War on human trafficking
Efforts by a group of women religious in 26 countries to tackle the distressing problem of human trafficking must be...
October 2007
A month for kids
Did you know that November 1 is National Children’s Day? Maybe by the time this column gets to press there...
Eerie army of children brought hardened soldiers to their knees
IT started out as a bright and sunny day in the early 1960s, on the Congolese shore of what was...
Crime: Who is to blame?
The archbishop of Johannesburg is a thoughtful man, not given to impetuous statements. So Archbishop Buti Tlhagale’s uncompromising address at...
Feast of All Ancestors
I was visiting a family from our parish for a prayer. At the conclusion of the litany of the saints,...
What if God needed planning permission to make the world?
Many years ago when I was in what was then called Standard 5; when schoolchildren were pupils, not learners; when...
Everyone is a missionary
The Church is missionary by her very nature. As we observe World Mission Sunday, this statement a quote from Pope...
The missing fourth vow
We start with a conversation between Mary, chairwoman of the Association of St Anne; James, a member of the Parish...
Chasing Rainbows – Bea Ellemcy
CHASING RAINBOWS, by Bea Ellemcy. Athena Press, London. 2007. 354pp. Reviewed by Mary Ryan Chasing Rainbows is a book about...
