Saint Joseph’s Theological Institute will hold its sixth academic conference from April 25-27 at its Cedara campus near Pietermaritzburg. This year’s theme is “The Mission to Save and Heal”, drawing from Pope Francis’ 2013...
by Fr Pierre Goldie · Published March 19, 2019 · Last modified March 17, 2019
By Fr Pierre Goldie – In my first column I concluded that we have excluded Christ from many key areas of society — including politics, business, education, entertainment, sport, science and other areas —...
By Georgia Links – Past pupils of CBC St Boniface High School in Galeshewe, Kimberley, celebrated a Thanksgiving Mass with Sr Marie Bernarde OP and Brs DD Madden CB and Liam Mullally CB, honouring...
I’ve lived in only four houses during my married life, but I’ve had extensive building works carried out on three out of the four of them. And it was a nightmare! I think it...
Christian Living / Sarah-Leah Pimentel / Social Media
by Sarah-Leah Pimentel · Published March 19, 2019 · Last modified March 17, 2019
Every year, one of my colleagues gives up Facebook for Lent. The rationale is quite simple; she wants to use the time she would normally spend on social media to make more time for...
When we fail to welcome the migrant and the refugee, we fail the Gospel, according to ARCHBISHOP BUTI TLHAGALE OMI of Johannesburg. Male and female, he created them. He created them both in his own image....
A Portugal-based businessman who has donated 1250 statues of Our Lady of Fatima to parishes and institutions around the world is inviting parishes and schools to apply for one of the last 50 statues...
Christian Living / Church / Globalisation of Indifference / Lent
by CNS · Published March 18, 2019 · Last modified March 17, 2019
By Nick Bramhill Catholic News Service – Alcohol, smoking and chocolates are some of the most well-known vices that people traditionally give up during Lent. But now Massgoers in Ireland are being urged to make...
Bible / Church / Lent / Scripture
by Fr John Allen Green OFM · Published March 17, 2019 · Last modified March 15, 2019
There is a pattern that we find in the life of Jesus that unfolds on the high places, those places where God was sought and the places of encounter. These high places are however...
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service – Of the many traditions and penitential practices observed during the season of Lent, one of the more visible is the stark change in church decor and a complete...
The announcement by Pope Francis that documents in the Vatican Secret Archives relating to the pontificate of Pope Pius XII between 1939 and his death in 1958 will be opened to scholars next year...
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service – Catholics cannot place blame for the sexual abuse crisis on “those who came before us” in an attempt “to present ourselves as ‘pure,’” said the editorial director of...
Church / Church History / Ntabeni
by Mphuthumi Ntabeni · Published March 16, 2019 · Last modified March 15, 2019
My friend, a theology PhD student, recently asked me why the first black African Christians in our region, mostly Xhosa, were called “Majakane”. What she didn’t know is that this means “the people of...
