II in 2005, the faithful in and around St Peter’s Square acclaimed the Polish pontiff a saint as they called out: “Santo Subito!”—make him a saint now.
26 October – 1 November, 2011
Headlines
» Nuncio to leave SA
» Pope calls ‘Year of Faith’
» Bishops renew funding call
» Dealing with grief
» What makes a saint?
This Week’s Editorial
Call to holiness
What can Eucharistic ministers do?
Please clarify the rules governing the duties of the extraordinary ministers of holy Communion at Mass. Is it correct to say that, when the priest distributes communion with the help of one or more other priests or deacons, it is not permitted for extraordinary ministers to do so at the same time? I do not think our parish, and perhaps other parishes, have been given enough explanation about what these ministers may and may not do.
Morals need God’s presence
Last month I wrote about the “Ecclesia” pastoral programme that has been launched in the archdiocese of Cape Town to encourage formation through small faith-sharing groups.
Implementing the New English Translation of the Mass
The Missal with the New English Translation of the Mass has arrived and now we have the task of implementing it. The Missal, impressive in its presentation, will be the standard text for the whole English speaking world from Advent 2011. Since the implementation of the parts of the mass in 2009 there have been many who have asked serious questions about this translation – for the most part questions which seem to have been ignored. Some voices have claimed that it is a minority who are negative about this new translation; I would be hesitant to agree that it is a minority. To judge by the English-speaking Catholic media, it is very far from a minority. Read more…
